Question

In a wood there are 420 silver birch trees 160 oak trees and 300 wild cherry trees. What percentage of the trees are oak trees? Give your answer to 1 dp

Answer 1

Answer

Find out the percentage of the trees are oak trees .

To prove

Formula

As given

In the woods there are 420 silver birch trees, 160 oak trees and 300 wood cherry trees .

Total number of trees = 420 + 160 + 300

                                  = 880

Part value = 160 oak trees

Put all in the formula

Percentage = 18.2 % (approx)

Therefore 18.2 % (approx) of the trees are oak trees .

Answer 2

Answer:

Total number of trees are 420+160+300=880

1. percentage of oak trees equal to =number of oak trees÷numbers of all trees ×100
2. =160/880×100
3. percentage of oak trees=88.2(approx)