THE RELEVANCE OF MATHEMATICS IN EVERYDAY
LIFE
THEN & NOW
Done by: Malika Hernandez
Introduction: The relevance of mathematics in our everyday life then and now. I will be conducting a research on the mathematician Aristotle on his contribution to the world of mathematics with a brief history on his life. An interview will also be conducted on my mother on how mathematics plays a major part in her everyday lifestyle. With a conclusion on my intake one mathematics and the interviewing process with this being my first time.
Content: Aristotle was born in 384 B.C in Stagira in northern Greece. He was very young when his parents died, at age 17 he was sent to Plato's Academy in Athens where he spent 20 years. Aristotle's best known contributions were made to Mathematics, Biology, Psychology etc. Aristotle started a school in Lyceum known as Peripatetic school, he also considers geometry arithmetic and also considers most mathematical proofs as a form of universal affirmative syllogism e.g.” two right angles-angles about a point-triangle or right angle-half two right angle semicircle” quoted from a text. He also states every line has a point.
To show Mathematics is relevant today an Interview will be conducted.
Date:17/02/21
Person’s name: Melissa Hernandez
Question-Where do you work /what company, how long and what exactly do you do?
Answer-I work for VEMO Ltd. as a merchandiser at various supermarkets for over 3 years.
My job entitlement is to ensure that my company's product is properly merchandise.
Question-How mathematics plays a part in your everyday job life?
Answer-It plays an important part in my job because its help me calculate the amount of
goods that needs to be placed in a certain area with out over pulling which will lead
to overworking oneself.
Question-Do you think mathematics is more important now than in the past if so why?
Answer-Yes! Because how the world is getting more advanced in technology wise it is being shown and proven maths is much needed
Question-What you think will happen to the world without mathematics?
Answer-Things will start to go haywire because maths is in everything
Question-Do you think mathematics makes sense in today’s life?
Answer-Yes.
Question-Do you think mathematics will be useful in the feature and why?
Answer-I cannot predict the feature but yes I believe it will be useful in the feature.
Question-Do you think mathematics is stressful to students if so why?
Answer-Yes, because everyone's learning ability is different, some adapt faster than others.
Question-What is your weakness in mathematics?
Answer-Not being able to comprehend.
Question-What do you like about mathematics?
Answer-That I can be able to do basic calculation of my monthly income without being
robbed .Therefore if for some reason my salary falls short I can pick up on it and rectify the situation.
Question-Why mathematics is a disadvantage in your life?
Answer-Because is has become so advanced I was not able to upgrade in the new mathematical skill.
Question-If you can change one thing about mathematics what would it be?
Answer-Make it more comprehensible so it won’t be stressful .
These images is to show what Melissa
work consist of on a daily basis.
Discussion:
After I conducted the research and interview,
I have come to a realization that mathematics has a very
important part to play in our everyday life and without it society
will have a great downfall.
Conclusion: The relevance of mathematics is very important in today’s life, we need it to calculate money, height, area, volume etc. We even use it everyday and don’t realize maths is all around us. Today I conducted an interview. It was very interesting. It also makes me look at math from another point of view; the laws of maths govern everything around us. www.mathunion states (mathematics provides an effective way of building mental discipline and encourages logical reasoning and mental rigor).For my future research I will more than likely will interview more than one person and will like to get a math teacher views. This intake of The Relevance Of Mathematics In Everyday Life.
References:
Plato Stanford Education.(march 26, 2004).retrieved February 22, 2021,from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-mathematics/#:~:text=Aristotle%20considers%20geometry%20and%20arithmetic,mathematical%20astronomy%2C%20harmonics%2C%20etc.
History of Aristotle retrieved February 19, 2021 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#:~:text=Aristotle%20was%20born%20in%20the,(c.%20347%20BC).
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Dear malika,your blog is pretty well done only one thing you were not supposed to used the word i in the introduction, you had a pretty long conversation with the interviewee nice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Richard for the constructive criticism, will apply it next time around.
DeleteHello malika your blog was enjoyable
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DeleteHi Malika...The construction of your blog was neatly done and i enjoyed reading your blog..Good Work!!.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamara
ReplyDeleteHi Malika I enjoyed your blog, it was very interesting to read, well done.
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