Question

A school population of 1200 increases by 6% per year what will the population be after 4 years

Answer 1

Explanation:

1200x6%(.06)=72

72x4=288

1200+288=1488

1200+72=1272+72=1344+72=1416+72=1488

Answer 2

You can use many methods, I like to use the multiplier method for these questions. 6% = 0.06. Because it increase you add it to 1, if it decreased you’d subtract from 1. So 1200 x 1.06^ 4 (to the power of 4). 1514.972352. But because you can’t half a decimal of a person you’d round it to the next whole number so 1515.