Canadians ate 2296.8 million kg of fruit in 2002.
a) About how many tonnes of fruoit is this? Show your work.
b) There are about 30 million Canadians. Did a typical canadian eat closer to 1 tonne, 0.1 tonnes, or 0.01 of fruit? Explain.
2006-09-17 13:12:08 · 7 answers · asked by Just_A_Person!! 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
1000kg is a ton.
2296.8million kg = 2296.8 x 1000000 = 2296800000 kg
2296800000 divides by 1000 = 2296800 tons of fruits.
b) 2296800 divides by 30000000 = 0.1 ton of fruit a typical canadian ate.
2006-09-17 13:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by jane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 ton = 1000 kg
2296.8 x 10^6 kg divided by 1000 is 22968000 tons of fruit.
22968000 tons of fruit divided by 30 000 000 people equals 0.07 tons per person. The closest decimal unit would be 0.1
By the way metric ton= 1000kg
english ton = 2000 lbs
2006-09-17 20:19:51 · answer #2 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a)2296.8 million kg of fruit
Because 1000 kg =1 ton
2296.8 million kg /1000
2.2968 million tons
b)2.2968/30= 0.077656 ton= closer to 0.1 ton
2006-09-17 20:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by Amar Soni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a) 2.2968 * 10^6 tons.
b) 2.2968 * 10^6 tons / 3 * 10^7 canadians = 7.656 * 10^-2 tons â 0.1 tons.
2006-09-17 20:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a) To solve for the number of "tonnes" divide 2,296,800,000 by the number of kilograms in a "tonne".
b) Divide the number of "tonnes" determined in a) by 30,000,000 to find the average number of "tonnes" consumed by a Canadian.
2006-09-17 20:18:16 · answer #5 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ton is 2000 pounds but i don't know about kg. you crazy canadians! *laughs*
2006-09-17 20:15:48 · answer #6 · answered by Isabelle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the answer is .08439lbs per person good luck figuring out how i got it
2006-09-17 20:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by elltea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋