Question

In 2000 there were about 2,172,000 farms in the United States. Twenty -four thousand of the farms were in South Carolina. What percent of the farms were in South Carolina? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

What percent of the farms were in South Carolina? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

24,000 divided by 2,172,000 = 1.1 percent, rounded to 1 percent.

We can test our answer by dividing 2,172,000 by 100 to learn that exactly 1 percent equals 21,720, which is pretty close to 24,000