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In spring '96, several Scholastic classroom magazines* polled more than 50,000 young people across the country about important issues facing the United States.

The top three issues chosen were:

CRIME 36%
ENVIRONMENT 29%
EDUCATION 11%

The other top issues mentioned included:

    AIDS
    Abortion
    Prejudice/Racism
    Violence
    Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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*Participating Scholastic magazines included: Science World, Scholastic News (3-6), Junior Scholastic, and Scholastic Update.

Think About It

1) Which issue was chosen as the most important by a little over a third of the students?

2) What percentage of students did not feel that crime, environment, or education was the most important issue? Write this as a fraction.

3) What percentage of students did not believe that the environment was the most important issue?

4) If exactly 50,000 students participated in this poll, how many thought education was the number one issue?

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