Question

A forest covers 41000acres. A survey finds that 0.2% of the forest is old-growth trees. How many acres of old-growth

trees are there?

Answer 1

The answer is 82acres! All you need to do is find out what 0.2% of 41000 is. An easy way to do that is to multiply the percentage by the number. For example, 10% of 592 would be 0.10x592=59.2 and 46% of 259 would be 0.46x259=119.14. So 0.2% of 41000 is 0.002x41000=82. I hope this helps!