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    Football World Cup Stats Warmer

    Author: Dennis Delany Page 2 of 22r: Katie J ones. Pearson Education 2010 PHOTOCOPIABLE

    Answer Key:

    32 the number of countr ies that will take part in the 2010 World Cup

    11 the number of p layers in a team who can play on the field at any one time

    10 the number of stadiums (stadia) where the matches wi ll be played in South Africa 2010

    19 the number of t imes the World Cup has been held, including South Afr ica 2010

    5 the number of times that Brazil has won the World Cup

    8 the number of groups in the firs t round (four teams in each group)

    90 the number of minutes of normal time in a football match

    64 the number of matches that will be played

    3,000,000 the number of t ickets available

    700,000,000 + the number of people who it is estimated will watch the World Cup on TV

    3,000,000,000 estimated cost of staging the World Cup (in US dollars)

    94,000 the capacity of Soccer City Stadium, where the final wi ll be held(www.soccercity2010.co.za)

    6.175 weight o f the World Cup trophy in k ilograms(www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/worldcup/trophies.html)

    0 the number of t imes the World Cup has been played in the African continent unt il now

    1930 the year the fi rst World Cup was held

    4 For extra practice, give the class three minutes to memorise the information,then students test each other, this time framing the information as a question.

    Example: How many tickets will be available? or Can you remember/tell

    me/do you know how many tickets will be available?