How big is the Biden’s COVID-19 rescue plan?

[FACTFUL MATH] Grade level: 4 – 6th grades

Math skills: Percentage / division / large numbers

Related Environmental issues: Covid-19

Biden proposed American Rescue Plan and called for $ 1.9 trillion to tackle COVID-19 and the economic crisis.

About 330 million people live in the United States. How much money will be used per person? 

  1. $5.8

2) $58

3) $580

4) $5,800


ANSWER: 4

1.9 trillion = 1,900 billion 

1,900 billion = 1,900,000 million 1,900,000 /330 ≅ 5,758 ≅5,800


Factful Environmental Math Problems (2020)

Just published and now available from Amazon  (paperback)

About this book

The objective of Factful Environmental Math Problems is to cultivate our young people’s skills to analyze and evaluate fact-based data for understanding our world, while improving their math skills and critical thinking skills.

With the rise of the Internet and new technology, building skills to analyze and evaluate fact-based data becomes increasingly important for our young people to prepare for this rapidly changing world. These skills minimize their chances of being brainwashed by false information and making uninformed decisions and ultimately help develop their critical thinking skills. (Read more)

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Published: March 26, 2020

Price: $6.25

What state generates the third largest amount of electricity from wind in the United States?

Grade level: 4th – 6th grades

Skills: Number comparison / Subtraction (4-digit numbers)

Related environmental issues: Energy

The map below shows the top 5 states that generate the largest amount of electricity from wind.

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  1.  What state generates the largest amount of electricity from wind in the United States?
  2. What state generates the third largest amount of electricity from wind in the United States?
  3. How much more electricity does Iowa generate from wind than California?
  4. How much more electricity does Oklahoma generate from wind than Kansas?

 

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Answer keys

  1. Texas
  2. Oklahoma
  3. 2,537 MW (8,422 – 5,885 = 2,537)
  4. 2,409MW (8,072 – 5,663 = 2,409)