The Number 23

understand that 10 is a base number and that there are ten 10’s in 100. These can be helpful to ensure that the students understand the meaning of the different place values such as the ones, tens, and hundreds. These are important for first graders to know. This is a good manipulative to have at the beginning of the school year because as kindergarteners its important that they know the numbers up to 100. Unifix cubes are great for students to visualize numbers and patterns of numbers because…

accounting, and the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. The idea of zero has crossed the imagination of great minds across the globe. Zero functions as a placeholder and the amount of zeroes after a digit can drastically change the value of the number just imagine if one adds or even removes a zero from their salary. Index Terms— Zero, Mesopotamia, Mayan, Brahmagupta, Al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Descartes. I. Introduction…

Section A: Description of Two Young Children’s Mathematical Activity Anus’s Spontaneous Mathematical Activity The polygon puzzle is the most popular activity in my kindergarten. The puzzles are made up of a set of strong and colorful shapes. Children enjoy using the puzzles to create different creative flat shapes and even three-dimensional shapes. The Early Year Learning Framework (EYLF) emphasizes the importance of children being able to resource their leaning through processed materials…

Counters are tokens which represent units or numbers, so they can be anything. Teachers can cheaply acquire or make a bulk amount of counters to use. Some examples of what teachers often use for this manipulative are: dried beans, popcorn kernels, jelly beans, colored paper squares, marshmallows or…

knowledge, humans are the only creatures on earth that are able to contemplate infinity. We commonly talk about the infinite universe (which cosmologists now tell us is almost certainly finite but unbounded), we speak of infinite number series, such as the set of even numbers, and we use it metaphorically, as in saying someone has “infinite patience.” Time itself is spoken of as infinite, though it is always tied to finite objects which are changing and we can 't even come up with a coherent…

mildly annoyed that I didn’t know the school had an acapella group. Acapella groups have been close to my heart ever since I founded the glee club in my middle school and found my spirit animal in “Fat Amy” from Pitch Perfect. The group performed two numbers, both prominently featuring soloists. After spending about three minutes trying to situate the microphones, the group leader, Annie McLean stepped forward to introduce the group. The delay, however, was more comical than annoying, and the…

that do receive education at primary or secondary stages, Asians are considerably better at math than of the U.S. Educators, researchers, and many other personal beliefs have strongly made arguments over this given situation. Some stated that, the number system in Asian countries is intuitive which makes calculation very easy. Others expressed that students from Europe and US have way higher conceptualization math skills, than of the Asians. On the other hand, “ Why do Asians do better in Math?”…

integer and floating point unit, but is used to represent text rather than numbers. • I bought 3 CD’s which were from 3 different artists. It shows that I bought it from 3 different people. • If (Option 1==Option 2) If the values are the same, then it is true. If they are different, then it is false. • Usernames are an example of string data type. Integer A data type which consists of a whole number. Examples would be numbers 1-10. • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division are examples…

The second grade classroom I am in began this year the students in the classroom practicing their addition and subtraction in a one-digit numbers through various strategies, word problems, and diverse lessons. However, as the year went on my cooperating teacher had the students begin solving two-digit addition and subtraction problems. My classroom is set up for their numeracy portion of the class that they usually start with whole group lesson, then move into small groups to practice the lesson…

Januvia and Janumet are two of Merck & Co.'s (MRK) blockbuster drugs in its diabetes franchise. They're used to lower blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. The combined sales for these drugs were ~$1.3 billion for 1Q17, a ~5.0% fall from $1.4 billion in 1Q16. Chart - 006 - JJ Uses for Januvia and Janumet Januvia and Janumet, its combination version, are drugs classified as DPP-4 inhibitors. DPP-4 is the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase-4, which removes incretin from the human body…