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This article presents some opportunities for using basic numeracy skills (for example with decimals and percentages) as well as looking at the average life expectancy of Australians. The interpretation of the statement about unmarried men dying at a rate four times greater than married men, needs to be done with care. There must be some age constraints in these calculations since eventually all men die!
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