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MATH PRACTICE: Anger in the US
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READING | WRITING | MATH | PROJECT | FUN Anger is directly related to crime. The data and chart below were taken from US Crime Statistics Ranks at http://www.disastercenter.com The Index of Crime Statistics on the site above covers the period from 1960 to 2000.
Crime in the United States accounts for more death, injuries and loss of property then all natural disasters combined!
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item in the boxes below. Some items deal with percentages. If you
want to brush up on how to work with percentages (%), click on the
Math Mentor icon. According to the US Crime Statistics Ranks... 1. "Approximately thirteen million people (approximately 5% of the U.S. population) are victims of crime every year." What was the approximate total population at the time of the statement? 2.Which two years had the highest crime (see the chart)? 3.Which of the following three years had the least number of reported crimes: 1966, 1986, or 1990? Which one had the highest number? (See the chart) 4. In 1996 your risk of being a victim of a crime in the United States was 5.079%. In 1960 that rate was 1.89% . What was the percentage increase between the two years? (Remember to align the dots in your subtraction.) 5. The United States Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants went from 1,887.2 in 1960 to 5,897.8 in 1991. (In other words, for every 100,000 people, 1,887.2 were victims of crime in 1960, as opposed to 5,897.8 in 1991.) What was the increase in victims per 100, 000 people between the two years? 6. By 1991 the crime rate was nearly 313% the 1960 crime rate. How would you check that total percentage amount from the figures in item 5?
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