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In The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa illustrates the varying perspectives through which different people regard the world. Set in late 20th century Japan, The Housekeeper and the Professor follows three characters as they form a strong relationship despite their contrasting opinions. The Housekeeper, prior to working for the Professor, sees the world as dull and unremarkable. Similarly, her ten-year-old son Root finds nothing special about the mathematics that he learns in class.…

America by the Numbers: The New Deciders with Maria Hinojosa is a PBS documentary that shows how different demographic groups are growing and exerting their strength and influence. A large amount of the data presented in the video is also confirmed in chapter 4 of the textbook “Government by the People.” Both sources indicate that America will soon be characterized not by a majority of whites, but by many other ethnic and racial groups. The textbook shows a chart estimating the 2050 racial…

involve the use of sleight of hand. The Trick The victim is free to shuffle a full deck of 52 cards in any order they will like. They are later asked to choose a number between 1-10 and also to count along as the cards are being displayed. The card in the position chosen by the victim becomes his/her first chosen card and the number on that card becomes the position of their second chosen card and they are expected to repeat the process till the point they are out of cards. In this…

passing time have all been a part of earlier human civilizations. Prehistoric artifacts dating back over 20,000 years have suggested that early humans made attempts to quantify time. Therefore, it is no accident, that the abacus is based of the number 10; ten fingers or ten toes. As civilizations flourished mathematics as we know it today grew out of the desire and or need to count larger and larger time frames or quantities. As civilizations settled and developed agriculture…

of William of Orange, and was later asked to be his tutor. Stevin was also responsible for creating a number of Prince Maurice’s textbooks, along with his tutoring duties. After the assassination of William of Orange…

Goal 1 – Students will be able to estimate and round differences. Goal 2 – Students will be able to subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers Goal 3 – Students will be able to subtract numbers with one or more zero in it. Pre-Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Post-Assessment Pre-test Formative Assessment…

double-digit addition problems (place value, empty number line, break apart). Ask student, “Do you think we could use some of these same strategies to find the sum of three-digit numbers?” “Today, we are going to use those same strategies to solve three-digit addition problems.” 2. Objective/EQ: During math today, we are going to play a game that includes adding two three-digit numbers using the place value strategy (includes base ten blocks), the empty number line strategy, or the break apart…

carrots to eat, but their spoon only allowed seven vegetables to fit on it. The students needed to figure out different combinations of peas and carrots that would equal seven. This lesson was wanting students to learn what two whole numbers make a specific whole number. Mrs. McCarty would call students up to the board to draw the seven vegetables (combination of peas and carrots) and…

Find out the numbers that has the greatest value a) 5.3 b) 4.99 c) 5.198 d) 5.04896 Children should have the ability to compare, order ad represent decimals (11, ACMNA105). The correct answer for the above question is 5.3. Some of the misconceptions could be:  some students may choose 4.99, with the misconception that 99 is the highest number, without considering the whole number, in which 4 is less than 5.  Students may rule out 4.99, compare the other three numbers, and choose 5…

Introduction Mathematics is a necessary aspect of my life. In my home, work, school and even social environments, numbers surround me. Over many years, I have learned how to derive meaning from them or use them to help me figure things out. During this unit, I have learnt, re-learnt and applied various areas of mathematics to help me achieve the outcomes and find solutions to each ‘Thinking Time Problem’ [TTP] presented. These relate to the Australian Curriculum- Mathematics proficiency strands…