Definition of Mathematics
The central study of math dicusses basic things, first, numbers in general, and then, patterns, formulas, and different kinds of figures. We use numbers to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and many other things like representing data.
Last year in my math class there was a time when we graphed different kinds of linear eqautions, that we got inturn from solving other problems. We could find patterns in our graphs resprsenting the answers to our formulas. We used patterns, formulas, figures, and added, subtracted, multiplied and divided to do all of this.
We constantly use numbers in our everyday lives. I think it is safe to say we would be no-where without them. They constitute nearly every part of math imaginable! We start using numbers at a very young age, when the mean nothing to us, but now we can use numbers for many things and find out very interesting data about them: For example, certain numbers, such as 212, 486, 911, 1040, 1492, 1776, 68040, or 90210, occur more frequently than their neighbors because they are used to denominate the phone numbers, tax forms, computer chips, famous dates, or television programs that figure prominently in our culture. Numbers as 12345, or 8888 are more common just because they are easier to remember! Interesting huh?!
These are all different types of numbers!
http://www.turbulence.org/Works/nums/
Patterns
repeat over and over again, never reaching and end.
Patterns are anything with a unit-a shape, design, and so on- that
repeats itself in a conventional way. Humans look for patterns to us in our
everyday lives, distinguishing what we see and the routines we go through.
This is an
example of a pattern!
http://www.brooklynkids.org/patternwizardry/what_are_patterns.html
We use
formulas to quickly solve and find answers.
All formulas begin, or have and equal sign in them. Before solving a
formula, you have to know what you want the formula to find for you. Formulas
are very useful tools in math! http://www.parmacityschools.org/misc/training/exc97_1.pdf
Figures
can be many different things in math. They can be number symbols, the graphic
representation of a form, or shapes. We use many types of figures in Math.
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