The population of the Torres Strait islands is approximately 8,000. About 2,000 of those people are aboriginal people. The remainder are Torres Strait islander. Aproximately what percent of the people are Torres Strait islanders?
About 6000 are Torres Strait islanders, so 6000/8000 = 3/4 are islanders. 3/4 = 75%.
75%
0.75 (as a decimal)
3/4 (as a fraction)