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365
173
53
46
67,981,686
59,082,002
Which of these numbers are prime?
Write 67,981,686 in words:
Which number is a multiple of 5?
Write 59,082,002 in words:
Which number has 23 as a factor?
What is 67,981,686 correct to two
significant figures?
What are the factors of 365?
Now write this number in standard form?
Write 365 as a product of its prime factors:
What is 59,082,002 correct to one
significant figure?
Now write this number in standard form?
Obama won 53% of the votes. Complete the
following:
McCain won 46% of the votes. Complete the
following:
53% as a fraction is
46% as a fraction in its simplest form is
decimal is
and as a
and as a decimal is
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 1
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On average how many votes were cast for
each seat Obama won?
(You must show your working and give your answer
to the nearest whole number).
On average how many votes were cast for
each seat McCain won?
(You must show your working and give your answer
to the nearest whole number).
Comment on your answers to the question above:
What percentage of the electorate did not vote for either Obama or McCain:
THE CHALLENGE - CAN you calculate how many people did not vote for either Obama or
McCain?
(You must show your working).
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 2
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Draw a pie chart to show how males voted:
Draw a pie chart to show how females voted:
Write a comment on how the genders voted:
Complete the bar chart below:
Votes by Age
Obama
M cCain
Other
70
Percentage
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
18-29
30-44
45-64
65 and older
Age in Years
Write comments on any trends you notice from the bar chart above:
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 3
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What is 1% of 18000?
Use the answer to the question above to find the:
Number of Black respondents.
Number of Hispanics respondents.
Number of White respondents.
Comment on how people voted by ethnicity
THE CHALLENGE – CAN you calculate:
The number of people 65 and older who voted for McCain
The number of Black people who voted for Obama
The number of females who did not vote for either Obama or McCain
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 4
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How many States did Obama win?
How many States did McCain win?
Write this as a percentage
Write this as a percentage
In which State did both Obama and McCain win at least one seat?
Which two States are away from mainland US?
Look at the map on fact sheet 3 and comment on what you notice about the location of the
States won by each candidate.
Complete the grouped frequency table below:
Number of
Seats
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
Tally
Number of
States


2
0
1
Mid-Interval
Value
3
8
43
48
53
Cumulative
Frequency
50
Total
What is the modal group?
In which group does the median lie?
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 5
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Work out the mean number of seats per State
Draw the cumulative frequency graph for this information .
Yes We Can –Mathematics-Question Sheet 6