Numbers in the news.

17% decline in per capita orange juice consumption in the last five years. Orange growers blame low-carb diets

Source: The Miami Herald

1 in 20 proportion of baby boomers [those born between 1946 and 1964] expected by demographers to live to age 100

Source: The New York Times

8% Percentage of Afghans who had registered as of February to vote in national elections scheduled for June.

Source: The New York Times

70 billion Dollars spent by the federal government in 2003 on student financial aid programs [see p. 21]

Source: U.S. Rep...