MATHEMATICS

BY:
RHONDA JOHNSON

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WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?
Mathematics
noun
1. the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and
forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
2. mathematical procedures, operations, or properties.

SO FAR AS THE THEORIES OF MATHEMATICS

ARE
ABOUT REALITY, THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN;
SO FAR AS THEY ARE CERTAIN,
THEY ARE NOT ABOUT REALITY.
ALBERT
EINSTEIN

Why Do People Hate

Math?
The way math was taught to them.
They do not understand the concepts of math.
Math is boring and too hard to learn.
Too much homework and studying.
Too many formulas and equations to
remember.
Confusing.
Math is not needed beyond schooling.
I will never need to know this Math when I am
older.

Different Types Of Math

Algebra

Calculus

Geometry

Trigonometry

ALGEBRA : THE BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS CONCERNING THE STUDY

OF THE RULES OF OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS, AND THE
CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONCEPTS ARISING FROM THEM, INCLUDING
TERMS, POLYNOMIALS EQUATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES.
TOGETHER WITH GEOMETRY, ANALYSIS, TOPOLOGY, COMBINATORICS,
AND NUMBER THEORY, ALGEBRA IS ONE OF THE MAIN BRANCHES OF
PURE MATHEMATICS.

Example:
3x+24=8+5x
(3x+24)-3x=8+5x-3
24=8+2x
24=(8+2x)-8
24-8=2x
16=2x
16/2=2x/2
8=x
x=8

GEOMETRY: A BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS CONCERNED

WITH QUESTIONS OF SHAPE, SIZE, RELATIVE POSITION OF

FIGURES, AND THE PROPERTIES OF SPACE. GEOMETRY IS
ONE OF THE OLDEST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES.
Angles

Measurement
in Degrees

Acute

Between
0 and 90 degrees

Right

Exactly 90 degrees

Obtuse

Between
90 and 180 degrees

Straight

Exactly 180degrees

Example

TRIGONOMETRY: THE COMPUTATIONAL COMPONENT OF

GEOMETRY. FOR INSTANCE, ONE STATEMENT OF PLANE

GEOMETRY STATES THAT A TRIANGLE IS DETERMINED BY A SIDE
AND TWO ANGLES. IN OTHER WORDS, GIVEN ONE SIDE OF A
TRIANGLE AND TWO ANGLES IN THE TRIANGLE, THEN THE
OTHER TWO SIDES AND THE REMAINING ANGLE ARE
DETERMINED. TRIGONOMETRY INCLUDES THE METHODS FOR
COMPUTING THOSE OTHER TWO SIDES. THE REMAINING ANGLE
IS EASY TO FIND SINCE THE SUM OF THE THREE ANGLES
EQUALS 180 DEGREES (USUALLY WRITTEN 180).
Pythagorean theorem: a2 + b2 = c2.
remember)
Sines: sin A = a/c, sin B = b/c.
Cosines: cos A = b/c, cos B = a/c.
Tangents: tan A = a/b, tan B = b/a

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CALCULUS: A BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS FOCUSED ON LIMITS, FUNCTIONS,

DERIVATIVES, INTEGRALS, AND INFINITE SERIES. THIS SUBJECT CONSTITUTES A
MAJOR PART OF MODERN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. IT HAS TWO MAJOR
BRANCHES, DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS, WHICH ARE
RELATED BY THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS. CALCULUS IS THE
STUDY OF CHANGE, IN THE SAME WAY THAT GEOMETRY IS THE STUDY OF
SHAPE AND ALGEBRA IS THE STUDY OF OPERATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION
TO SOLVING EQUATIONS. A COURSE IN CALCULUS IS A GATEWAY TO OTHER,
MORE ADVANCED COURSES IN MATHEMATICS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF
FUNCTIONS AND LIMITS, BROADLY CALLED MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS.
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(This math is a little harder to explain and just show some examples. This math is
starting to get harder and harder. With some extra studying, practice and help you
will survive.)

WHY DO WE NEED TO
LEARN MATH?
Learning mathematics forces one to learn how to think
very logically and to solve problems using that skill.
Math really is important for your daily life, no matter
what you want to do. It's true that not everything you
learn will be needed later, but you never know what
you'll want to do, and the more you know and have to
build on, the better off you'll be.
In reality math is the basic language of the world, for
everyone uses math in most everything they do (often
without realizing it).
Every subject contains information necessary to
become a knowledgeable and functional member of
our society

If you look at it the right way, math is not a chore of memorization,

it's a game where you start with a few simple rules and see what
more complicated rules you can come up with using those simple
tools.
Author Unknown

Life is good for only two things,

discovering mathematics and teaching
mathematics
Simon Poisson

Mathematics is a game played

according to certain rules with meaningless
marks on paper.
David Hilbert (1862-1943)

TROUBLE IN MATH DO
NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
ARE BEHIND. SEEK
HELP OR FIND A TUTOR.
MAYBE YOU ARE
MISSING A SINGLE STEP
AND NOT GETTING THE
ANSWER RIGHT THE
FIRST TIME. TAKE A MOMENT TO
STOP AND ASK FOR
HELP! THIS IS ALMOST
AS GOOD AS CALLING
911 FOR HELP!