Question

there are 435 representatives in the u.s. house of representatives. approximately 12.2% of the representatives are from california. how many representative from california are there in the u.s. house of representatives round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

To find the number of representatives from California, you will multiply the percentage that represents the parts from California by the total number of representatives. It would be 12.2% of the 435 representatives. In math, this is calculated as 0.122×435. The answer is 53 representatives from California when rounded to the nearest whole number.