In mid-2016, the world's population was about 7.4 billion people. The population of the United States was about 324 million people. What percent of the world's population was the U.S. population? Round the percentage to one decimal place.  % How many more people lived in the entire world than in the U.S. in mid-2016? Round your result to the nearest million and then write it with the number word "million" instead of writing out zeros.   __________ million more people lived in the world than in the U.S. in mid-2016. How many times larger was the world population than the U.S. population in mid-2016. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. The world population was _______  times larger than the U.S. population in mid-2016.

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In mid-2016, the world's population was about 7.4 billion people. The population of the United States was about 324 million people.
What percent of the world's population was the U.S. population? Round the percentage to one decimal place.

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How many more people lived in the entire world than in the U.S. in mid-2016? Round your result to the nearest million and then write it with the number word "million" instead of writing out zeros.

  __________ million more people lived in the world than in the U.S. in mid-2016.

How many times larger was the world population than the U.S. population in mid-2016. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

The world population was _______  times larger than the U.S. population in mid-2016.

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In mid-2016, the world's population was about 7.4 billion people. The population of the United States was about 324 million people.

What percent of the world's population was the U.S. population?

 

So the percent of the world's population was the U.S. population is 4.4%

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