Question

The number of farms in the country was 2.22 million in 2000. By 2006 the number dropped to 2.08 million. What was the percent of decrease. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

2.08/2.22 (forget the millions as they are the same!) = 0.937 (rounded) = 93.7%

Therefore there has been a 6.3% decrease