Math in Daily Life Lesson Plan: Procedures

1. Begin by asking students how they think math is used in daily life. Suggest that math is used in
cooking and baking. For example, to bake chocolate chip cookies, it is important to follow the
directions in the recipe and measure the correct amounts of ingredients. Measuring requires
using math.

2. Develop a class list of topic areas that make use of math. Examples include the following:

• Baseball and other sports
• Board games
• Music
• Redecorating a room
• Sharing food and toys
• Using money

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Sample Lesson Plan In Teaching Students the Applications of Math in Daily Life:

1. Student Objectives: Brainstorm how math is used in daily life.
2. Develop a class list of different topic areas in which math is used.
3. Work in small groups to think of specific examples of how math is an important part of their
   lives.

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Parents can be the best math teachers to their children. Many people might think it’s that difficult, but it’s not. Sometimes parents just need to be patient a little bit to bring out the math prowess in their kids.

Here’s how parents can help their children succeed in mathematics: Continue reading…

Teachers are . . .

1. Developing skills, facilitating student learning, and creating rea-life learning situations.
2. Moving around the room to keep students engaged in productive work.
3. Establishing and maintaining high expectations for the students.
4. Encouraging students to gain mathematical competence and confidence by finding their own solutions.
5. Guiding students in exploring multiple solutions to any problem and challenging them to think.
6. Guiding students in making appropriate use of technology and math manipulatives.
7. Promoting student use of creativity, inquiry, and higher levels of learning.
8. Bringing a variety of learning resources into the classroom to increase learning opportunities for all students.
9. Using assessment that focuses on problem solving and understanding rather than on memory and speed.
10. Making mathematical connections between disciplines to show how math is a part of other subjects that students are studying.
11. Helping all students to explore career opportunities that use the mathematics they are learning.

According to expert and educators, Mathematics is the language of the 21st century. Thinking, reading, writing, picturing, and talking about mathematics are basic skills that help us understand and explain our world.

A math classroom should provide practical experience in mathematical skills that prepare students for the real world.

Mathematical skills go beyond memorization and extend into a world of problem solving and reasoning.

Help your schools to provide the best mathematics available. When you look into a classroom, you should observe the following actions by students and teachers.

Students are . . .

1. Using math manipulatives (such as blocks, tangrams, and scales), technology
   (such as calculators and computers), as well as textbooks.
2. Applying math to real-life problems and not just practicing isolated skills.
3. Working independently, as well as interacting with other students.
4. Working actively together in groups to test solutions to problems.
5. Working in teams to challenge and defend possible solutions to enable students to learn from one other.
6. Seeking a best solution among several solutions to a problem, explaining to others how the solutions were reached, and defending the choice of one solution over another.
7. Communicating mathematical ideas to one another through examples, demonstrations, models, drawings, and logical arguments.

If you are wondering what are the applications of mathematics in the movies, ask yourself if you have seen the movies “Finding Nemo”, “Lion King” or “Transformers”. If you have seen at least one animated film or a movie where CGI characters or objects are used, then you must have an idea why math is involved in the movies. Mathematics is behind the graphics or improvement of the graphics in movies.

Just like in the field of robotics, mathematics plays an integral role in making movies. In this day of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), mathematics is an inevitable tool to make motion pictures (especially cartoons) better to watch.

According to research, 100 powerful supercomputers perform geometrical, algebraic and calculus-based calculations to animate Pixar’s characters. The laws of physics that inform the dynamics of fabric movement are most used in the computations.

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The applications of mathematics in business are so many to be contained in a small blog site like this. Perhaps it will take me 3-5 years to post articles in this site just discussing math applications in business. With this in mind I will simplify my approach.

First off, I intend to deal with topics where business and mathematics can truly merge. One of the math concepts applicable to attain this end is trend analysis. Business trends will be analyzed then posted here for the information of the readers. You may, as a reader, suggest a topic here through the comment section.

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Compaq CQ 50 139wm laptop: the Compaq CQ 50 139wm is a product of developments in mathematics. How can great features be packed in a small laptop computer such as this if not because of great engineering?

The key features and specs of Compaq CQ 50 139wm laptop are the following:

2GB DDR2 of memory

2GHz Intel Celeron Processor 575 processor

Hard drive: 160GB with 5400RPM

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator: 4500MHD uses shared memory

3 USB ports

6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

Screen is 15.4-inches with HP BrightView technology

Hewlett-Packard’s CQ50 139WM runs on Windows Vista Home Basic

Features a SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW drive

802.11b/g WLAN

Integrated Microphone

The price of Compaq CQ 50 139wm Laptop is only $298 and they are on sale at Walmart stores nationwide. Other search related terms for this product are: compaq, compaq cq 50 139wm review, compaq cq50 139wm, compaq cq 50, compaq cq 50 139wm specs.

This is an essay about the importance of mathematics in dialy life and to ordinary people. I know fully well that not many people love mathematics. Among students, math is either a difficult or boring subject. It’s not even easy for teachers to make their students love math.

In addition, not many people realize that mathematics is all around us and it’s quite impossible to live without mathematics in our daily life. In fact, mathematics is instrumental in aiding in the development of computer games, sophisticated cell phones like Blackberry Bold 9000 and other technologies like robotics. Mathematics in daily life is important and with this in mind, I hope I can get this message across to readers of this blog especially to students and ordinary people who practically have no idea why math should be studied in school. Let’s enjoy mathematics together. Continue reading…

Sony updates its PS3 to version 2.52. The PS3 update to 2.52 is Sony’s second update/upgrade this year. In updating firmware versions, mathematics is important. There are many variables involved in the update because programming a device requires higher mathematics and deep understanding of computer logic.

In the PS3 update to 2.52, some improvements on the following features were made:

A text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 format software has been addressed.

The playback quality of some PS3 format software has been improved.

I’m not sure if Sony will update its firmware again before the end of 2008 but I think with their resources and the number of PS3 units they have sold (in millions!), they will try their best to update their products every now and then. Watch out for more PS3 firmware updates or upgrades in the near future.