children to be knowledgeable‚ knowledge at that time was very important and a powerful tool to poses. While seeking out knowledge‚ and educational pursuits‚ Archimedes received his formal schooling in Alexandria‚ Egypt at the Euclid school of Mathematics. While attending school in Alexandria‚ Archimedes became friends with Conon of Samos‚ a young mathematician whom Archimedes admired and became close friends with. Mathematical discoveries Archimedes achieved‚ were discussed at length with his
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Pythagoras‚ Anyway? Pythagoras (569-500 B.C.E.) was born on the island of Samos in Greece‚ and did much traveling through Egypt‚ learning‚ among other things‚ mathematics. Not much more is known of his early years. Pythagoras gained his famous status by founding a group‚ the Brotherhood of Pythagoreans‚ which was devoted to the study of mathematics. The group was almost cult-like in that it had symbols‚ rituals and prayers. In addition‚ Pythagoras believed that "Number rules the universe‚"and the Pythagoreans
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subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings‚ which are studied closely to this day. In particular‚ his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes’ influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system — allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers‚ and allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in a two-dimensional coordinate system (and conversely‚ shapes
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“MATHEMATICS” Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma‚ "knowledge‚ study‚ learning") is the abstract study of topics encompassing quantity‚ structure space‚ change‚ and other properties; it has no generally accepted definition. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof. The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. Since the pioneering
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1. According to the author‚ what were the five strands of mathematical proficiency that her “math stars” exhibited? Briefly describe each of the five strands. • The five strands of mathematical proficiency that the author’s “math stars” exhibited were conceptual understanding‚ procedural fluency‚ strategic competence‚ adaptive reasoning‚ and productive disposition. Conceptual understanding is the connection of math concepts‚ operations‚ and relations to concepts and ideas that the students already
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Without knowing something about differential equations and methods of solving them‚ it is difficult to appreciate the history of this important branch of mathematics. Further‚ the development of differential equations is intimately interwoven with the general development of mathematics and cannot be separated from it. Nevertheless‚ to provide some historical perspective‚ we indicate here some of the major trends in the history of the subject‚ and identify the most prominent early contributors. Other
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Question 1 My understanding of mathematical cognition is how children learn mathematics. In this article the authors state that children have a notion of quantity already before they acquire number words and that the carry out quantifying estimations long before they can calculate with precision (Feigenson‚ Dehaene & Elizabeth Spelke‚ 2004). Children are born with the ability to compare and discriminate small number of objects. Very early in their development they can represent quantities and even
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Dr Montessori loved mathematics. In Italy in the 1880 she chose to attend a boy’s technical school just so she could study mathematics. This love of mathematics is very visible in the wonderful materials she designed so young children could share her enthusiasm. In the Montessori view the ‘mathematical mind’ is a manifestation of several human tendencies. “Humans are driven to explore and to investigate their environment. To this effectively‚ they need to orient themselves in an ordered way” (Feez
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complexities involved in cracking mathematical problems. I feel that the principles of Mathematics appeal to my logical disposition. It seems fitting then‚ that the subject has continued to enthral me over all these years‚ particularly as I learnt to appreciate its growing practical relevance and universal applicability. I have decided to pursue a career in Actuarial Sciences to utilize my knowledge in the field of Mathematics. I have found probability and statistics to be my areas of core interest; the
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SYLLABUS MATHEMATICS(041) SA-II (2012-13) Annexure ‘E’ Second Term UNITS II III V VI ALGEBRA GEOMETRY (Contd.) MENSURATION (Contd.) STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY TOTAL Marks: 90 MARKS 16 38 18 18 90 The Question Paper will include value based question(s) To the extent of 3-5 marks. The Problem Solving Assessment will be conducted for all students of class IX in Jan – Feb 2013 and the details are available in a separate circular. The `Problem Solving Assessment’ (CBSE-PSA) will
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