Us e the World Cup to explore inequality Maths session Equal or unequal Probability True or false Russia is unlikely to win the World Cup England has a 132 chance of winning the World Cup ID: 1027832
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1. The World Cup: A fair game?Use the World Cup to explore inequality
2. Maths sessionEqual or unequal?
3. ProbabilityTrue or false?Russia is unlikely to win the World Cup.England has a 1/32 chance of winning the World Cup.A team from Africa has the same chance of winning the world cup as a team from Europe. Does every team have the same chance of winning?
4. There are 32 countries taking part in the World Cup.
5. Probability fractionsWhat is the probability of: England winning the World Cup? Russia winning the World Cup? A team from Group A winning the World Cup? England winning its group stage? A country with the colour red used in its flag winning the World Cup?
6. FIFA rankings
7. Probability statementsEven chance Impossible More likely Highly unlikely Unlikely Likely Highly likely Certain Less likely ………........ is more/less likely to win the World Cup than ………........ because ........................ A team from Group .... is more/less likely to win the World Cup than a team from Group .... because ........................ A team from Europe is more/less likely to win the World Cup than a team from Africa because ........................
8. Why do some teams have a greater chance of winning?Why do teams from some continents have a greater chance of winning?Are there any football reasons?Are there any non-football reasons?Why isn’t it equal?
9. Reasons for teams being more/less likely to win the World Cup… How much is this related to things outside of football itself? Is this fair?
10. Country incomesThe World Bank classifies each country as one of the following: a low-income country a lower-middle-income country an upper-middle-income country a high-income countryWhich group do you think each of these countries is in? SenegalEnglandEgyptRussiaUpper-middle High Low Lower-middle
11. 11,9703,4102,88095054,23042,3702,4505,31042,61038,72012,14027,6008,84043,9405,95027,5806,31056,76012,68054,77010,8405,47019,87082,09012,13038,0009,7203,69056,9909,04021,72015,230
12. Is there a big difference between the countries’ incomes?This difference is called income inequality.Inequality means the difference in resources or opportunities for one group of people versus another.Inequality
13. Income per person
14. Why?Think about how having extra income could affect football teams:Directly – for example by providing better resources for training.And indirectly – for example by providing better healthcare and education for children.
15. Statements and generalisationsThe more money a country has… Wealthy countries are… Income inequality in the World Cup is…Most… European countries…
16. Is this fair?If a high-income country has more money to invest in football, what else would it have more money to invest in? Choose a team to support through the tournament.Will you choose a high-, middle- or low-income country? Why? If a low-income country has less money to invest in football, what else would it have less money to invest in? Is football fair?Would you prefer to grow up in a high-, middle- or low- income country? Why?
17. Inequality between countriesThere is inequality between countries in the world.This means things are not shared fairly between countries.For example, some countries are wealthy while others are extremely poor.
18. Inequality within countriesThere is also inequality within countries.This means things are not shared fairly within the same country.For example, some people may have more money than others.
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20. Scoring inequality within countries Countries can be given a score (called the GINI index) to show how equal or unequal they are. 0 A score of 0 means that the country is completely equal, that everyone in that country has the same amount of money.That would look something like this:In reality, no country looks like this.
21. Scoring inequality within countriesA score of 100 means the country is completely unequal. This would look something like this:100In reality, thankfully, no country looks like this either.
22. Plotting fairness scores Plot the 4 countries on the scale below.Which is fairest?0 25 50 75 100Completely equal Completely unequal Iceland26England33Brazil51Russia38