Houston's Math Cartoon

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A-Z Math Careers

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What I Learned About In Earlier Posts

Einstein

I loved this post. This post was about Albert Einstein and how he was in the past. When he was young through when he died. He grew up not being very appreciated by his teachers because of his bad attitude and not doing good on his work. He got expelled and at age 16 quit school. Although he wasn’t very bright in the past (Which I had never known) he came up with the now famous equation E=mc2. The reason why it is so famous is because it was used to set off a bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan. I learned a lot from this post. I have always wanted to learn about E=mc2. Being more specific I want to know how it set off the bomb, and why was Einstein interested in that equation?

Pythagoras

I thought this post was VERY interesting and I never would have thought to write about who made the expression. Pythagoras was the person who apparently thought of that two expressions equal an answer which was super surprising!. I learned that he was a renowned Greek mathematician. He had also thought of the Pythagorean Theorem. Something that I would definitely like to know is: How did he think of the expression?

Leonardo Pisano Bigollo

          Leonardo was born 1170 in Italy thought to be born in the city of Pisa. He had died in 1250, which would make him about 80 years old when he passed. Leonardo was Italian, and known for the Fibonacci numbers. The Fibonacci numbers are a series of numbers in which each each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. How he got the name Fibonacci is because his nick name was of course Fibonacci.
          During the 12th century Leonardo under took travels on the Mediterranean. Leonardo gathered   most of his education in the North Africa where his father,  Guglielmo, held a diplomatic post.
Since Bigollo lived before there was printing, his books were hand written, so the only way you could have a personal copy of it, you would have to have another copy hand written copy made for you. 
          A third degree equation  x^3+ 2x^2+ 10x= 20 which Leonardo solved by a trial and error method known as approximation; his answer was: 1^022^i7^7t 42^III 33^IV 4^V 40^VI(1+22/60+7/3,600+42/216,000 .  .  .)

          You would also know him for the Fibiaoncci numbers, which are a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

These are my sources:
                                      http://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-Pisano
                                    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Fibonacci.html
                                     http://famous-mathematicians.org/leonardo-pisano-bigollo/

The Pythagorean Theorem

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Everyday Math

     Everybody uses math in everyday life whether you know it or not. Do you have a smartphone? What about an tablet or other device? To be able to know how many coins you earn or how much of a higher (or lower) score you have than everyone else or yourself. That is math. Maybe you don't do trigonometry problems on a daily basis but common math is all around us.

     If you like to cook or bake, to make enough servings for a group of people takes multiplication and/or addition. 

     Organizing may be your thing and you probably measure things to make sure they fit into a certain amount of space. A desk may only have 9 inches of space to fit your items in. 3 textbooks that are 2 inches wide each, will only give you 3 inches for your notebooks or other supplies.

     You may tell your mom that you are almost out of milk and need her to get more at the store. Maybe you round the amount of milk to about ¼ of a carton left. You are using math.

     Even something a simple a planning a sleepover with a few friends uses math. How many people will be there? What time do we need to be there? What time will we go home the next morning? How many hours do we have to hangout? See even the simplest things involve math in some ways.

Sources:http://www.mathworksheetscenter.com/mathtips/everydaymath.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/use-mathematics-everyday-life-14225.html