Category Archives: Math in the Real World

Mathematics of Aircraft Disasters

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.aviationwa.org.au If you don’t think Mathematics is vitally important, then think again! The following news article we saw on an Australian news website today. It is all about a mathematical mistake that made a passenger plane nearly “stall” … Continue reading →

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Real World Line Graphs

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com Straight Line Graphs play an important part in our modern lives. They are used extensively in Sales and Marketing, Economics, Business, Psychology, Science and Medicine. Here is a Graph from a medical study of infertility that has … Continue reading →

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Equivalent Equations

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Passy

Image Source: http://static.guim.co.uk The above containers are not all equal, but they are “Equivalent”. They are “equivalent”, because they all contain milk ! In Algebra, we can have “Equivalent” Equations, that look different in size and complexity, but all contain … Continue reading →

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Real World Integers

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu When we think of Integers, or negative numbers in the real world, we usually think of being below sea level, or we may think of being at low temperatures. Image Source: http://www.odec.ca The following Slideshare presentation shows … Continue reading →

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Off-Road Algebra

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Passy

Image Source: http://multivu.prnewswire.com “Math Matters” are a great bunch of people in the USA with a mission to employ 21st century learning tools and methodologies to help make math relevant and fun again for teachers and students. They have generously … Continue reading →

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