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USA TODAY® Related Activities
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Population Explosions
Teacher Notes:
- As an extension, have students research the amounts of money spent
by shoppers in various countries of the world. Have them make appropriate
graphs of the data.
- Have students research the largest retailers in the U.S. and make
graphs comparing the retail sales of those companies.
Proceedure for the Activity
Answers:
Procedure for the Activity
| Step 1 |
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| Step 2 |
The segments on the
bars for Vietnam, South Korea, Italy, and the U.S. would be congruent
because they both have the same length for 700,000 stores each.
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| Step 3 |
| Country |
Number
of Stores (2000) |
Population
(2000) |
People
per Store |
| 1. China |
19,306,800 |
1,261,832,000 |
65 |
| 2.
India |
10,537,080 |
1,014,004,000 |
96 |
| 3.
Brazil |
1,595,062 |
172,860,000 |
108 |
| 4.
Japan |
1,240,237 |
126,550,000 |
102 |
| 5.
Mexico |
1,087,995 |
100,350,000 |
92 |
| 6. Spain |
780,247 |
39,997,000 |
51 |
| 7.
Vietnam |
727,268 |
78,774,000 |
108 |
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8. South Korea |
704,032 |
47,471,000 |
67 |
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Italy |
697,853 |
57,634,000 |
83 |
| 10. United
States |
685,367 |
275,563,000 |
402 |
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| Step 5 |
The segments on the
bars for Brazil and Vietnam would be congruent because they both
have the same length for 108 stores per person.
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Wrapping Up the Activity
See students' work. Students may realize that less developed countries have more stores per person.
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