Math Project Proposal

***One idea for our math project would be a type of "survival guide" for calculus, and those essential tools from algebra. I think that this project would work well because everyone in the class would be involved and not only could it be saved for next year, but we could use it in our entry level college courses. The book would cover topics and have helpful tips and explanations. It would be our customized text book designed for everyone in our class to understand. Through doing the project everyone would have a more solid grip on algebra and calculus concepts.

Another idea was making a math problem that dealt with gas prices. We could track costs of gas in different areas, and use math to figure out when the best time to buy gas is. Should you buy when the tank is on empty, at half tank, every time you drive, etc. We could work with averages, derivatives and other concepts.

QQC Chapter 1

Right before the beginning of the quote, it said that this was Euclid's definition of the number one. I thought that this was an interesting quote since Euclid did have such a large impact on numbers a math in general. One is such a hard number to define, and it can be shown in so many different ways. Did Euclid know the power of his work when he wrote his book about math and number theory?

Numbers Continued!!

This part of the article went on to talk about Buddhas insight into small numbers, and it was pretty clever. I never realized how much fractional numbers have effected the way we understand small numbers. Where would famous chemists be without the small numbers to understand concepts like atoms? This week I gained a new appreciation for fractions!!

Numbers

Learning about the origin of numbers was really cool! I found this part of the reading very interesting because I have always wondered how numbers started, and how people began to convey and express them. I didnt know that people werent able to tell the number in groups of objects (like 6 vs 7 apples) and I am curious to know why that is, aside from the fact that there wasnt counting. What would it have been like to live in a time without numbers?