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M.F Math 7B November 12th, 2010

Big Idea: Many important practical and mathematical applications involve comparing quantities of one kind or another; it is important to know which method to use and how we should use them.

Investigation 1 Essential Question: What methods are there for comparing things?

=== //Problem 1.3 // **Getting the Message Across ** ===

**A. ** What headline would you use for your story? What would you first sentence be?

Headline- It's True, More People Are Really Going Camping Twice A Year

First Sentence- Based on recent research in the U.S, the amount of people that go comaping twice a year has started to increase.

=== **B. ** Write five statements you could use in your story to compare the popularity of camping among people in the three age groups. In each statement, be clear about which groups you are comparing. You comparison should be specific and based on mathematics. ===

**<span style="color: #8412f8; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14pt;">1. ** 1/4 of the people in the ages 12-17 go camping twice a year. **<span style="color: #8cf425; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 14pt;">2. ** In the ages 25-34, the amount of people is nearly twice as big as the amount of people in the ages 12-17. **<span style="color: #ff0fc6; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14pt;">3. ** 17% of the people in the age group 18-24 go camping twice a year. <span style="color: #e75f50; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 27px;">4. 20,103,000 people out of 89,762,000 go camping twice a year. <span style="color: #7777f8; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">5. 158,000 more people in the ages 25-34 go camping than the people in the ages 18-24.

I think that about 22% of the people from the ages 12-34 go camping twice a year.
 * //<span style="color: #1484f0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15pt;">Problem 1.3 // <span style="color: #e75b08; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Follow Up **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 30px;"> According to the data, what percent of people from age 12-34 go camping at least twice a year? **