rent for a 3-bedroom apartment in the city center (1 month)
\$5,000
\$1,200
cost of a house
\$1,380,000
\$210,000
Activity 1
Bermuda is one of the most expensive countries to live in the world. India is one of the least expensive.
The table shows how prices (in U.S. dollars) in Bermuda and India compared in 2023. Estimate or calculate the missing information in the table.
Table. 6 rows, 4 columns. First row. blank, Bermuda, cost in Bermuda is blank as in India, India. Second row. a meal with drink, 1 person in parenthesis, blank, 12 times as much, 2 dollars. Third row. Gasoline, 1 gallon in parenthesis, 8 dollars, 2 times as much, blank. Fourth row. Brand-name jeans, blank, 2 point 5 times as much, 31 dollars. Fifth row. Men's leather shoes, 1 hundred 43 dollars, 4 times as much, blank. Sixth row. Internet connection, blank, 14 times as much, 13 dollars.
In 2023, rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in Delhi (DELL-ee), the capital city of India, cost about \$182 per month. A similar apartment in Hamilton, Bermuda, costs 18 times as much.
Utilities (electric, gas, water, and heating) for a small apartment cost about \$65 per month in India and 2 times as much in Bermuda.
If a person earned \$3,500 per month, could they afford to pay rent and utilities in Bermuda?
Activity 2
The cost of living in the United States is higher than in Ghana.
The table shows how prices (in U.S. dollars) in the United States and Ghana compared in 2023.
Table. 6 rows, 4 columns. First row. Monthly cost, United States, cost in the US is blank as in Ghana, Ghana. Second row. 1 bedroom apartment in city center, 1 thousand 3 hundred dollars, 2 times as much, blank. Third row. 1 bedroom apartment outside of city center, blank, 9 times as much, 1 hundred 12 dollars. Fourth row. utilities for a 9 hundred 15 square foot apartment, 1 hundred 52 dollars, blank, 73 dollars. Fifth row. transportation pass, 70 dollars, 3 times as much, blank. Sixth row. private preschool for 1 child, 9 hundred 6 dollars, blank, 1 hundred 62 dollars.
In 2023, if a couple had \$3,000 for housing and wanted a 1-bedroom apartment outside of a city center, how many months of rent could they afford in:
the United States? Explain or show your reasoning.
