Organic Acres

Use this activity to teach students how to determine percent increase, have students first subtract to find the total amount of acreage increase in California and the U.S. from 2000 to 2006.

Subject: Mathematics
Topics: Percent
Grades: 6 – 8
Concepts:
- Percent
Knowledge and Skills:
- Can calculate percent of increase of a quantity

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There are more than 350 different commodities grown in California. In a state that provides approximately 15 percent of U.S. agricultural products, statistics are an important tool for agricultural economists to keep up with supply and demand.
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