Math

Math reflection

Kaylee and I did a math project on the pythagorean theorem. We wanted to come up with a problem that wouldn’t be that hard to figure out of explain. We asked this.

“Julie took a trip to the mall. She drove 14 miles North from her house to the mall. After Julie left the mall she was hungry so she drove to Franks for a burger and some fries. She then drove 10 miles East from the mall to Frank’s restaurant. After she ate she drove South West back home. How many miles is it from the restaurant to get back home?”

This problem is set up like a right triangle. The formula is A squared plus B squared equals C squared. You have to place 14 miles in for A squared. Put 10 miles in for B squared. Then you have to square both of those numbers. The goal is to find C. Then after you square those two numbers then you add them together. After you get that sum you find the square root of that. The answer is c= 17.20as       

The last two weeks we have been in groups working on carnival games that have to do with probability. I had fun coming up with the game and building it with my group members. I honestly still don’t quite understand how to do probability very well, but I am going to be working on it at home to make sure that I understand it.

I learned that in our carnival game we had to take all the possibilities and multiply them by the chances of winning. We had to find the probability of winning in our game and find how much profit we would make.

I don’t really like this type of leaning. I feel that I would have a better chance of understanding the concept if we just did the lesson online. I liked the fun part of making the carnival game with my friends, but I just don’t quite understand probability because of the way that we were learning.

Hot Diggity Dog is a project that we did in school for math. We had to design a restaurant in groups and draw a floor plan of the  restaurant , we had to write down all the  measurements of the  restaurant , and come up with a logo for our restaurant , and then put it in a poster.One thing I think our group could have done better was share the jobs equally.One thing that I think our group did good on was we all worked together good.

This blog is confessing me so much!