Unit 1: Collection, Display, And Interpretation Of Data Worksheet - 6th Grade Page 36
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LESSON
Statistics Meant to Astound the Reader
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Each day we eat the equivalent of 90 football fields covered with pizza!
The National Association of Pizza Operators reported today that
Ninety acres may seem like a tremendous amount of pizza. The person who wrote
this headline wants us to think so. However, let’s look at this statistic more closely.
90
43,560
3, 920,400
There are 43,560 square feet in
Round to 3, 900, 0 00.
an acre, so 90 acres is about
3,900,000 square feet of pizza.
3, 900, 0 00
365
1, 4 23,500, 0 00
If Americans eat 3,900,000 square
Round to 1, 4 20, 0 00, 0 00.
feet of pizza each day for 365 days,
that is about 1,420,000,000 square
feet of pizza per year.
1, 4 20,000,000
270,000,000
5.2œ 5 œ 9 œ
If 1,420,000,000 square feet of pizza
Round to 5.
is divided by about 270,000,000 people
in the United States, then each person,
on average, eats about 5 square feet
of pizza per year.
Suppose an average pizza is about 1 square foot in area. Then each person in the
United States eats approximately 5 pizzas per year.
Here is a new headline based on the information above.
An Average American Eats 5 Pizzas per Year!
The National Association of Pizza Operators reported today that
Study the headline below.
1.
An Average American Takes about 50,000
Automobile Trips in a Lifetime!
Write a new headline that gives the same information but will not astound the reader.
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