Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Slumdog Math


In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal the main character, wins 20 million rupees. Rupees are the currency that is used in India like our dollar is used in our country; what I would like to know is how much money did he win in dollars? The link to the right named "money converter"has a list of all the currencies used around the world. Your challenge today is to convert 20 million rupees to dollars. Use the link as a tool to help you solve the problem.
Your second challenge is to use google to answer the following questions;
1. What is the population of India?
2. How many people are poor in India?
3. How much bigger is India than the US in population?
4. The major religion in India is called Hinduism; In the movie the little boy in the movie with the bow and arrow is a representation of the god Rama; There are an infinite number of gods in the Hindu religion; How many gods are there? Explain you answer in three or more sentences.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. 20,000,000 Indian Rupie is equal to $ 405,536.
2. 1,147,995,904 estimated 2008 population. 1,028,610,328 2001 census.
3. per capita income US$977 the number below 1.08 a day is 42%or about 482,158,280 people.
4. India is about 850,000,000 people bigger than the US, almost 4times as many people.
5. Interesting question how many of our students responded.

Another Good asignment Mr. Gengel

Anonymous said...

he won or got 400,000 dollars with 20 million rupees

1)the population of india is 1,027,015,247

2)there are 456 million Indians the are poor in india

3)i couldnt find this answer sorry i tried

4)imnot sure how many gods there are but this is the most i can say about it

by jose j. montanez

Anonymous said...

*INDIAS POPULATION:1,147,995,904 PEOPLE[IN 2008)
*20,000,000 INDIAN RUPIE IS EQUAL TO $405,536.
*INCOME=US.$977 THE NUMBER BELOW 1.08 A DAY IS 42% OR ABOUT 482,158,280 PEOPLE!
*INDIA IS ABOUT 850,000,000 PEOPLE BIGGER THAN THE US ALMOST 4x AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES!!.

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Anonymous said...

1. 20,000,000 = to $405,536
2.population in 2008 1,147,995,904
3. pre capita income us$977 the # below 1.08 a day is 42%or about 482,158,280 people.
4.india is 850,000,000 people bigger than th US,about 4times bigger.
5.

Anonymous said...

1.The population of india is 1.17 billion people.

2.The World Bank estimates that 456 million Indians (42% of the total Indian population) now live under the global poverty line of $1.25 per day (PPP).

3. India | United States
area | 1.269 million mi^2 | 3.719 million mi^2

4.Hindu religion is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods

Anonymous said...

1.The population of india is 1.17 billion people.

2.The World Bank estimates that 456 million Indians (42% of the total Indian population) now live under the global poverty line of $1.25 per day (PPP).

3. India | United States
area | 1.269 million mi^2 | 3.719 million mi^2

4.Hindu religion is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods

Anonymous said...

jamika jackson

1. population of india is | 1.17 billion people (world rank: 2nd)
2. 456 millon Indians and 42% live under the provety line.
3. | India | United States area | 1.269 million mi^2 | 3.719 million mi^2
4. hindu religion has 330 millon gods