Instructions
Carefully study the table below, which shows a selection of countries, their capital cities, and their total area in square kilometers (km²). Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow. You may need to perform some simple calculations for some questions.
| Country | Capital City | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Canberra | 7,692,024 |
| Brazil | Brasília | 8,515,767 |
| Canada | Ottawa | 9,984,670 |
| China | Beijing | 9,596,961 |
| Egypt | Cairo | 1,002,450 |
| France | Paris | 551,695 |
| India | New Delhi | 3,287,590 |
| Japan | Tokyo | 377,975 |
| Russia | Moscow | 17,098,246 |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | 9,525,067 |
Questions
- What is the capital city of the country with the largest area listed in the table?
- Which two countries in the table have the most similar area?
- List the three countries with the smallest area, starting with the very smallest.
- Calculate the difference in area between Canada and Brazil. Show your calculation.
- If you were to combine the total area of France and Japan, would their combined area be larger than Egypt? Justify your answer with a calculation.
- A student claims that Russia is more than five times larger than India. Based on the data in the table, is this claim correct? Explain your reasoning with numbers.
Answer Key
- Moscow. (Russia has the largest area at 17,098,246 km²).
- China (9,596,961 km²) and the United States (9,525,067 km²).
- Japan (377,975 km²), France (551,695 km²), and Egypt (1,002,450 km²).
- The difference is 1,468,903 km².
Calculation: 9,984,670 km² (Canada) - 8,515,767 km² (Brazil) = 1,468,903 km². - No, their combined area would be smaller than Egypt.
Calculation: 551,695 km² (France) + 377,975 km² (Japan) = 929,670 km². This is less than Egypt's area of 1,002,450 km². - Yes, the claim is correct.
Reasoning/Calculation: India's area is 3,287,590 km². Five times India's area is 5 x 3,287,590 = 16,437,950 km². Russia's area is 17,098,246 km², which is larger than that number.