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    TOK Reflection: Mathematics To what extent is math relevant to your life and the lives of others you know and how can it become an even more viable area of knowledge. “In mathematics I can report no deficience‚ except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the Pure Mathematics.” Roger Bacon (1214-1294) Mathematics: the abstract science of number‚ quantity‚ and space; a subject considered by many to be useless‚ a waste of time‚ and too difficult. “When am

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    Jordan Meisles Waggoner W170 21773 5 December 2012 Poverty’s Contribution Towards Mental Demise Poverty is a struggle for anyone to withhold their sanity‚ however‚ it slips under one’s radar and steers them to become mentally ill. As the lengthy music video for “Desert Song” performed by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros opens‚ an impoverished yet innocent child is seen stranded in the desert. As the video draws a close‚ the little boy had been transformed into a troubled poor man who was

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    value for numbers This section aims to: 1. Discuss the numeration system and illustrate the place value of a number; and 2. Translate numerals into words and vice versa. ARITHMETIC Arithmetic is a basic tool in the study of Business Mathematics. The extent of Practical application whether social or business‚ makes use of the arithmetical operations. Such as addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication and division. Most of the application included in the material are profit and loss‚ Depreciation

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    [edit] Mathematics [edit] Pi as irrational Aryabhata worked on the approximation for Pi (π)‚ and may have come to the conclusion that π is irrational. In the second part of the Aryabhatiyam (gaṇitapāda 10)‚ he writes: caturadhikam śatamaṣṭaguṇam dvāṣaṣṭistathā sahasrāṇām ayutadvayaviṣkambhasyāsanno vṛttapariṇāhaḥ. "Add four to 100‚ multiply by eight‚ and then add 62‚000. By this rule the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 20‚000 can be approached."[12] This implies that the

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    References: Johnsborough‚ R. (2009) Discrete Mathematics 7th Edition. (N.D.) Binary search algorithm. Retrieved on March 24‚ 2014 from https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Binary_search_algorithm.html (November 24‚ 2011). Computer Algorithms: Sequential Search. Retrieved on March 24‚

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    of the authority of a witness in a legal case in Europe‚ and often correlated with the witness ’s nobility. In a sense‚ this differs much from the modern meaning of probability‚ which‚ in contrast‚ is used as a measure of the weight of empirical evidence‚ and is arrived at from inductive reasoning and statistical inference. A short history of Probability Theory............ The branch of mathematics known as probability theory was inspired by gambling problems. The earliest work was performed by

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    summarizes the article‚ describes how the strategies in the article can be used in the classroom as well as a personal reflection. Mathematics is often viewed as a non-cultural subject. However‚ there are many ways that a mathematics teacher can make mathematics more inclusive and inviting for all students. The article‚ “Multicultural Mathematics: A More Inclusive Mathematics” is an article that describes methods and strategies to assist teachers in making Math more inclusive to appeal to all students

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    understanding. Greek philosophers such Pythagoras‚ Socrates‚ Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and others paved the way for advances in science‚ logic‚ reasoning‚ mystic beliefs‚ mathematics‚ moral and ethical bounds‚ and the further understanding of the world. Pythagoras‚ an ancient Greek philosopher‚ believed in the Greek gods and in ideas such as reincarnation where the captured soul of the body continuously reincarnated until god-like purity was achieved. He deeply studied mathematics and learned to perceive and understand

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    THE DIVINITY OF NUMBER: The Importance of Number in the Philosophy of Pythagoras by Br. Paul Phuoc Trong Chu‚ SDB Pythagoras and his followers‚ the Pythagoreans‚ were profoundly fascinated with numbers. In this paper‚ I will show that the heart of Pythagoras’ philosophy centers on numbers. As true to the spirit of Pythagoras‚ I will demonstrate this in seven ways. One‚ the principle of reality is mathematics and its essence is numbers. Two‚ odd and even numbers signify the finite and

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    Café de Coral (Chinese: 大家樂; Cantonese Yale: daai6 gaa1 lok6‚ SEHK: 0341‚ Grey Market: CFCGY) is a fast food restaurant group which owns and operates fast food chains and restaurants including Café de Coral‚ The Spaghetti House‚ Manchu Wok‚ Oliver ’s Super Sandwiches‚ Ah Yee Leng Tong‚ and others. Founded in 1968‚ the Café de Coral group opened its first Café de Coral restaurant in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong in 1969. Since then‚ the group has grown to operate over 580 separate outlets

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