Question

The population of a country is 3.2×10^6. There are 8×10^5 children.

What fraction of the whole population are children? Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{1}{4}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Fraction of the whole population that are children

$= \frac{number \: of \: children}{whole \: population} = \frac{8 \times {10}^{5} }{3.2 \times {10}^{6} } \\ = \frac{8}{ \frac{32}{10} \times 10} = \frac{1}{4}$