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At Casey Elementary School on Camp Casey Jan. 14, students and parents take part in the school's second annual Math Madness workshop, which aimed to build math proficiency by using games and other activities to make the subject enjoyable for youngsters. In one of those activities, for example, competing groups had to use 20 strands of uncooked spaghetti and about a yard of masking tape to create the tallest possible structure that would support a marshmallow for at least 30 seconds without collapsing. - U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Noh Ha-kyung
Prepare to be educated!
1) The above is called Pascal's triangle
2) The number of rows is infinite (although you'll get tired of calculating rows).
3) To make a new row, add two consecutive numbers in a row and put the sum between the numbers, on a new row below. Eg. 5+10 is 15.
4) The top number is 1 (not shown) and is in row 0.
5) If you ever care to expand (x+y)^n (n is an integer), the coefficient of the terms in this expansion can be found in row n. Eg. (x+y)^3 = x^3 + 3(x^2)y + 3xy^2 + y^3 see? 1,3,3,1, which is row 3. This is also called the binomial expansion (bi since there are two terms, x and y)
6) Suppose you need to know how many different groups of 2 people can be made using 4 people. We can see that the groups would be persons: 1&2, 1&3, 1&4, 2&3, 2&4, 3&4, so 6 groups. Now that was easy with only 4 people, but suppose you had 20 people and needed to figure out how many groups of 5 could be created. You don't want to do this by hand! The mathematical term for what we want is called a combination: the number of groups of size r that can be formed using n objects, or nCr. Going back to the original example, look in the 4th row (n = 4) and in the 2nd diagonal (r = 2, where diagonal r=0 is the diagonal of 1s). We find 6!
7) Since nCr = nC(n-r), the triangle is symmetric. Eg. Using 3 people, there are 3 groups of size 1 (r=1)and 3 groups of size 2 (r=2), so 3C1 = 3C(3-2) = 3C1. The actual definition of a combination is nCr =n!/(r!*(n-r)!), where n! = n*(n-1)*(n-2)*...*2*1. The "!" is called "factorial". Eg. 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120. You can do this computation on a calculator, so you don't need the whole triangle to calculate 20C5.
8) The sum of the numbers in a row is a power of 2. Eg 1+5+10+10+5+1 = 32 = 2^5, which were the digits of row 5 in the table.
9) Pascal's triangle is really easy for high-schoolers to learn, and thus they can expand (x+y)^n easier than normal.
Isn't math great?
You can see my dislexia in full swing here. This is the "corrected" version of course. Sad part is I was already 8! (1988) It took me a while, but I would like to belive I picked up steam after that ;-p
Children and families join together during Math night held at the Villaggio Multipurpose Room March 6.
PTSA and faculty offered an evening of fun and engaging activities for kids of all ages, all with focus on math.
Hot dog dinner provided by PTSA was also available for a donation.
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Photo by Laura Kreider
At Casey Elementary School on Camp Casey Jan. 14, students and parents take part in the school's second annual Math Madness workshop, which aimed to build math proficiency by using games and other activities to make the subject enjoyable for youngsters. In one of those activities, for example, competing groups had to use 20 strands of uncooked spaghetti and about a yard of masking tape to create the tallest possible structure that would support a marshmallow for at least 30 seconds without collapsing. - U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Noh Ha-kyung
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Learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with the math gnomes and their jewels. Our math gnome song is on our blog: www.syrendell.blogspot.com
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BELUR MATH
Beluṛ Maṭh (Bengali: বেলুড় মঠ) is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India and is one of the significant institutions in Calcutta.[2] This temple is the heart of the Ramakrishna Movement. The temple is notable for its architecture that fuses Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs as a symbol of unity of all religions. In 2007 Belurmath railway station was also inaugurated which is dedicated to Belurmath temple
In January 1897, Swami Vivekananda arrived in Colombo with his small group of Western disciples. Two monasteries were founded by him, one at Belur, which became the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and the other at Mayavati on the Himalayas, in Champawat Dist. Uttrakhand called the Advaita Ashrama.[4][5]These monasteries were meant to receive and train young men who would eventually become sannyasis of the Ramakrishna Mission, and to give them a training for their work. The same year the philanthropic activity was started and relief of the famine was carried out.[5]
Swami Vivekananda's days as a parivrajaka (wandering monk) before his visit to Parliament of Religions, took him through many parts of India and he visited several architectural monuments like the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri palaces, Diwan–I–Khas, palaces of Rajasthan, ancient temples of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other places. During his tour in America and Europe, he came across buildings of architectural importance of Modern, Medieval, Gothic and Renaissance styles. It is reported that Vivekananda incorporated these ideas in the design of the Belur Math temple.[6]
Swami Vijnanananda, a brother-monk of Swami Vivekananda and one of the monastic disciples of Ramakrishna, who was, in his pre-monastic life, a civil engineer, designed the temple according to the ideas of Vivekananda and Swami Shivananda, the then President of Belur Math laid the foundation stone on 16 May 1935. The massive construction was handled by Martin Burn & Co.. The mission proclaims the Belur Math as, "A Symphony in Architecture"
The 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus of the Belur Math on the banks of the Ganges includes temples dedicated to Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, in which their relics are enshrined, and the main monastery of the Ramakrishna Order. The campus also houses a Museum containing articles connected with the history of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Several educational institutions affiliated with the Ramakrishna Mission are situated in the vast campus adjacent to Belur Math.[8] The Belur Math is considered as one of the prime tourist spots near Kolkata[9] and place of pilgrimage by devotees.[10][11] The ex-president APJ Abdul Kalam regarded Belur Math as a "place of heritage and national importance.
The design of the temple was envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and the architect was Swami Vijnanananda, a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna Temple was consecrated on 14 January, the Makar Sankranti Day in 1938.
The Ramakrishna temple at the Belur Math is designed to "celebrate the diversity of Indian Religions"[2] and resembles a temple, a mosque, a church if seen from different positions.[13][14][15] The architectural style and symbolism from a number of religions have been incorporated into the design of the temple at Belur Math, to convey the "universal faith" in which the movement believes.[16][17] The temple is considered as a prime example of the importance of "material dimension" of religion.[16]
The main entrance of the temple, has a facade influenced by Buddhist styles in the Buddhist stupa at Sanchi & the main entrance of the Ajanta Caves.The structure which rises over the entrance is modelled on the Hindu temples of South India with their lofty towers. The windows and balconies inside the temple draw upon the Rajput(Hindu) and Mughal (Islamic) style of north India. The central dome is derived from European architecture of St. Maria-Del-Florence in Italy built during the Renaissanceperiod. The ground plan is in the shape of Christian cross.[2][16]
The height of the temple is 112.5 feet (34.3 m) and covers a total area of 32,900 sq ft (3,060 m2). The temple mainly is built of chunar stone and some portion in the front is of cement. The high entrance of the temple is like a South Indian Gopuram and the pillars on both sides represent Buddhistic architectural style. The three umbrella-like domes on the top built in Rajput-Moghul styles give an idea of thatched roofs of the village Kamarpukur.
The circular portion of the entrance is an intermingling of Ajanta style with Hindu architecture and within it, placing the emblem of the Order is representation of beauty and solemnity. Just above seen is a replica of a Shiva lingam. The natmandira, the spacious congregational hall attached to the sanctum, resembles a church, especially of St Peter's Church in Rome.The pillars in a line on its both sides are according to Doric or Greek style. The beam above is held by decorative brackets similar to the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.The elaborate designs on the pillars resemble the Orissa style.
The hanging balconies above the natmandir and the windows show the effect of Moghul architecture used in the Fatehpur Sikri.The broad parikrama path for doing circumambulatory rounds on all sides of the garbhamandira (sanctum sanctorum) are built like Buddhist chaityas and Christian Churches. The lattice work statues of Navagraha figures are etched on semi-circular top of outside the temple. The golden kalasha is placed on the top of the temple and has a full-bloomed lotusbelow. The architecture of the big dome and of the other domes show a shade of Islamic, Rajput, Bengali terracotta and Lingaraj Temple styles. The entrance doors on both east and west of the temple having pillars on both sides are like the elegant gateways of the Manmandir in Gwalior Fort. Ganesha and Hanuman images, representing success and power are carved above them.
By Kailash Mansarovar Foundation Swami Bikash Giri www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
Mute Math @ Bonnaroo - June 14 2007
First band I shot at Bonnaroo.
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Dear Math, I don't want to solve your problems, I have my own to solve. It seems that math is a nightmare to many young people.
We are navigating through uncharted waters with this new way of learning Math. Math U See is a slower paced yet (for us) a more logical way of learning Math concepts. It's also great for kinesthetic (touch and feel) and visual learners since it involves the senses in the learning process.
Math Presentation Guest Speaker
During the recent math convention I went to, one of the main speakers was Eric Demaine, so I couldn't miss seeing that. And yes, that is my Alphabet in his powerpoint presentation- he liked my work so much, he added a few photos to his slides. :-D
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