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Calling All Countries

Enrichment 1.4

Examine the table. Rank in order from least to greatest the number of cellular telephones in each country. Then rank each country in order from least to greatest in population. Use the table and the order in which you ranked them to answer the questions. Country Australia Finland Israel Italy Portugal Singapore Sweden United States Cellular Telephones 8,547,590 3,751,242 4,101,084 42,476,258 6,681,920 2,839,968 6,237,719 110,225,200 Rank Population 19,165,000 5,167,000 5,842,000 57,634,000 10,048,000 4,152,000 8,873,000 275,563,000 Data are from mid-2000.
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Which countries have numbers of cellular phones in the millions? the ten millions? Which countries have populations in the millions? the ten millions? the hundred millions?

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In which country does most of the population use cellular phones? In which country does the least amount of the population use cellular phones?

3.

What do you notice about the two columns in which you ranked the number of cellular telephones and the population? Explain how this could occur?

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