Middle Class Analysis

I simply wouldn't have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education. Paul Lockhart (via Temple Grandin)

Are You in the Middle Class

Are you in the middle class?

Enter the information below and see.

State:
Annual Family Income:
Number of family members:
	Calculate

Footnotes:

Median family income by state from Census Bureau used
Median income is adjusted by approximately 1/2 the cost of living by state
Adjusted income is modified by number in family as follows adjusted income = adjusted median income * numberinfamily^.5
Middle class range is then above 2/3 or below 2x adjusted income.