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The 10 Commandments of Math
Thou shalt not divide by zero. Thou shalt not put other textbooks before thee in math class. Thou shalt show thy work, check thy work, and confirm that thy results are reliable. Remember thy test days and prepare for them wholly. Thou shalt honour the correct Order of Operations. Thou shalt not do thy math homework in ink! Thou shalt commit the facts of Arithmetic and Multiplication to memory. Thou shalt do unto one side of an equation what thou doest to the other. Thou shalt not bear false witness against original problems. Thou shalt copy thy problems accurately and legibly. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s paper, not anything that is thy neighbour’s. EXCERPT TAKEN FROM INTEGRAL DIGITS PROJECT DURING 9TH GRADE INFUSION COURSE IN SUMMER 2017.
The numbers that are most important to me were: pi, 13.1, 52, 608, 1111, 20, 10, 3, 24, 4408, 3712. I chose the number pi as a common, irrational number because I prefer pie to cake and my son was due on what I thought would be pi day 2016. He was born four days later on the 18th of March. March is special to me because three of my five children were born in March, the 3rd month. The number three is also significant because I am a christian and it signifies the Holy Trinity. The number three is a natural, whole number. Next I chose the number 13.1, which is a rational number. It represents... |
MY FAVORITE QUOTE 50 RANDOM THINGS
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