Question

The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 15% Americans are now on food stamps. If there are about 300 million Americans, how many millions of people are on food stamps?

Answer 1

15% of 300,000,000 =
15 * 1/100 * 300,000,000 =
0.15 * 300,000,000

Answer 2

so its 300,000,000?

Answer 3

What is 0.15 times 300,000,000?

Answer 4

oh lol 45,000,000

Answer 5

Thank you!!!

Answer 6

Right, but the question is how many millions ..., so answer is 45, not 45 million.

Answer 7

alrighty then. Thank you once again!

Answer 8

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