Math is...

Math is understanding numbers and using them daily. Math is everywere and you can use it for almost everything. Math is making your brain work to keep the learning going. Math is something you can do when your not in school and make it fun. Math is different things to learn and use them in life.

Class response blog #2

in class we did an experiment about resivoirs. Everyone got a card telling them if they were a cloud, rain, and humans. Water was in containers labeled lakes river ocean aquafier ect. The Each person had a job. The spoons took water from only 1 container. The spoons simpolized as rain. The spoon would then go to its destination. In the experiment I was rain and I had to get water from the river to the aquafier. Along the way theres clouds that were small cups. The clouds can go around any person who was rain and steal there water. Once the cups were filled to a certain point the the clouds would go to the destinations they where assigned. Then theres the humans. The humans were the biggest cup. The humans could go to any person who was rain and any cloud and steal the water. Like the rain and clouds the humans have a destination as well. At some point in the experiment the teacher put blue food dye in some containers. This reprisented contamination from the humans. Concluding, the rain would get contaminated and then the clouds would and then then humans would and it would spread. The aquafier has rocks in it which would take up most of the space. So people who would have to get water from the aquafier would have a tough time getting the water. The ocean didnt get infected as much as the others since the size of the ocean is to big it wouldnt get infected. Some containers would over flo. Some would decrease and would almost gone.

Class response blog #1

In class we made kites. Mine looks like the one above. There was no wind outside so it was hard to determine if my kite would fly or not. A kite is usually made out of cloth and maybe plastic. The plastic helps the kite be sturdy.

Since there was no wind i held my kite int he air and ran. I noticed the flaps or tips was bending back. If my kite had more strength/sturdyness on the tips, like in the picture above, my kite would fly.

extra credit

Pirate Wind

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Blustering in from sea;
With a rollicking song, he sweeps along,
Swaggering boist'rously.

His skin is weather-beaten;
He wears a yellow sash,
With a handkerchief red about his head.
And a bristling black mustache.

He laughs as he storms the country,
A loud laugh and a bold;
And the trees all quake and shiver and shake,
As he robs them of their gold.

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Pillaging just for fun;
He'll snatch your hat as quick as that,
And laugh to see you run!

Mary Jane Carr


"The autumn wind's a pirate" Mary Jane uses a pirate to discribe the wind. The poem is basicly about weather so with out the use of weather its just talking about a pirate. The poem is a whole simily saying the wind is like a pirate. This poem told me that the wind is strong

a prime number that has 7,816,230 digits!!!!

who? mathematicians or anyone!!!

what? The largest prime number IN THE WORLD!!!! The largest prime number in the world has 7,816,230 digits!!! If you could write 10 digits per sec (that would be pretty darn fast!!!) if would take you about 9 days to write out the whole number with no stop! I dont know about you but that seems like a pretty big number. A computer found this number and the computer belongs to the GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) People all over the world spend there time to find these prime numbers.
when? didnt say when

where? no answer

why? Just for fun!!!

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050323/Note3.asp
^site information was taken from

Heads or tails might not be the best way to make decisions and break ties

who? Anyone

what? Flipping a coin might not be the best way to mke your decisions

when? When you need to settle a decision with someone

where? Anywhere

why? mathematicians say that the coin has to be flipped a certain way in order to be fair. In order to have a fair chance of winning you would have to make the coin spin in the air a certain way. Some people who flip a coin dont even make the coin flip a full 360 degree circle. If the heads is faceing up when you start it has a better chance of landing on heads. That means the person who picked tails didnt get a fair chance. So next time you need to decide something between someone else. Think of a better way to do it =]

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040303/Note3.asp
^link information came from

140-year-old Math Problem Solved (math blog 1)

Who? mathematicians or anyone!!! The person who has solved the math problem was Professor Darren Crowdy

what? A math problem or formula. The formula called the Schwarz-Christoffel formula was made by to mathematicians in the 19th century. But in the formula there was a deficiency : it only worked for shapes that did not contain any holes or irregularities. Prfessor Darren Crowdy explians his answer:

"This formula is an essential piece of mathematical kit which is used the world over. Now, with my additions to it, it can be used in far more complex scenarios than before. In industry, for example, this mapping tool was previously inadequate if a piece of metal or other material was not uniform all over - for instance, if it contained parts of a different material, or had holes."

when? 140 years!!!! =O

where? At Imperial College London

why? There really was no reason why there was a deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303110214.htm
^site the information was found