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Where in the World Do People Live?

 

Name__________________________________________________

 
   
My Estimate
The facts     
1. Total number of people in Milwaukee:    
2. Total number of people in the world:    

3. If all the people in the world were represented by 25 chips, how many people is each chip worth?

Show your work:

1 chip = ______________________ people

1 chip = ______________________ million people

4. Estimate how many people are on each continent. Use chips to represent people. Use all 25 chips.

Continent
Estimates
 
Facts
 
# of chips
population
in millions
%
# of chips
population
in millions
%
North America            
South America            
Africa            
Europe            
Asia            
Australia/New Zealand            
Antartica            
Total
25
 
100%
25
 
100%

Last Updated Spring 2002

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