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

John Von Neumann

     In 1903, Budapest had a new member of the population. John von Neumann was an inventor and mathematician who was born into a hungarian family. Max and Margaret von Neumann were his parents. John Von Neumann was the oldest of 3 children in the Von Neumann family.

     John Von Neumann was known for his amazing creativity and mathematics. He went into a career as a professional mathematician. Part of his job was to create papers that reviewed his own theories about mathematics. After he wrote and released them, Von Neumann would show other mathematicians his work.

     In his later life he got awarded the Bócher Memorial Prize and the Enrico Fermi Award. He was diagnosed with bone cancer and 18 months later he, sadly, passed away. Although he isn’t alive today, his legacy lives on.