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 Math
In The Media 
Math Activity
Using the figure (1) rating point is equal to 1 million,
55 thousand TV homes: have students look at the chart of
top TV shows for this week, found at http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/nielsen.htm
(NOTE: The chart
below has been customized so that students can calculate
the answers.)
They
should be able to MULTIPLY the rating for a specific
show BY 1, 055,000 to come up with the total number of
viewing households for a particular show. (NOTE:
Households can contain more than one person, so actual
number of viewers is not known)
Nielsen Media Research
Top 20
Week of
June 16 - June 23, 2002 |
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