The Story of Math
The origin of math
What is counting
What did Pythagoras do?
Pythagoras's Theorem
Founded a school in Italy
Tried to explain music in a mathematical way
What was the first mathematical artifact discovered?
The Ishango bone
Seven times one equals
7
Zero came from which country
India
Who is Descartes?
Descartes is the father of analytical geometry, which allows us to describe geometric shapes using algebra.
Where was the Ishango bone discovered?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Twenty divided by five equals
Four
Math is important because
Teaches us life skills
Teaches us logic and critical thinking skills
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Newton was one of the inventors of calculus
How is math used in the Olympics?
-Determines place (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
-Measures time, speed, distance, height
-Used to score athletes
-Angles
-Arithmetic
What is an integer?
A number which is not a fraction - a whole number
Who is Julia Robinson?
She is the first female mathematician elected to the US National Academy of Sciences, and was the first female president of the American Mathematical Society.
She spent much of her research trying to find an algorithm and worked on decision-based problems
How would you say 7/20
Seven twentieths
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first computer programmer in history
Wrote the first algorithm to run on a machine
What is twenty five times six
One hundred and fifty