The Math Around the World

By: Tatiana MartinezMr. Lawson

4th Block

What’s in China

• Location: In the east of the Asian continent, on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean.

• Climate: Extremely diverse; tropical in the south to subarctic in the north

• Geography: Mountains, high plateaus, and deserts in the west; plains, deltas, and hills in the east. The highest mountain in China is the highest mountain in the world: Mount Qomolangma. The mountain towers above all others at 29,035 feet or 8,848 m

Political

• The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the country's sole political party in power. Hu Jintao became general secretary of the CPC at its 16th National Congress in November 2002. Founded in July 1921, the CPC today has more than 66 million members and over 3.5 million basic organizations. Besides the CPC, there are eight political parties

Economical• GDP (2010 est.): $5.88 trillion (exchange rate-based); $10.09 trillion (purchasing power

parity).Per capita GDP (2010): $7,600 (purchasing power parity).GDP real growth rate (2010): 10.3%.Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest).Agriculture: Products--Among the world's largest producers of rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley; commercial crops include cotton, other fibers, apples, oilseeds, pork and fish; produces variety of livestock products.Industry: Types--mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites.Trade: Exports (2010)--$1.506 trillion: electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment. Main partners (2009)--U.S. 20.03%, Hong Kong 12.03%, Japan 8.32%, South Korea 4.55%, Germany 4.27%. Imports (2010 est.)--$1.307 trillion: electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals. Main partners (2009)--Japan 12.27%, Hong Kong 10.06%, South Korea 9.04%, U.S. 7.66%, Taiwan 6.84%, Germany 5.54%.Currency: Renminbi.

Education

• China’s literacy rate: (age 15+ who can read and write)total population: 91.6%male: 95.7%female: 87.6%

• School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):male: 11 yearsfemale: 12 years (2009)

• Education expenditures:1.9% of GDPGlobal rank: #172

What’s in Japan

• Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula

• Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

• Geography: strategic location in northeast Asia

Political

• Civil law system based on German model; system also reflects Anglo-American influence and Japanese traditions; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court

Economical• GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $4.13 trillion; per capita $32,600.

Real growth rate:–5.3%. Inflation: –1.3%. Unemployment: 5.6%. Arable land: 12%. Agriculture: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish. Labor force: 66.07 million; agriculture 4.6%, industry 27.8%, services 67.7% (2004). Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods.

Education• Japan has a near 100 percent literacy rate.• Japan spends 3.3 percent of GDP on education.• The Japanese take a hierarchal, top down approach to education. The Ministry of

Education (Monbushu) makes most policy decisions, and sets guidelines for textbooks, curriculum, standards, testing, and finances in private as well as public schools throughout the nation.

• Compulsory education in Japan is nine years for children aged 6 to 14. In January 2006, the government said it wanted to expand compulsory education from nine years to 10 years or 11 years by making kindergarten required. In 97 percent of Japanese choose to go to high school after their compulsory education is completed.

• Japanese women are among the best educated in the world. In 2005, 42.5 percent of them had at least some post-secondary education.

What’s in India

Political SystemType: Federal republic.Independence: August 15, 1947.Constitution: January 26, 1950.Branches: Executive--president (chief of state), prime minister (head of government), Council of Ministers (cabinet). Legislative--bicameral parliament (Rajya Sabha or Council of States, and Lok Sabha or House of the People). Judicial--Supreme Court.Political parties: Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India-Marxist, and numerous regional and small national parties.Political subdivisions: 28 states,* 7 union territories (including National Capital Territory of Delhi).

Economical SystemGDP (FY 2011 est.): $1.843 trillion.Real growth rate (2011 est.): 7.8%.Per capita GDP (PPP, FY 2011 est.): $3,700.Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, chromite, thorium, limestone, barite, titanium ore, diamonds, crude oil.Agriculture: 18.1% of GDP. Products--wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, sugar, cotton, jute, tea.Industry: 26.3% of GDP. Products--textiles, jute, processed food, steel, machinery, transport equipment, cement, aluminum, fertilizers, mining, petroleum, chemicals, and computer software.Services and transportation: 55.6% of GDP.Trade: Exports (FY 2011 est.)--$298.2 billion; engineering goods, petroleum products, precious stones, cotton apparel and fabrics, gems and jewelry, handicrafts, tea. Services exports ($101.2 billion in 2008-2009) represent more than one-third of India's total exports. Software exports (FY 2009)--$35.76 billion. Imports (FY 2011 est.)--$451 billion; petroleum, machinery and transport equipment, electronic goods, edible oils, fertilizers, chemicals, gold, textiles, iron and steel. Major trade partners--U.S., China, U.A.E., EU, Russia, Japan.

Climate/Geography

Climate India has many monsoons

during rainy seasons. Tropical weather Mountain ranges-winds Alternating seasons is the

chief characteristic of India’s climate.

GEOGRAPHY T h e U n i o n o f I n d i a i s

t h e s e v e n t h l a rg e s t c o u nt r y i n t h e w o r l d w i t h a n a r e o f 1 , 2 6 9 , 2 1 9 s q u a r e m i l e s ( 3 , 2 8 7 , 2 6 3 s q k m )

India Fun Fast Facts• India is a country in South Asia.• It is the Seventh-Largest country by area and

second-largest by populous democracy in the world.

Education in IndiaThe fact that the system of education in the country has been considered to be one of the most rigorous and we have even seen people like Mr. Obama mentioning that he fears that the Indian and Chinese students may capture all the jobs- but for those who have been continuously lamenting about how pathetic the system is, it came as no surprise, only that the results made their point more evident, along with the right facts and statistics.

India may be considered one of the smartest countries in the world, but the truth is that it is not.

Education in IndiaShockingly, in Std 8, there are 1% of students who cannot even read letters. It leaves us wondering how they reached up till the 8th standard.

In the age group of 6-14, there are 3.3% students who are either not enrolled or dropped out of school.

What’s in the U.S.?• Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic

Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico• Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida,

arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm Chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

• Geography: world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent

Political

• Democratic Party [Debbie Wasserman SCHULTZ]; Green Party; Libertarian Party [Mark HINKLE]; Republican Party [Reince PRIEBUS].

• Environmentalists; business groups; labor unions; churches; ethnic groups; political action committees or PAC; health groups; education groups; civic groups; youth groups; transportation groups; agricultural groups; veterans groups; women's groups; reform lobbies.

Economical• The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in

the world, with a per capita GDP of $48,100. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.

• Also in a big DEBT!!!!

Education• Overview

Total Number of School Districts -- 14,881Total Number of Public Schools -- 85,393Total Number of Private and Catholic Schools -- 34,438Total Public School Enrollment -- 45,037,000Total Public School Teachers -- 2,595,000Public School Student-Teacher Ratio -- 17:1Private School Student-Teacher Ratio -- 15:1

• Maine has the best score in the nation on the 1994 NAEP 4th grade reading test, and 59% of its fourth graders could not read at a proficient level.

• Iowa led the nation on the 1992 NAEP math exam, and 69% of its 8th graders were below the proficient level.

• 85% of Louisiana's 4th graders read blow the proficient level. • 94% of Mississippi's 8th graders score below the proficient level in math.