Question

Find the standard divisor to two decimal places (hundredth) for the given population and number of representative seats.

Population : 140,000

# seats : 9


A) 15,555.56

B) 17,055.56

C) 13,056

D) 14,055.56

E) 16,055

Answer 1

A

Explanation:

A divisor refers to a number by which another number is to be divided.

So what this question is practically asking us is that which of the values in the options to 2 decimal places is the result dividing the population by the number of seats

Thus we have;

140,000/9 = 15,555.55555 which to 2 decimal places is 15,555.56