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Major Categories of Federal Income and Outlays for the United States (Fiscal Year 2019)

Jenna Laib

Major Categories of Federal Income and Outlays in the United States (Fiscal Year 2019)
graph from IRS 1040 Instructions; slow reveal by Barbra Steinhurst

(Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: circle graph

Source: IRS 1040 Instructions

Potential Math Content: circle graph, pie chart, percentages, fractions, visualizing fractions

Potential Content Connections: government, politics, spending, economy

Published by Jenna Laib

K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA

1 thought on “Major Categories of Federal Income and Outlays for the United States (Fiscal Year 2019)”

  1. Note from the author: These graphs are required by law to be published annually. So it’s easy to update by screengrabbing the graphs from the back few pages of the most recent 1040 Instructions. 🙂 (If you teach about misleading graphs, pulling and comparing these graphs over the past 30 years illustrates well the impact of perspective and 3D pie charts.)

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