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Interest [PDF] - Grade level: 9-11 Students use the 'compound interest' formula to
examine rates of growth for space mission costs, and
the salaries of astronomers, with allowance for
inflation.
[Skills: Algebra
II]
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Career in Astronomy [PDF] - Grade level: 9-11
This problem looks at some of the
statistics of working in a field like astronomy.
Students will read graphs and answer questions about
the number of astronomers in this job area, and the
rate of increase in the population size and number of
advanced degrees.
[Skills: graph
reading, percentages,
interpolation]
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