MATH TRIVIA When is a billion not a billion? Did you know that the American system for naming large numbers is not the same as the British system? What we call a billion‚ they call a thousand million. And what they call a billion‚ we call a trillion! And it continues from there. After a million‚ we do not agree on any of the names for large numbers. The chart below summarizes the differences. Number Power of 10 American Name British Name 1‚000 103 thousand thousand 1‚000‚000 106
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Alexis Wiggins Mrs. Tuzzolo English I Honors 15 September 2014 The Worst Birthday Ever I’ve had my fair-share of bad birthdays‚ but there is one that tops them all by a long shot. In order to understand the happenings in the story to come‚ you must know a few things. My younger brother‚ Austin‚ had been sick a few days prior to this particular day. Austin had a high fever‚ a cough‚ and a drippy nose. Worst‚ or best of all‚ depending on how you look at it‚ he was constantly sleeping! By nature
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For those who are unaware‚ at least 1 and 2 are thanks to Georg Cantor and his invention of set theory. He had to endure a lot of resistance from the mathematical luminaries of his day - Kronecker and apparently‚ even Poincaré! Like Nietzsche‚ he died in a mental institution‚ the vicious attacks on his ideas (mostly by Kronecker) having supposedly played a part in Cantor’s breakdown. His mathematical ideas also ran afoul of some religious "philosophers" who‚ as is usually the case‚ are never ever
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Calculate the minimum value of n. (4) (Total 6 marks) 3. (a) Consider the geometric sequence −3‚ 6‚ −12‚ 24‚ …. (i) (ii) Write down the common ratio. Find the 15th term. (3) Consider the sequence x − 3‚ x +1‚ 2x + 8‚ …. IB Questionbank Maths SL 1 (b) When x = 5‚ the sequence is geometric. (i) (ii) Write down the first three terms. Find the common ratio. (2) (c) Find the other value of x for which the sequence is geometric. (4) (d) For this value of x‚ find (i) (ii)
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The Best and Worst inventions Creative humankind invent abundance of objects that was thought to be of benefits of people. Some inventions are beneficial‚ some of them are also destructive. In my point of view‚ the greatest invention is the airplane. Airplanes make it possible for people to “fly” across the ocean and discover the other land on the earth. At the same time‚ we can have friends of different nationality. This transport reduces the time of travelling which makes our vacations more interesting
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The Worst Christmas Ever It was December 1991‚ I just had my ninth birthday two months prior. My father was a cross-country truck driver. He had been one since before I was born. He loved being able to see new places and even visit places he had been before. He loved taking my brother‚ sister and me on “runs” with him‚ when we didn’t have school! In the few years‚ before his death my father had a Triple-Bypass and had a pacemaker put into his heart. This December 12th will make it nineteen
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you buy a car‚ follow a recipe‚ or decorate your home‚ you’re using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands of years‚ across countries and continents. Whether you’re sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru‚ you’re using math to get things done. How can math be so universal? First‚ human beings didn’t invent math concepts; we discovered them. Also‚ the language of math is numbers‚ not English or German or Russian. If we are well versed
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Women In Math Over the past 20 years the number of women in the fields of math‚ science and engineering have grown at astronomical rate. The number of women which hold positions in these fields has more than doubled. In post secondary education women are filling up the lecture halls and labs where in the past where it was rare to see a woman at all. If a woman was able withstand the pressure that was put on her it was more than likely that she wouldn’t even be hired. Many organizations have
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For generations‚ parents have pushed children to get good grades. Many of my classmates are given cash‚ iPods‚ and even cars as rewards for good grades. This obsession with grades comes from the belief that school success means more opportunities for higher paying jobs and a better life. Since grades are indicators of school success‚ good grades are seen as essential. But can grades in high school predict future success? While good grades may indicate the mastery of content‚ what they really demonstrate
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2013-2014 COURSE HANDOUT (PART-II) Date: 03.08.2013 In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No. : MATH C241/MATH F211 Course Title : MATHEMATICS - III Instructor in charge : M S RADHAKRISHNAN Instructors : A Ramu‚ M S Radhakrishnan‚ TSL Radhika‚ P K Sahoo‚ K Venkata
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