Wisconsin Citites

Here is a problem that some students were asked to solve.  These answers were from Julian and Josephe.  These two boys are doing a terrific job solving these problems as a team.

Wisconsin Cities

Round each city population to the nearest thousand.  Fill in the table below.  Then answer the question below the table.

City	Population to the nearest thousand	Population to the nearest thousand doubled
Sheboygan	50,000	100,000
Appleton	73,000	140,000
New Berlin	40,000	80,000
Green Bay	100,000	200,000
Milwaukee	595,000	1,190,000
Eau Claire	66,000	132,0000

Put the following cities in order from the city with the smallest population to the city with the largest population.  Then find the difference between the city with the largest population compared to the city with the least population.  

Round the populations of Milwaukee and Sheboygan to the nearest ten thousand.  How many times larger is Milwaukee’s population than Sheboygan’s population?  Share your answers below.  Explain your thinking.

New Berlin

Sheboygan

Eau Claire

Appleton

Green Bay

Milwaukee

Milwaukee is 600,000 and Sheboygan is 50,000

Milwaukee is 12 times bigger than Sheboygan