Anya’s farm measures 800 meters by 1:2 km. If 36 hectares are sown with wheat, find the percentage of her farm that is sown with wheat.

Answer 1

Hi, Rameez: Here's how to do it.

The area of the farm, in m² is: A = 800 x 1,200 [I assume that the length is supposed to read 1.2 km]

= 960,000 m²

= 960,000 / 10,000 hectares [because 1 hectare = 10,000 m^2]

= 96 hectares

Therefore, percentage sown with wheat = 36 / 96 x 100

= 37.5 %