Question

the area of the u.s. is about 3.859 million square miles. approximately 590000 square miles are worked for food production. what percent of the u.s. is worked for food production? round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Answer: 15.3 %


Take 590,000 and divide it by 3.859 million = 3,859,000

The three zeros at the end of each cancel each other out so you get:

590/3859 = 0.152889

For percentages multiply by 100

= 15.2889 = 15.3 rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent