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    This document contains math word problems about socioeconomic statistics in the United States and Chicago in the early 2010s. The problems ask the reader to calculate ratios comparing numbers of people above and below the poverty line, with and without jobs or high school diplomas, experiencing food insecurity or foreclosure. The document aims to illustrate socioeconomic disparities through comparative statistics.

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    This document contains math word problems about socioeconomic statistics in the United States and Chicago in the early 2010s. The problems ask the reader to calculate ratios comparing numbers of people above and below the poverty line, with and without jobs or high school diplomas, experiencing food insecurity or foreclosure. The document aims to illustrate socioeconomic disparities through comparative statistics.

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    Name:_______________

    SocioeconomicClassintheUnitedStatesToday

    Ifboththedivisorandthedividendaremultiplesoften,wecancancelthesamenumberof
    zeroesfromeachnumber.
    Whydoesthiswork?

    1)6000 3000=6
    000 3
    000
    =____Cancelthreezeroes(todividebothby____).

    2)1,500,000 50,000=1500000 50000=150 5.Cancel___(todividebothby10,000).

    3)800,000 2,500=8000
    00 25
    00
    =_______.Canceltwo(todividebothby____).

    1.In2011,therewereover3,000,000millionairesintheUS.Meanwhile,46,000,000families
    werelivingbelowthepovertyline.Theycouldnotaffordbasicnecessitiesforliving.

    Howmanytimesmoreimpoverishedfamiliesweretherethanmillionaires?Writethesolution
    asamixednumber.

    2.In2011,therewere400billionairesand237,680,000nonbillionairesintheUS.

    Howmanytimesmorenonbillionairesthanbillionaireswerethere?

    3.InChicago,theaveragepopulationbetween2008and2012was2,760,000people.
    552,000peoplewerelivingbelowthepovertylineand2,208,000werelivingaboveit.

    Howmanytimesmorepeoplelivedabovethepovertylinethanpeoplewholivedbelowit?

    4.In2011,therewere11,000,000familiesintheUSthatwerefoodinsecure.Thismeans
    theyhadtroubleputtingfoodonthetable.Therewere65,000,000familieswhohadenough.

    Howmanytimesmorefamilieshadenoughtoeatthanfamilieswhodidnot?Writethe
    solutionasamixednumber.

    5.Thereareabout15,500homesbeingforeclosedinChicago.Thismeansthatfamiliescan
    nolongeraffordtopayfortheirhouses,sothehousesbecomeownedbybanksandthe
    familiesmoveout.Currentlyabout868,000homesarebeingforeclosedintheUS.

    HowmanytimesmorehomesarebeingforeclosedinthewholecountrythaninjustChicago?

    6.In2010inChicago,about360,000peopleovertheageof25didnothaveahighschool
    diploma.About1,440,000peopleovertheageof25did.

    Howmanytimesmorepeoplewereabletograduatehighschoolthanthosewhodidnot?

    7.In2010,therewereabout240,000adultsinChicagowhowereunemployed.18,000,000
    adultsinChicagowereemployed.

    Howmanytimesmorepeoplehadjobsthanpeoplewhodidnthavejobs?

    8.WhatissomethingnewthatyoulearnedabouthowpeopleliveintheUSorinChicago?

    9.Whatdoyounoticeaboutsocioeconomicclassinourtime?Whatdoyoufeelis
    important?

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