Question

At Alexandra's Orchards, 99% of the trees are apple trees. Across town at Zachary's Orchards, 558 out of 563 trees are apple trees. Which orchards have a greater percentage of apple trees?

Answer 1

Answer:

Zachary's Orchards

Step-by-step explanation:

We are already given the percent of trees at Alexandra's Orchards, so nothing to do here, yet.

Zachary's Orchards we could find by dividing the trees over the total.

558/563 = .9911

Multiply by 10 in order to get a whole number

.9911 * 10 = 99.11

Hence, Zachary's Orchards have a greater percentage