a megabyte holds 1,000,000 characters of data. a gigabyte holds about 1,000 times more data than a megabyte. about how many characters of data does the gigabyte hold?
So when you see the word "times", the question is asking you to multiply. Since a gigabyte hold 1000 times more than a megabyte and a megabyte it 1000000, you multiply those numbers together. Use a calculator. 1000000×1000