Question

A forest covers 73,000 acres. A survey finds that 0.4% of the forest is old-growth trees. How man acres of old-growth trees are there?

There are__?__ acres of old-grown trees.

Answer 1

292 acres.

Explanation:

OK so if there are 73,000 acres of trees in total and 0.4% are old we would simply calculate what 0.4% of 73,000 which is 292. So of those 73,000 acres of trees 292 acres of them would be "old-growth trees".