Presidents Activity
We have had 43 US Presidents in our country’s history. Please
use the chart under US Presidents in (www.infoplease.com/ipa) to
answer the following questions:
1. What state were more Presidents born in than any other
state? ______________
a. How many US Presidents were born in that state?
b. Based on our nation’s past history what is the probability
that our next US President will be from that state?
c. Now use estimation to show this fraction in simplest
terms.
2. What is the probability that our next US President will be
from the same state as G. W. Bush?
3. What is the ratio of the total number of states where
Presidents were born to the total number of states? About
what percentage does this represent?
4. Using the data given construct a frequency table by state
where presidents were born. Graph the total number of
presidents by state that were born in the eight states that
produced the most Presidents. Your graph can be a pictograph,
bar graph, line graph, circle graph or another representation of
your choosing.
5. Look at the inauguration dates.
a. What is the youngest age that a President was
inaugurated?
b. What is the oldest age that a President was inaugurated?
c. Graph the ages at inauguration. Use a different graph
type then you used in question #4.
Note: You can blank out a few ages at inauguration and have the
students figure them out. (Beginning term date – birth date)