Math is Everywhere!
"…Even if you're sitting in math class counting
down the minutes till it's over,
you're still doing math!" Lori
…Many people only see math as a
subject in school. However, I see math everywhere that I
look. I see math when telling time so that I will not be
late. In buying, selling, or just reading about stocks,
knowledge of fractions is needed. Even politicians need to
know how to compare numbers in the polls to know if they won
or lost the election. When deciding what to wear in the
morning, I listen to the weather forecast to know what the
temperature will be for the day. One of my favorite places
to see math is when I look at my grandfather's football
team…whether it is how many yards that they gain or
lose, how many points that they score, or how many downs
that they make, math is there! …The race that I entered was 800
meters. Since there are approximately 1500 meters in a
mile, I ran a little more than ½ of a mile. I ran the
race in three minutes and twenty-four seconds…Who would
have thought that I would need math for
cross-country? …Amusement parks involve
math…the cost of the ticket, the cost of food, the
number of people in line, the wait time, the speed, angle
and drops of a roller coaster…I see math everywhere
that I look! Kaitlin
…when you look at nutrition facts to
see if there are too many calories…in a clock to see
what time it is…Math is at a casino rolling the dice to
see how many points you need… Matt When I was putting my collage together, I
looked through newspapers and magazines in order to find
where math was being used in the world…The first thing
that I saw was math being used by people everyday, investing
their money, spending their money, and saving their money.
In magazines I found math in house plans, space
explorations, and recreation.
Natalie …It's true. Math is everywhere. We
use it every hour of our life from counting lunch money to
counting sheep in bed.
Justin …Without math you would not be able
to see how many feet the inside of your house is…you
would not know how many games each baseball team won and
lost…you would not know how much the stock market went
up or down.
Michael …shapes, money, numbers, patterns,
decimals and graphs. For example, shapes. Everywhere I
look there are shapes…circles and squares…and
hearts…
Amanda …For fun people go to casinos where
the slot machines give out money to people who play the
right numbers or play the right cards…It is good to
know math if you gamble or play cards because the better you
know math, the better you are at winning.
Derek
(Note: Does knowing math really help us
to win? You may change your mind when we study
probability.) …Math is measuring flour and sugar
in the kitchen. Math is counting the numbers on a clock to
see what time it is…Math is using percentage to see if
Connecticut has more pollution than Rhode Island…Dates
tell us when your birthday is.
Arielle …You can see math when you are at
the supermarket watching the cashiers give change and how
the machine adds up the totals of your purchase. Take a
supermarket flier. In it you will probably find 30% off,
50% off, $4.00 per pound, things like that…In my
collage I have pictures of speed limit signs, a nutritional
facts label, a test, the ordering of numbers, sale papers,
and money. I chose those because I thought they would be
good examples of showing how math is everywhere.
Kristen Math…is at the mall because people
pay in cash…at the race tracks because they have to
time the racers..in clocks because clocks tell time…at
baseball games because they have to add up the runs, errors,
hits, strikes, balls, and outs. Math is in our heads
because we all do it.
Amanda …If you play games you use math to
figure out your score. Do you have a combination lock? You
are doing math there…When you count money you are doing
math…If you use a scale, you are doing math…
Sammy …Whether you are adding money a cash
register or measuring a curtain, you are doing math…I
close clocks to represent time, tools for measuring, and
apples for counting. I also chose a wreath for geometry
and, of course, pencils to write
with…Ashley What my collage shows…I put a label
from a food box because it has grams, ounces, cups which are
different ways to measure…You will also see a little
boy seeing how tall he is…Measuring has to do with
numbers and numbers have to do with math…math is
everywhere. All you have to do is look for it.
Haley We use it (math) all the time. For
instance when you are earning your allowance. Suppose every
week you receive $3.00. How much would you make in 4
weeks?…If you rode your bike 2 miles a day down the
street to your friend's house and back for 5 days straight
in a row, you would end up riding 20 miles.
Stephen My collage was about finding numbers and
using math in wrestling. For example, you can use division
and divide the WWE wrestlers between the Smack Down and the
Raw Shows. My collage also showed that the Rock has
millions and millions (which are numbers) of fans. When you
add Jeff and Matt Hardy together, you get a Two Man Tag
Team. When you minus Devon Dudley from the Dudley Boy Tag
Team, you get one table smashing Bubba Ray Dudley left.
There are a lot of things to count when you're watching
wrestling!
Joseph Math is everywhere…the money that
people are spending,..(sports) the points the teams earn,
the cars' mileage, ..(dentist office) how many teeth that
have fillings, (weather) how quickly a hurricane is coming
toward our
house…Dylan …It can be used in the supermarket
for when you pay for or weigh your food. People use math in
sports like basketball, hockey, baseball and bowling or in
any other sport to get the score. People use math in
business and jobs. My collage also shows it's fun…Math
rocks and it's awesome. Math can help you be successful in
life.
Aaron I did my collage on skateboarding because
some of skateboarding has to do with math…because the
rotations you do in the air, like 180 degree
spins…also, how many times the board spins.
Christopher …For example, banking. Also sales,
marketing, financing a car and using percentages to get
money taken off at the store. These are some of the
examples my collage shows that math is everywhere.
Nicholas When you look at the nutritional labels
on any food item purchased, they show important nutritional
information that is helpful to your health…
Mary What math means to me? Math to me is the
universal language since every culture somehow some way has
math. Math has so much to do with us from ancient times to
our very own…my collage shows…pictures of math
from Egypt and other cultures…also pictures of numbers
inside DNA…and then mathematics with equations.
Henry
