Math Mathematicians
Who Discovered Gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton Did!
William feeds his fish 8 containers of fish food each day. Each container costs $3.25. How much money does William spend on fish food each week.
William spends $182 every week.
You use this to find a sum of two or more numbers.
Addition
When was the order of operation invented?
The 16th Century!
6 3, 9 1 3
+ 1 4, 3 - 8
= 8 3, 2 7 1
6
Who discovered science first?
Aristotle did!
Sandra spent $135 on new clothes. She bought a blouse for $48 and two t-shirts for $23 each. How much money does she have left?
Sandra has $41 left.
You use this operation to split. This is also the opposite of multiplication.
Division
What is the oldest form of math?
Counting!
Name the pattern:
18, ,12, 9, , 3, 0,
Numbers:
15, 6, -3
This Italian mathematician is best known for the number sequence named after him: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13.
Leonardo Pisano did!
Jaime traveled 4325 in 640 days. How many kilometers did she travel in total?
27,520
You use this operation to find to find the repeated addition of groups of equal sizes.
Multiplication
When was math invented?
3000BC
1/5+1/2=____
7/10
This person corrected his father at accounting at the age of 3, and quickly found a way to add up all the integers from 1 to 100 at the age of 8.
Carl Friedrich Gauss did!
Ava bought 8 cookies for $2.25 each, five chocolate bars for $1.50 each, and 6 cupcakes for $1.25 each. How much change should she get back if she paid with a $50 bill?
Ava will get $25.75 back.
Fractions
When was algebra invented?
1650 BC.
Who is the first father of mathematicians in the world?
The earliest contribution was Pythagoras!
Ben and his 4 friends read 60 books in one year. Each book has an average of 235 pages. How many pages did they read in total in one year?
Ben and his 4 friends read 14,100 pages in one year?
You use this operation to find a number that consists of a whole and a fractional part.
Decimals
When was the first math equation invented?
1650 BC