The importance of mathematics to everyday life Written by Tuesday‚ 22 December 2009 10:30 - Even though Mathematics undoubtedly has universal applications to life and is an essential tool in science‚ technology‚ economics‚ business‚ commerce and of course in computer design and functioning there is a general tendency for people to shy away from it for various reasons-some feel it is too difficult while others do not see its practical connection to everyday life. Consequently‚ we find just
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Liberty Elementary is a public school that has been serving the Omaha community for going on 16 years. It is apparent that they have established foundational values and standards that they enact through various opportunities for their students and families. They serve a very diverse community and their student body consists of 70% Latinos‚ 17% African Americans‚ and 11% Caucasian; 93% of which qualify for Free/Reduced lunch. All the staff members‚ from the women who tended the front desk‚ to the
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http://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1056/421 The article I chose to read addressed the lack of equity pedagogy in the elementary mathematics setting. Specifically‚ Christa Jackson‚ the author of this article‚ speaks about the idea that African American students in elementary school settings are not treated fairly and included as they should be. Their cultural values and norms are not considered and it is unfair to those students that are African American. This article specifically
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John has $20‚000 to invest. He invests part of his money at an annual interest rate of 6%‚ the rest at 9% annual rate. The return on these two investments over one year is $1‚440. How much does he invest at each rate? Solution Paul made two investments totaling $15‚000. The percentage return on the first investment was 7% annually‚ while the the percentage return on the second one was 10% annually. If the total return on the two investments over one year was $1‚350‚ how much was invested
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below shows some of the formulae entered to generate the spreadsheet above. Extrapolation in terms of a diagram and geometric progressions T8 T16 “T32”“ T64” X According to the theory derived earlier 32 16 16 8 1 ( - 4 T T≈ + T T ) This gives us the so called “extrapolated” value 32 16 16 8 1 " " ( -). 4 T T TT = + Note‚ this is exactly how “T32” was calculated on the previous page. And then 2 2 64 32 16 8 16 16 8 16 8 1 11
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MDM 4U Chapter 5 Test K ( ) T ( / ) A( / ) C( / ) Short Answer 1. For a calculus quiz‚ the teacher will choose 11 questions from the 15 in a set of review exercises. How many different sets of questions could the teacher choose? K-6 2. All 16 people at a function shake hands with everyone else at the function. Use combinations to find the total number of handshakes. T- 6 3. How many different sums of money can you make with three pennies‚ a nickel
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (Department of Business Administration) *** BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (MBA-5528) CHECKLIST SEMESTER: AUTUMN 2010 This packet comprises the following material: 1. Text books (two) 2. Course outline 3. Assignment No.1 & 2 4. Assignment forms (2 sets) In this packet‚ if you find anything missing out of the above mentioned material‚ please contact at the address given below: Deputy Registrar (Mailing) Services Block # 28 Allama
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SPM(U) 2006 : http://mathsmozac.blogspot.com Section A [52 marks] Answer all questions in this section. 1 The Venn diagram in the answer space shows sets P‚ Q and R such that the universal set‚ ξ = P ∪ Q ∪ R . On the diagram in the answer space‚ shade (a) the set P ∪ R ‚ (b) the set (P ∩ R ) ∪ Q ’ . [3 marks] Answer: (a) P Q R (b) P R Q 2 Diagram 1 shows a solid cuboid. A cone is removed from this solid. 12 cm 10 cm 15 cm DIAGRAM 1 The diameter of the base of the cone is 7 cm
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5C Problems involving triangles cQ1. The diagram shows a sector AOB of a circle of radius 15 cm and centre O. The angle at the centre of the circle is 115. Calculate (a) the area of the sector AOB. (b) the area of the shaded region. (226 ‚ 124 nQ2. Consider a triangle and two arcs of circles. The triangle ABC is a right-angled isosceles triangle‚ with AB = AC = 2. The point P is the midpoint of [BC]. The arc BDC is part of a circle with centre A
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COURSE: Pre IBDP Algebra 2 Trigonometry Assessment Model: 80-20 2013-2014 YEAR AT A GLANCE Sept. 2 (2 = 1st day; 4 days) Class expectations Review Algebra – ch 1 & 2 Nov 4 (5=workday; 4 days) 10-7 Non-Linear Systems of Equations Jan 27 (27 = workday; 4 days) STATISTICS INVESTIGATION UNIT 13 – Statistics 11-1 permutations & combinations measures of central tendency Mar 31 (31=workday; 4 days) 13-4 inverses of trigonometric functions
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