Question

In New York State, there are approximately 1,400,000 native Spanish speakers. If the population of New York State is approximately 19,800,000, what percent of the total population is native Spanish speakers? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

The answer is 7%. To get this answer you simply divide 19,800,000 into 1,400,000 like so: 1,400,000/19,800,000 and you should get the answer: .070707... Next you multiply the decimal you just got by 100 to get it into percentage form like so: .070707...*100=7.0707... After you get your answer of 7.0707... you then round to the nearest whole number which would be 7. Thus, your answer is 7% :)