Question

The U.S. has a total of 62 national parks, of which 60 are states, while the other 2 are in the US territories. What's the average number of national parks per state?

Answer 1

1.2

Explanation:

To find the desired average, divide the number of parks in states by the number of states:

(parks)/(states) = 60/50 = 1.2 . . . . parks per state