7th+Math+ELT+Math+Media

“Math in the Media” http://www.frankwbaker.com/math_in_the_media.htm Your mission: Prove the above statement, “We all use math everyday” correct. Pick one of the examples (or a different one) and research the ways it uses math.
 * We All Use Math Everyday**
 * Examples:**
 * Box Office Gross
 * New York Times Best Sellers
 * Sports
 * Television Ratings
 * Stock Market
 * Unemployment Rates
 * Life Expectancy
 * Advertising Costs
 * Video Game sells

1) An explanation of your topic and how it relates to math. Explain this fully. 2) You’ll need an example of your “media math” in action. For example: If you do Box Office Gross, list last week’s top 10 movies and all the data that goes along with it. Additionally, show ways that this data can be used (like predicting averages, etc.)
 * You’ll need to produce:**

A good place to start: http://www.frankwbaker.com/math_in_the_media.htm

This is good for sports data: http://asp.usatoday.com/sports

Great for Box Office numbers (go Wild Hogs!!!) http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/today.php

For the music researchers out there http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/genre_index.jsp [|]