Got's to Love Math!
The most enjoyable thing we have done this year in Math would be Chapter 3. This chapter was mainly about different parts of circles and reconstructing a shape with construction not just what your eye sees. I didn't feel like this had a lot to do with numbers in math because we were working with construction tools and the way they worked and moved. Once I got to get to know the construction tools it was fun because it just has to do with re-working a shape and making it look the same exact way as it did. A compass is crucial you want the shape you are duplicating as precise as possible and so you want to be able to know how to work it. I got pretty good at working with a compass and that is probably why I liked this section the most.
As annoying as problem of the week's are, they make me think in a different way then just working with numbers. I always want to do them right. I try to finish them correctly and well. My favorite and hardest one for me was the Peg-Board Triangles. For this we had to find and draw 11 triangles by connecting 3pegs(vertices). All 11 triangles were different and they could not be rotated and redrawn, they were all formed differently.
This quote was said by J.H. Poincare(1854-1912), (cited in H.E. Huntley, the Diine Proportion, Dover, 1970) "The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful." When I read this quote it makes me realize that math is loved by very special people and if you really think math is beautiful, then all the power to you! I may not like math but I fully respect it. I respect the way that every equation can prove itself to be right and there is several ways to go about things. Some people can read life in numbers and are good at it... a lot of people can't and I think that is fine! People can hate math but also need to realize that it is a good thing to have and know how to work with.
As annoying as problem of the week's are, they make me think in a different way then just working with numbers. I always want to do them right. I try to finish them correctly and well. My favorite and hardest one for me was the Peg-Board Triangles. For this we had to find and draw 11 triangles by connecting 3pegs(vertices). All 11 triangles were different and they could not be rotated and redrawn, they were all formed differently.
This quote was said by J.H. Poincare(1854-1912), (cited in H.E. Huntley, the Diine Proportion, Dover, 1970) "The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful." When I read this quote it makes me realize that math is loved by very special people and if you really think math is beautiful, then all the power to you! I may not like math but I fully respect it. I respect the way that every equation can prove itself to be right and there is several ways to go about things. Some people can read life in numbers and are good at it... a lot of people can't and I think that is fine! People can hate math but also need to realize that it is a good thing to have and know how to work with.