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Facts and Figures - Answers



  1. What % of the UK population live in the countryside?
  2. What % of the UK population work in the countryside?
  3. What % of Britain is covered by forest?
  4. How big is the average British farm in hectares?
The average answers given by over one hundred teachers from East and Central Europe were:
  1. 40%
  2. 20%
  3. 25%
  4. 30 hectares

































CORRECT ANSWERS:
  1. 20%
  2. 2%
  3. 10%
  4. 72 hectares

































CORRECT ANSWERS FOR POLAND:
  1. 38%
  2. 30%
  3. 25%
  4. 7 hectares


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