Question

A forest covers 68,000 acres. A survey finds that 0.8% of the forest is old-growth trees. How many acres of old-growth trees are there?

Answer 1

544 acres

Explanation:

There is 100% in a whole.

1% is 1/100th of the whole, or 0.01 of it. We get this because 1/100 = 1/100 = 0.01

Similarly, 0.8/100 = 0.008. We then multiply the decimal by the total to get

(0.008) ( 68000) = 544 acres