Assignment: Math 76 OL Chapter 1 part 1.

8 HW
If the population increases from 2010 to 2030 by the same number of people as it did from 2000 to 2010, what will be the estimated population of country in
2030?

Year
To solve the problem, use the Mathematics Blueprint for Problem Solving.
Mathematics Blueprint for Problem Solving
What Am I
Asked to Do?

Gather the Facts

There is a bar graph showing the population of a country
by year. The increase of population between 2010 and
2030 is the same as between 2000 and 2010.

Find the
population in
2030.

How Do I Proceed?
Subtract the population in 2000 from the population in
2010. Then this increase is added to the population in
2010.

The population of the country in 2010 is 75 million .

The population of the country in 2000 is 69 million.
Subtract the population in 2000 from the population in 2010.
75
69
6

million
million
million

To find the population increase from 2010 to 2030, add the population increase between 2000 and 2010 to the population in 2010.
+

75
6
81

million
million
million

Check the answer. Round 75 to 80 million and 69 to 70 million and compare the estimate with the answer.
75 million
69 million
6 million

80
70
10

million
million
million

Estimate the increase in the population by adding 80 and 10.

75
+ 6
81

million
million
million

80
10
90

millions
millions
millions

The estimated answer of 90 is very close to the calculated value. Thus, the answer is reasonable.
Therefore, the estimated population of the country in 2030 will be 81,000,000 people.

Key Points to
Remember
Use only the
values for the
given years.