Question

In 2000, a total of 531,285 live births were recorded in state of California. In 2006, the total number of live births rose to 562,157. What is the % increase of live births for the 6-year period from 2000 to 2006, to the nearest thousands

Answer 1

percent increase
find increase
then divided that by original

562157+531285=30872=increase

now put that over original
30872/531285=0.05810817/1
percent means partst out of 100
make bottom number 100
0.05810817/1 times 100/100=5.810817/100=5.810817%
thousanth
5.811%