A student is making a timeline about Australia and writes: “1901 — Australia’s population was about _____.” Which number should they use to complete the sentence?

A student is making a timeline about Australia and writes: “1901 — Australia’s population was about _____.” Which number should they use to complete the sentence?

• AFour millionCorrect
• BEight million
• COne million
• DTwelve million

The correct completion is four million, because the fact says Australia’s population in 1901 was about four million.