EC1000 Study Questions SPRING 2013 Introduction to mathematics 1. (a) The population of Mountainland was 45.7million in 2008 and 46.3 million in 2009. What was the percentage change (rate of growth) in population from 2008 to 2009? (b) The rural population of Mountainland was 18.3 million in 2008 and 17.7 million in 2009. What was the percentage change? (c) The data below show Mountainland’s real GDP (real output produced) for the period 2008-2010. Calculate the rate of growth in real GDP
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Many people may not think that literature has a big impact on society‚ but it does. In the two novels‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell‚ the two societies were able to survive without any literature but that causes people to be narrow minded and didn’t think too much. If literature was taken away from society‚ there wouldn’t be people who think out side the box and find the deeper meanings in the writings they read. According to Dictionary.com‚
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he world would be a very quiet place. Music is in many ways the fabric of our lives and the definition of society. It is a reminder of how things once were‚ an indication of how things are‚ and a view of where society is headed. Music is a direct reflection of the picture of society. Music can be a way to deliver messages‚ a poetic medium‚ a fine art‚ or nothing more than a source of entertainment. No matter what it is used for‚ music is the perfect art and our lives would be that much less complete
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Science & Mathematics in Medieval Islamic Cultures Introduction: There were astonishing (surprising) achievements by Muslim scholars (people who study‚ students) and scientists during the period from approximately 750 to 1050 A.D. This period is called a "Golden Age" of the Islamic World. Great advances were made in the Abbasid Islamic Empire (with its capital in Baghdad) even up to 1258 when the Mongols invaded the empire and destroyed its capital. Great achievements also continued in Muslim Spain
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Teaching without joy and learning without hope by Gandhi: I would like to begin my sharing with this paragraph that I read from the book of Dr. Jesus Palma‚ on Curriculum Development System: “The teacher performs two very important functions in the educative process. One function is that of “character formation” which is caused out through modelling‚ counselling and the application of behaviour management or discipline. The second function of the teacher is that of “instruction” which consists
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abilities as well as his development of spatial visualization and imagery skills. As the student clearly showed his ability to duplicate the picture by using colorful pattern blocks‚ the next step would be to expose him to recreate a picture/template without
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For too many students‚ mathematics has little or no connection to their real-world experience. Previously‚ I thought that this stemmed primarily from a lack of understanding of mathematical concepts. While that deficiency certainly is an important factor‚ I am becoming more convinced that students don’t appreciate the power of mathematics largely because of an inability to represent‚ visualize and model word problems. Research has found that students solve math word problems using one of two
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The Key to Success “A child without education is like a bird without wings.” This was written in a Tibetan proverb by an unknown author. Children in Pakistan do not have an education which leads to an unsuccessful life. Similarly‚ a bird with no wings will not have a successful life as well. In Pakistan‚ children do not get an education or do not have a proper one due to terrorism‚ gender inequality‚ and an unsafe learning environment. Access to education in Pakistan is a human rights violation for
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What Would Life be Like Without the Internet? An interesting question in an age where the Internet plays an integral part of everyday life‚ business and society! So what are the implications of a life without the internet? Well firstly we should ask the question in a more specific circumstance. What would life be like with no Internet if the ‘plug’ was pulled today? We’ll be looking at this topic from this angle‚ rather than trying to imagine the world without the Internet had it never been
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paper from: http://www.kevincmurphy.com/dower.html John Dower‚ War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War. List: 20th Century. Subjects: World War II‚ Race‚ Popular Culture. John Dower’s War Without Mercy describes the ugly racial dimensions of the conflict in the Asian theater of World War II and their consequences on both military and reconstruction policy in the Pacific. "In the United States and Britain‚" Dower reminds us‚ "the Japanese were more hated than the Germans before
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