100 PEOPLE
There are approximately seven billion (7 * 10^9) people in the world.
In the 1990s researchers calculated that if there were just 100 people in the world
-there would be 20 children
-25 people would not have food and shelter
-17 people would speak Chinese
- 8 people would speak English
1. What fraction of people in the world do not have food and shelter? How many people in the world do not have food and shelter?
2. How many more people in the world speak Chinese than speak English?
3. Approximately 3 * 10^8 people live in the USA. In the world of 100 people, how many would live in the USA?