Shana has a 2 GB external storage drive that she wants to use to store her music collection. Each .mp3 file is about 2 MB. How many songs can she store on the drive?
To determine the number of songs Shana can store on her 2 GB external storage drive, we need to convert the size of the drive from gigabytes to megabytes.
1 GB is equal to 1024 MB.
Therefore, 2 GB is equal to 2 * 1024 = 2048 MB.
Since each .mp3 file is about 2 MB, Shana can store 2048 / 2 = <<2048/2=1024>>1024 songs on the drive. Answer: \boxed{1024}.
To calculate the number of songs Shana can store on her 2 GB external storage drive, we need to convert the storage capacity from gigabytes (GB) to megabytes (MB) since the file size is given in MB.
1 GB = 1024 MB
So, 2 GB = 2 * 1024 = 2048 MB
Now, we can calculate the number of songs by dividing the total storage capacity by the file size:
Number of songs = Total storage capacity / File size
Number of songs = 2048 MB / 2 MB
Number of songs = 1024 songs
Therefore, Shana can store up to 1024 songs on her 2 GB external storage drive.