Math M agizine

1. Math Magizine By: jake, gravy, wolfey, chester

2. Careers in Math By. Jacob Cumpston One of the most common jobs involving math is being a mathematician. But what exactly is a mathematician, and what do they do? This is a very common question asked by most teens when faced this career option. Basically mathematicians use technology to solve problems for companies or projects. These companies or projects are usually related to economic, scientific, engineering or business subjects. First let’s go over the steps to become a mathematician. Usually a mathematician needs to go through a college and get a PhD, but a master’s degree (4 yrs.) is minimum. This college must be an accredited college of mathematics. In the federal government a bachelor’s degree (2 yrs.) is what is needed to be a mathematician. Many colleges have a mathematics program, and the programs are not said to be extremely hard. If you are thinking about following a career in math, first make sure that it is fun and easy for you. In a 2009 the top three highest income jobs were based with a math major. The Problem is that many people go after these careers for the money. Little do these people know that eventually the work would bore them. Later these mathematicians quit their jobs because they do not care about the money anymore. So if you are thinking about going to college for a math major, that is a great decision. Just make sure that math comes naturally to you and it does not totally bore you. Math can lead someone to a great life and a great job. Before you commit to it make sure that you research this topic more.

3. Problems of the week Jake Cumpston word Problem Two rectangles are being compared. The rectangle A has a length to width ratio of 3:2. rectangle A has a width of 8ft. Rectangle A has a ratio of 1: 5 compared to Rectangle C. find both lengths and widths for the rectangles. Solution: Rectangle A has a length of 12ft and a width of 8ft. rectangle C has a length of 60ft and a width of 40ft. Brandon wolfe In table tennis, the table is a rectangle 9 feet long and 5 feet wide. A tennis court is a rectangle 78 feet long and 36 feet wide. Are the two surfaces similar? Explain. If so, find the scale factor of the tennis court to the table. No they are not similar

6. Brendan went to Toronto to see a Blue Jays game. He had $650.00 for the trip. It cost him $40.00 for his ticket to the game, $216.00 to stay 2 nights at a hotel, $329.00 for his flight and $29.00 for food. He met a man on Young Street who was running a small casino. Brendan bet $5.00 in Black Jack and won an amount of money that was triple what he had left after making the bet. He spent half of this at the ball game. How much money did Brendan take home? Answer: [$750 - (216 + 100 + 40 + 329 - 5)]3/2 = $90.0

7. Each square grid below contains a number from 1 to 8. There are n occurences of the digit n, and these digts are all adjacent to one another. The number on the right of a row or below a column are the sum of the digits in that row or column. Below is an example of a solved puzzle. Each puzzle below has a unique solution. Brandon Wolfe Robert Hooke was born in July 18 1635. And he died on March 3 1703. His whole life revolved around math. Two of the most common fields he studied were physics and chemistry. He was born in Isles of Wight, England. The biggest influence in his life was Richard Busby. continued ->

8. In 1653 Hooke got a place into Oxford. Soon after he was there he was employed as Robert Boyles assistant. He was his assistant from 1655 to 1662. All of Hooke’s life he always had a big passion for science. There was one thing that really troubled Hooke. He tried to figure out the distance from earth to a star. He did not want to measure to the sun. He wanted to do something different. Robert Hooke most of his life he was working on the way gravity work. It interested him very much. Hooke was very interested in architecture. He also liked to look at things through a microscope. He liked to compare different cells under the microscope. Hooke really liked science. He was very involved in math. He really liked dealing with microscopes. He designed a lot of different stuff. He helped design a monument in London. He died in March 3 1703. Brandon Wolfe Math has a big role in the way that the world works. There are many different jobs that involve math that run the world. Using math helps build different things such as bridges and different buildings for different uses. The world evolves around math. Just about everything involves math. One of the most common fields that involve math is engineering. There are many different kinds of engineering. One of the most common is civil engineering. Civil engineering involves building bridges and building and repairing roads that are damaged. Civil engineers use a lot of math. When building a bridge they have to have the right calculations for the bridge to turn out right. Another one of the most common is a math teacher. There are a lot of different kinds of math. There is geometry. Teachers can specialize into different types of math. It is up to want there preference is and what kind of math they like. Math teachers help kids around the world to learn math. Math is used to help people with many of there jobs. Math is just in about almost every career. Math is a great addition to how the world works.

9. Math Word Problem Martin Thomas This year your brother Jack will be two years from being twice as old as your sister Jen. The sum of Jack’s age and three times Jen’s age is sixty-six. How old is Jen? JessyDulaney Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was born January 4 of 1643 and died March 1727 at Woolsthorpe Manor in Wools Thorpe by Closter worth. He was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian. He was concerned to be one of the many scholars and members of the general public to be one of the most influential men in human history. In the time of Newton’s birth, England had not adopted the Gregorian calendar and therefore his date of birth was recorded as Christmas Day, 25 December 1642. Newton was born three months after the death of his father, a prosperous farmer also named Isaac Newton. Born prematurely, he was a small child. His mother Hannah Ayscought His 1687 publication of the PhilosophiaeNaturalis Principia Mathematica usually called Principia is considered to be among the most influential books it the history of science. Its material sat the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In the Principia Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. From the age of twelve until he was seventeen, Newton was educated at The Kings School, Grantham where his signature can still be seen written on the library. In the 1690s Newton wrote a number of religious tracts dealing with the literal interpretation of the Bible. Henry Mores’ belief in the universe and rejections of Cartesian dualism may have influenced Newton’s religious ideas. A manuscript he sent to John Locke in which he disputed the existence of the Trinity was never published. Newton was also a member of time to alchemy. Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England from 1689to 1690 and in 1701, but according to some accounts his only comments were to complain about a cold draught in the chamber and request that the window be closed Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most well know and most respected mathematician in the world. If it wasn’t for him maybe we would not be learning Geometry right know and struggling to keep are grade above a seventy.

10. 24 from 8,8,3,3 8/)/(3-(8/3))= 8/(1/3)= 24

11. Careers Involving Math By Martin Thomas There are millions of careers involving math. And math is important in every one of them. Even the simplest job uses math. Whether it’s working as a bank teller or working as a waitor at a restaurant. Here are a few examples of these careers.  One example would be a pyrotechnician. A pyrotechnician’s job deals with explosives and is very dangerous. They have to have their math right or everything could go wrong. Some of the main forms of math they use would be basic measurements as well as basic multiplication.  They need to be precise of how many grams of a certain powder to use. That way they can judge how many feet in the air the firework will go. They also need measuring to know how many feet of fuse they will need. Another example would be a construction worker. Construction workers also use measurements. A construction worker would use measurements to know how much concrete to pour. Or know how many square feet of land to clear. Another way they would use measurements would be how high a wall needed to be, or how long a roof needs to be. A third example would be business owner. This person is in charge of numerous employees and their paychecks. This person has to go through add up all their hours and distribute their pay equally. As well as keep track of their stock, and how much it will be to get more. Know how many people that can fit in one area.  As well as pay the taxes on the business. A fourth and final example would be a truck driver. Truck drivers need math a lot in their job. The math a truck driver uses would be time, weight, and speed. They need this to determine how quickly and efficiently they can get done. As well as how far they are able to go with their load. Like I said there are million jobs that use math. This was a very small example of jobs that use math. Math is all around us and you use it whether you realize it or not. And who knows you next job could be all about math.

12. Women in Mathematics By Martin Thomas             There are many people involved in the progression of math over the centuries. Most of them are men. For example Albert Einstein, John Napier, and many others. What some people don’t know is that there are many women that helped as well. In the next four paragraphs I will name several.             The first I will be talking about is Hypatia of Alexandria. She lived in the years 355 to 415.and was probably one of the first female math teacher. We don’t know much about her work because it was burned with the conquering of Alexandria.             The second is Elena CornaroPiscopia who lived in Venice, Italy during the 1600’s. She became lecturer in mathematics at the University of Padua. This is where she attended and received a doctorate from. A third is Maria Agnesi   who lived in Milan in the 1700’s. She was a mathematician who wrote a text book to teach her brothers.             A fourth would be Sophie Germaine, who lived in France in the 1700’s. She studied geometry during the French revolution, and went on to do important work in mathematics. Especially on her work on Fermat’s last theorem. A fifth would be Mary Fairfax Somerville who lived from 1780 to 1872. She was the first to write geography text in England.             A sixth would be Ada Lovelace who lived in Great Britain in the 1700’s. Her translation of an article on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine includes notations ,that describe what later became known as a computer and as software. In 1980, the Ada computer language was named for her. A seventh and final women in mathematician would be Charlotte Agnes Scott, she lived in the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s. She became the first head of the math department at Bryn Mawr college.

13. JessyDulaney Math in Space The math we learn during our grade school and high school days we will use in many ways through out our lives. Through carriers, finance and every day living, but it’s your choice how much you us it in your life by the carrier you chose. For instance do you know what it would be like to be an astronaut and be in space what kind of math would you use in space and how hard would the schooling be and how long would you be in school. Well the answer is a long time and it would be very difficult. Celestial mechanics is the study of how artificial and natural objects move in the solar system. Closely related to celestial mechanics is the subject of dynamical systems, which interprets the motion of an object using geometry. The three key ideas from celestial mechanics and dynamical systems, which are used to reveal the interplanetary transport network. The first step is the existence of Lagrange points this is the point in space where the net forces on an object placed at that point are zero. Space Crafts can even go into orbit around a Lagrange point, even thought the point has no mass. The second idea, tubes of trajectories which approach and depart Lagrange point orbits. They are called stable and unstable manifolds. The third idea which consists of the many planets and moons which create a network of these twirling tubes. This makes it possible for spacecrafts to travel huge distances in space just by hopping from the neighborhood or one Lagrange point to anther. Everybody knows that the fastest way to get from one point to anther is a straight line right? Wrong, in space to take best advantage of gravity, and to save fuel in the process, it maybe necessary to make strange loops when traveling through space. This is just some of the many thing mathematicians and NASA engineers have learned in recent years. For example the Genesis spacecraft in 2004 when it started on its way home after spending two years collecting solar particles in orbit around a Lagrange point, buy Genesis did not come straight home. It took a million mile loop around another Lagrange point before returning home. Don’t worry by the time I was done writing this paper my head hurt to maybe we should pay more attention in math so we can some day all know what this means and maybe one of the lucky kids in Miss Fitzsimmons eight period class could become astronaut. Math puzzle Jake cumpston A number of children are standing in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 8th child is directly opposite the 16th child. How many children are there altogether? Solution: 16

14. Math Puzzle By: Martin Thomas

15. Jacob cumpston During the Middle Ages, under the influence of Christendom, many European countries were opposed to any form of higher education for females. Women were mostly deprived from the fundamental elements of education, such as reading and writing, claiming that these were a source of temptation and sin. For the most part, learning was confined to monasteries and nunneries which constituted the only opportunity for education open to girls during the Middle Ages. After the fall of Constantinople (today Istanbul), many scholars migrated to Rome, bringing Europe knowledge and critical thinking, which in turn gave rise to the Renaissance. Intellectual women were admired by men, they were never ridiculed for being intellectual and educated. This attitude enabled Italian women to participate in arts, medicine, literature, and mathematics. Among many others, Maria GaetanaAgnesi was by far one of the most important and extraordinary figure in mathematics during the 18th century. "Maria GaetanaAgnesi was born in Milan on May 16, 1718, to a wealthy and literate family" [Osen, 39]. She was the oldest of the 21 children that her father, a rich merchant, had with his three wives. "She was recognized as a child prodigy very early; spoke French by the age of five; and had mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and several modern languages by the age of nine. At her teens, Maria mastered mathematics" . The Agnesi home was a gathering place of the most distinguished intellectals of the day. Maria participated in most of the seminars, engaging with the guests in abstract philosophical and mathematical discussions. Maria was very shy in nature and did not like these meetings. She continued participating in the home gatherings to please her father until the death of her mother. Her mother's death provided her the excuse to retire from public life. She took over management of the household. It is possible that this heavy duty job was one of the reasons why she never married.