It has been estimated that 0.8% of a certain country's population are homeless. Now 0.8% is a small percentage, but there are approximately 313 million people in the country, and 313 million is a large number. Approximately how many people are homeless? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
0.08 * 313,000,000 = ?
To estimate the number of homeless people in the country, we can use the following steps:
Step 1: Convert the percentage to decimal form.
0.8% can be written as 0.008 in decimal form.
Step 2: Multiply the decimal form by the total population of the country.
0.008 * 313,000,000 = 2,504,000
Hence, approximately 2,504,000 people are estimated to be homeless in the country.