Definition of Mathematics

    Numbers are essential in math. It is obvious that math revolves around them. In every math class I have ever been in has dealt with numbers. Numbers are the basics of math. At this website http://www.math.bcit.ca/entertainment/numbers/index.shtml, discusses important numbers in mathematics.

    Shapes are also important in math. Starting in kindergarten I can remember learning my shapes. Shapes continued through out eight grade as we got into more complex shapes such as polygons and other things. This web sit (http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/) discusses the importance of shapes in a growing child, and offers help in math mostly shapes

     Measurements, I have also been doing since about second grade. I continued to them through 9th grade finding the mass and lengths of certain objects (mainly eggs). Not to mention you can measure every thing you can see and sometimes not see. Measurements are in our every day live all around us. http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#else

The last would be patters, we are always doing patters, they started simple as 1,2,_,4 , fill in the balks or what comes next numbers, but they became more difficult as I got older finding patterns in our Egg dropping contest in Mr. Has-been's science class. Is also said that patters are every where. That you can graph the numbers of any system and patterns will emerge. Also patters wont stop. http://fusionanomaly.net/pi.html

This picture from http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4057/Image_No/Pat1Page4.gif shows how patters emerge when multiplying different numbers. Also this picture agrees with my patters statement because the triangles could keep going on and on. I also think this picture, and site support three of my four math theories. There are number, a very familiar shape (triangle), and there are patterns.  But this picture does not depict any measurements. How ever the website http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#else

offers much help in math but there is a great deal of measuring involved at this site. also the title of this is called Measure for Measure

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