Problem of the week is due on Tuesday. Grade 6 just complete a. Grades 7 & 8 Complete a and b
September 16 is Citizenship Day. The table shows the number of United States’ citizens who were born in countries other than the United States for the years 2000 and 2003. (For example, in 2000, there were 4,355,000 European-born U.S. citizens.)
a. Fill in the row labeled Totals for the table.
b. For each cell in the table, find the percent of the total. For example, for 2003, find what percent of foreign–born citizens were from Latin America.
Area Number of Number of
of the People for People
World 2003(thousands) 2000(thousands)
Europe 4,593 4,355
Asia 8,372 7,246
Latin America 17,840 14,477
Other 2,667 2,301
Totals