The Relevance of Mathematics in Everyday Life, Then and Now by Dakoda Williams.

 Introduction: This is my blog this blog is about the history of a mathematician from then to now his name was Archimedes this is my mathematician I was assigned to I have to do an interview with my cousin to talk about mathematics i

 

 

A brief history of my mathematician Archimedes was born in the city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily in 287 Bc he was the son of an astronomer and mathematician name Phidias. Aside from that very little known about the early of Archimedes or his Family some way related to that hero II King of Syracuse Archimedes live for 75 years he died on 212 Bc he was known for a lever and other than mathematics he were learn for other things.

 

Interview:

 

This interview took place through via email.

 

1: What is your name?

 

Interviewee: My name is Terrence Junior Carrington

 

2:How old are you?

 

Interviewee:34

 

3;Where do you work?

 

Interviewee: Trinidad and Tobago Defense force

 

4:How long you have been working there?

 

Interviewee:11years and 3months

 

5:Do you use mathematics in your workplace?

 

Interviewee: Sometimes to hardly

 

6:Do you think mathematics is important in other jobs?

 

Interviewee: yes it is

 

7:How do you include mathematics in your everyday life?

 

Interviewee: when I purchased items calculator time and distance to and from places measurements when preparing meals etc.

 

8:What are your qualifications in mathematics?

 

Interviewee: Grade 3

 

9:Do you enjoy mathematics in your everyday life?

 

Interviewee: yes kinda

 

10;Do you like mathematics?

 

Interviewee: Yes

 

 

Discussion

 

Mathematics is important to everyday life It help us with money, food,distance and time and lots of things my mathematician was a Greek mathematician although few details of his life are known for other things mathematics is relevant to everyone no matter what your occupation is there are Basic mathematics fundamentals in such instances

 

Conclusion

 

The Relevance of Mathematics then and now in everyday life This is about a Greek mathematician he was known for a lot of things and mathematics he were more passionate about  he were also related to the king of Syracuse he was also the greatest of all time he was known for a lever he had only lived for 75 years .

 

References

 

 

1:Archimedes BBC history Retrieved 2012\06\07

 

2:Archimedes wrote nine teatisties  that survived in the sphere and cylinder he showed that the surface area of a sphere with radius.

 

3:Archimedes found that the volume of a sphere is two -thirds the volume of a cylinder that encloses it

RELEVANCE OF MATHEMATICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE, THEN AND NOW by Venessa Paul

 

Introduction Paragraph

 In this blog you will come across a brief history of an ancient mathematician Lady Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace. You will learn about her contribution towards the world of mathematics and her interesting inventions. Further into this blog I will be conducting an interview, this interview is about how mathematics is involved in the interviewee everyday life. After the interview there will be a discussion about the relevance of my research and how it relates to the research questions. I will be stating why I believe mathematics is relevant.

Table of Contents

Biography                                         Pg.1

Interview                                          Pg.2,3

Discussion                                         Pg.4

Lady Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace

Augusta Ada Byron was the daughter of the famed poet Lord Byron. Ada Love lance showed her gift for mathematics at an early age. She translated an article on an invention by Charles Babbage and added her own comments because she introduced many computer concepts, Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer.

Ada Lovelace was born on December 10th ,1852. Lovelace had an unusual upbring for an aristocratic girl in the mid-1800s. At her mother’s insistence, tutors taught her mathematics and science.

From early on Lovelace showed a talent for numbers and language.

At the age of 17, Ada met Charles Babbage, a mathematician and inventor. Lovelace began studying advance mathematics with University of London professor Augusta De Morgan. Lovelace was asked to translate an article on Babbage’s analytical engine. She did not only translate the original French text to English but also added her own thoughts and ideas on the machine. Her notes ended up being three times longer than her original article. Her work was published in 1843, in an English science journal. From my research Lady Augusta was an English mathematician but she was called the “first computer programmer” for writing an algorithm and for computing machines in the mid-1800s.

 

Interview

Interviewer- Venessa Paul Interviewee – Leslie-Ann Lutchman Age – 35years      

Sex- Female Job Title- Supervisor

Company- True & Natural Years employed – 4years

 1)    What is the name of the company you are employed with and what is your job description?

The name of the company is True and Natural a soap company that manufacturers organic products that can be used on both face and body.

2) How long have you been employed?

Leslie-Ann Lutchman have been employed at True & Natural for 4 years.

3) What is the daily functions and operations?

Daily operations is to provide customers with the knowledge of the product and to convince customers to buy it.

4) How many persons are employed?

There are persons employed at various Cosmetic stores to promote the product.

5) Does your company provide essential services to our country?

True and Natural is considered an essential business because the soap is a basic need of people.

6) Was this career an option of your choice?

This job wasn’t a career choice, it was just a job available at the time.

7) Where do you see yourself in this company in the next 5years?

I see myself becoming the manager in the next five years.

8) How do you get paid?

The company get pay forthnight.

9) How is mathematics involved in your job?

Mathematics is involved in my job financially.

  

Discussion

I think mathematics is relevant because it gives us the ability to learn and think logically in any field of endeavour. Maths helps you build things, it is incredibly important in our lives and without realizing it, we use mathematical concepts, as well the skills we learn from doing maths every day. Practically every career uses maths in some way.

Things that you wouldn’t expect to bear any relation to maths do in fact comes down to an underlying need for mathematics and the structure it brings to our everyday lives. Take shopping, cooking, traveling, or buying a property for instance. None of these would be possible without the existence of mathematics. Furthermore, maths is everywhere when you consider the educational and professional world. Whether you aspire to study sociology, psychology, physics, biology or even economics maths is held in high regard.

  

The relevance of mathematics then and now by Nicholas Supersad

     Leonardo Fibonacci was on of the most greatest mathematicians that ever lived , Fibonacci was born and Italy on 1170 and died between 1240 or 1250 Fibonacci introduced the world to what we know now as the Arabic numbering system , square roots and math word problem . The Fibonacci sequence is a set of numbers where the first number adds up to the second and the second adds up to the third , the sequence goes as follows 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55 etc . In nature we can find the Fiboncci sequence in spiral of a flower , lotus , sunflower and broccoli .                   The great Fibonacci was known for 2 important contributions to math and western mathematics , be was involved to help spread the use of Hindu systems of writing numbers in Europe . To prove the importance of Fiboncci now , On Friday , march 2020 the U.S stock market closed out it's worst week since 2008 due to the global pandemic , investors and stakeholders where left in a difficult situation , a set of powerful numbers was the situation to their problem the Fiboncci sequence was the tool to guide there buying and selling behaviors .

To prove the importance of mathematics a Q&A was conducted .

1 : Name: Ian Hosein 

Years of experience: 8 and a half years 

Title of job: Driver salesman 

2 : How dose having a sense of math motivate you . 

The current interviewee job requires math skills on a daily basis and calculations also statistics in cricket motivates the interviewee.

3 :What are you most proud of .

Starting a family is one thing the interviewees mostly proud of . 

4 : What could your current workplace do better . 

To improve the better working equipment so working hours will be less .  

5 : What is the favorite part of your job .

Getting to meet new people on a daily basis . 

6 : Where do you see yourself in 5 years .

The interviewee states that he sees himself promoted or running as CEO . 

7 : Is math important and why .

Math is an essential material I the interviewees life .

8 : What is a job based activity that requires you to use math . 

Conducting sales , calculations , reviving money . 

9 : How do you use math in your daily life. 

Budgeting personal expenses , shopping or buying markets . 

10 : Math is everywhere do you agree and why if not state a reason to why it's not 

The interviewee states that math is everywhere , mostly every material thing is measurable and most things are a sequence .

The Relevance Of Mathematics In Everyday Life, Then And Now

 

The Relevance Of Mathematics In Everyday Life, Then And Now

                                                           by Jasmine Harricharan

February 25, 2021

Introduction

Today im going to be writing a blog about someone who you may think is quite interesting, his name is Georg Cantor. Georg was a German mathematician who can be considered as the founder of set theory and the concept of infinite numbers with his discovery of infinite numbers. 

History Of My Mathematician

Georg Cantor was born on March 3rd 1845 in St. Petersburg, Russia and died on January 6th 1918 in Halle Germany. Georg Cantor was the father of two, Rudolph Cantor and Erich Cantor. Georg took his education in Humboldt University of Berlin (1867), ETH Zurich, Technische Universitat Darmstadt. Although Georg Cantor was born in St. Petersburg Russia, where his parents had emigrated from Denmark, he spent most of his life in Germany (1845-1918). Georg Cantor found set theory and introduced the mathematically meaningful concept of transfinite numbers, indefinitely  large but distinct from one another. Georg Cantor discovered his famous diagonal proof method, which he used to give his second proof that the real numbers are uncountable. Instead it used concrete properties of the real number line, including the idea of nesting intervals so as to avoid overlapping a given countable sequence. Why is set theory important you may ask, set theory is mainly important because it serves as a foundation for the rest of mathematics, it provides the axioms from which the rest of mathematics is built up. 

Interview

Rebecca harricharan, an accountant, had a face to face interview on February 25th, 2021. Rebecca Harricharan has had almost 2 years of experience with her work. 

Q&A

1.) Hello, what is your name miss?

Interviewee: My name is Rebecca Harricharan

2.) How old are you?

Interviewee: I am 20 years old

3.)What motivates you?

Interviewee: Making money to achieve my goals

4.) Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

Interviewee: Running my own business and starting my family 

5.) Do you think you use mathematics in your everyday life?

Interviewee: Yes, since i am an accountant i use mathematics on a daily basis at work

6.) which subject did you enjoy most in school?

Interviewee: i enjoyed mathematics, science and Principal Of Business 

7.) how was your school experience?

Interviewee: it was difficult to keep up with some of my classes but it was a pleasure getting to learn new things and meeting new people everyday 

8.)What are your afraid of?

Interviewee: im most afraid of not achieving my goals according to plan

9.)Has there ever been a huge change in your life that made you think differently?

Interviewee: due to the recent pandemic families have been struggling to provide for their household which made me realize that I am grateful to still have a job and to be able to assist my family 

10.)What do you look forward to most in life?

Interviewee: good things, love and passion and thirst for life.

11.)what do you like to do for fun?

Interviewee: I enjoy dancing, spending time with my family and having new adventures 

12.) Who do you think made you the person you are today?

Interviewee: teachers, parents, family and myself made me the person i am today

Discussion

Georg Cantor has done many things for us in mathematics that has affected on our everyday lives. Sometimes might even have you thinking, what if we didn't have mathematics in our life? where would we be today? or who would we have been today. I understand that many people don't even know the excitement or how interesting mathematics can be or how far it can take you in life.

Conclusion

In conclusion  i hope you enjoyed this article more than i did enjoyed writing it. Reading and learning about our past mathematicians and the accomplishments they have made are so exciting and interesting knowing how much mathematics has been used in our daily lives.  

References 

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cantor/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georg-Ferdinand-Ludwig-Philipp-Cantor