Category Archives: Math Applications

Web 2.0 Math at GeoGebra

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Passy

My High School Mathematics Teacher would have loved the above interactive page for teaching Calculus. Instead of having to hand-draw lots of Tangents on a whiteboard, the blue dot on the Parabolic curve can be dragged along, (by clicking on … Continue reading →

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Fibonacci Sequence in Music

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Passy

Source: http://blog.the-market-toolbox.com To play music, we use our fingers, and the size of their joints actually forms a mathematical pattern called a “Fibonacci Sequence”. Leonardo Fibonacci, was born in the 12th century, and studied a sequence of numbers with a … Continue reading →

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Weight Training Mathematics

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Passy

Image Source: http://sp.life123.com Suppose we want to do some weight training in the gym to help us with sport and be healthy. We might need to get a few things worked out first. How do we know how much weight … Continue reading →

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