The area of chile is 291,930 square miles. the area of mexico is 761,606 square miles. about how much larger is mexico than chile? round each number to the nearest thousand to find the answer.

First, we are going to identify what information we have and what is unknown:
Chile's area=291,930
Mexico's area=761,606
Unknown= How much larger Mexico is than Chile.
Next we will write an equation showing Mexico's area minus Chile's area:
761606-291930
Then we will solve and get a difference of:
469,676
Now you know the exact number, so now we need to round to the nearest thousand to find a rounded answer.
761606 rounds to 762,000
291930 rounds to 292,000
762,000-292,000=470,000
470,000 is close to 469,676.
Therefore, Mexico is about 470,000 square miles larger than Chile.