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In South Africa and all over the world, farmers use fertilisers to increase the harvest
of crops such as mealies, vegetables and fruit. South African farmers use an average
of 48,2 kg of fertiliser per hectare (ha), while farmers in Egypt use 385,8 kg per
hectare.
If 10 000 m² = 1 hectare (ha)
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Convert 650 000 m² to hectares.
Calculate the number of hectares that could be fertilised with 5 000 kg of
fertiliser by a farmer in South Africa. Give the answer rounded to the nearest
hectare.
Calculate the number of kilograms of fertiliser that would be needed in Egypt to
fertilise 8 000 hectare.
Write the average amount of fertiliser used per hectare in South Africa as a
percentage of the average amount of fertiliser used per hectare in Egypt.
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