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8,202,528,555

Current estimated world population

What is the world's population to the nearest million?

What is the approximate increase in the population each minute?

If everyone in the world lay end to end in a line, how long would that line be?

A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

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Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics


Topics: Starter | Live Data | Rounding

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  • The panel above gives the teacher the opportunity to choose the mathematical concepts in this Starter of the Day. It could be an exercise in rounding (approximation) or the focus could be on performing calculations with large numbers and converting the units the answer is given in to make it more easily understandable. Questions are provided on using percentages, standard form (scientific notation) and fractions. There is the opportunity for pupils to research facts and statistics to answer some of the questions. If you select more questions than will fit on the screen use the view – zoom feature of your web browser to adjust the display.

    I hope you enjoy this Starter for World Population day.
  • Brian, Africa
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  • How do I access editable versions of these starters?

    [Transum: Sorry Brian. Editable versions of these starters are not currently available.]
  • QI,
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  • Of the 108 billion people that have ever lived, 52 billion are estimated to have died from malaria, making the mosquito the leading cause of human death.
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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops?  This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments:

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