Using these amounts, rank the top five food crops. In the following writing box, write your ranking together with the rounded production of each crop. Add these amounts to find how many metric tons of these food products were produced in 1997. To feed the world's people, billions of tons of food are planted and harvested each year. Select the crop from the adjacent list.
Production is given in metric tons.
Round each amount to the nearest million metric tons. For example, round 450,490,000 metric tons to 450 million metric tons. Use these estimates to answer the questions in the next two parts of this activity. Using these amounts, rank the top five food crops. In the following writing box, write your ranking together with the rounded production of each crop.