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This module is part of a series produced at The Universtiy of Nevada at Reno for the National Numeracy Network under a grant from the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation through the National Council on Education and the Disciplines. These brief modules are envisioned as a resource for teachers to use in a classroom setting and also for quantitative literacy workshops for teachers. Each module typically contains one or two examples related to "real world" quantitative literacy issues and includes exercises for students. There is also a section "for the instructor" that contains discussions of some of the topics, solutions to the exercises, and resources for further explorations.

 

Teenage Motor Vehicle-Related Deaths

Julie A. Ellsworth
Truckee Meadows Community College

In this module students are presented with a graph showing data on the number of motor vehicle-related deaths among teenagers. They will examine the information and answer a series of questions designed to help them interpret the graph.

The math is reading and estimating from graphs; calculating proportions.