Question

The birth rate in Namibia is 35 babies to every 1000 people. in 2001, the country had a population of about 1,800,000 people. How many babies were there.

Answer 1

The first step is to find how many thousands were in the population. To do this, the population is divided by 1000. Next the number of thousands is multiplied by 35 to find the number of babies in 2001.\[Number\ of\ babies\ 2001=\frac{1800000}{1000} \times 35\]

Answer 2

So whats the answer

Answer 3

Just punch the numbers into your calculator, or use an online calculator, to get the answer.