Each year, the united states' federal costs exceed the anticipated national budget. in fact, the last time that the united states government was able to end a fiscal year without accruing more debt was in 1960. this means that due to excessive spending and compounding interest accrued, the united states' national debt has escalated astronomically over the past several decades.
in the second section, you used the united states' national debt to explore concepts involved with numbers in scientific notation. use the national debt table to create your own operations with numbers in scientific notation.
year us nation debt (in us dollars)
1960 $286,330,760,848.37
1970 $370,918,706,949.93
1980 $907,701,000,000.00
1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
2010 $13,561,623,030,891.79

1. using complete sentences, create your own scenario involving the united states' national debt with any two decades listed in the table. the scenario should include multiplication or division between the numbers in scientific notation.

2. for your scenario created in question #1, write an answer key and solution key. be sure to include an answer in proper scientific notation, and an explanation of the solution, written in complete sentences.