Reporting with Numbers

1)
A) Percentages: 67% from the state, 28% from fees, grants and gifts and 5% from student tuition.

B) The most significant source is $80 million from state funding. The second most significant source is $34 million from fees, grants and gifts. The third and least significant funding would be $6 million from student tuition.

C) A local college released numbers that its total budget is $120 million. Two-thirds of the college's budget is from the state, more than a quarter is from fees, grants and gifts while only five percent comes from student tuition.


2)
A) The average prison term for the seven people convicted of aggravated assault is 22 months.

B) The median prison term for the seven people convicted of aggravated assault is 12 months.

C) The median prison term is more accurate because there is less fluctuation in the numbers given to determine the average and median results. Had there been extreme differences in the seven numbers, the average prison term would have been more accurate in this case.


3)
A) The general state sales tax for California is currently 7.25%.

B) In one year without sales tax, a person would save $18.80 if he or she typically spent $5 a week or $260 a year eating out once a week.

C) In one year without sales tax, a person would save $75.40 if he or she typically spent $20 a week or $1040 a year eating out once a week.