In 2000 there were about 2,172,000 farms in the united states. twenty -four thousand of the farms were in south carolina. what percent of the farms were in south carolina? round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

What percent of the farms were in South Carolina? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

24,000 divided by 2,172,000 = 1.1 percent, rounded to 1 percent.

We can test our answer by dividing 2,172,000 by 100 to learn that exactly 1 percent equals 21,720, which is pretty close to 24,000