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Graphing Internet Use Activity Sheet
McGraw-Hill Mathematics: Grade 5, Chapter 4
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Graphing Internet Use
Nua Internet Surveys: Index of Graphs & Charts for 1998
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/graphs_charts/1998graphs/index.html
Each year, more and more people around the world are connecting to the Internet. What are they using the Web for? How much time are they spending online? Look at these statistics to examine some trends in Internet usage.
- Click each of the following graphs to look at them:
- Primary Use of the Internet
- Hours Spent on the Internet
- Internet Use by Gender
- Use of the Internet by Geographic Location
- Consumer Spending - US
- Consumer Spending - Europe
- Study the graphs. Then answer the questions based on the graphs.
- List the primary uses of the Internet in the world in order from greatest to least.
- What percent of people using the Internet in the world use it for at least 40 hours a week?
- Which graph is a double bar graph?
- Which region or country has the greatest difference between Internet use of women and men? What is that difference in usage?
- What percent of the people using the Internet live in North America?
- In the U. S., how much less money is spent on gifts and flowers than on PC hardware and software?
- Find the range, median, and mode for the amounts of U. S. consumer spending online.
- Which European country does the most online consumer spending?
- Find the mode for the amounts for European consumer spending online.
- Find the mean of the amounts of consumer spending for the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, and The Netherlands, rounded to the nearest million.
Math at Home
Today I learned about Internet statistics at a Web site!
I learned that more people are using the Web for than for any other use and that % of Internet users are online for at least 40 hours a week.
You can find out more about this topic by asking your teacher or parents to show you other Web sites.
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