Saturday, March 20, 2010

Math for Journalists

1.
67% From the State
28% From student fees, grants and gifts.
5% From Student Tuition

Out of a total budget of $120 million, a local college released sixty-seven percent comes from the state, twenty-eight percent comes from student fees, grants and gifts while only five percent comes from student tuition.

2.
*The average prison sentence for people convicted of aggravated assault is 22 months.
*The median prison term for people convicted of aggravated assault is 12 months.
*The median is the most accurate description of prison terms because since Michael Reese's term was much longer than all others the average gets thrown off because you have to add the total numbers first.

3.
*California Sales Tax is 9.25%
*People would save $28.11 a year if they paid $5 per meal once a week
*People would save $112.43 if they paid $20 per meal once a week.

1 comment:

  1. 1) You've got the numbers right, but instead of using percentages, round them off. You want your words to be the equivalent of a pie chart -- to make it easy to understand. So say something like "about two-thirds comes from the state, more than a quarter comes from fees, grants and gifts, and just five percent (or 'one dollar in 20') comes from tuition."
    2) Good
    3) Good

    14/15

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