Question

The weight of an African elephant is 6x10^6 grams; the weight of a tiger is 3x10^5 grams. How many times heavier is the elephant than the tiger?

Answer 1

so that means
elephant= x times tiger

6 times 10^6=x times 3 times 10^5
divide both sides by (3 times 10^5)
remember that (x^m)/(x^n)=x^(m-n)
so
(6 times 10^6)/(3 times 10^5)=x
(6/3) times (10^6)/(10^5)=x
2 times 10^1=x
2 times 10=x

that would be 2 times 10^1 or 20 times

Answer 2

The answer would be 20 times longer.