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Measuring Inequalities
From the Integrating Mathematical Problem Solving project by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI), this activity shows that income is not equally distributed among all the inhabitants of a country. This can be shown visually using a graph and also measured. The mathematical ideas covered are:
• Cumulative frequency
• Quintiles
• Measuring spread
• Time series
Please note that some of the files in this resource require use of Geogebra software.
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Measuring inequalities teacher notes 303.92 KB
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Countries list 9.08 KB
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Income - geogebra 5.89 KB
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Measuring inequality 88.12 KB
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Gini - geogebra 8.07 KB
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Measuring inequalities teacher notes 303.92 KB -
Countries list 9.08 KB
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Income - geogebra 5.89 KB -
Measuring inequality 88.12 KB -
Gini - geogebra 8.07 KB
Download all files as a .zip374.75 KB
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