Question

Nairobi and Zanzibar are two cities in Africa. Zanzibar’s population is 1.5 million. If the population of Nairobi is 16% greater than Zanzibar’s, what is its population? Write your answer as an integer.

Answer 1

1.74 million (1,740,000)

Explanation:

First we have to find 16% of 1.5 million

0.16 x 1,500,000 = 240,000

Now we add this to the original 1.5m

1,500,000 + 240,000 = 1,740,000

There is roughly 1.74 million in the population of Nairobi