Category: Articles
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Sine, Cosine, Tangent
[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Imagine you are in a field with trees, and the sun is shining above. You can learn a lot of math from here. Let’s say that you walk a certain distance away from a tree (x) to point A. You were able to estimate the angle from…
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Golden Ratio
[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Flowers can be found in anywhere in nature, and are really nice to look at. Do you ever wonder why some flowers will make spirals like the one above? The seeds of a flower can twist when they grow. For example, if the seeds twist every 1…
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Circles and Polygons
[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan What kind of pie do you like to eat? Apple, pumpkin, blueberry, key lime? Do you like baking pie too? Imagine if you baked a pie, and you want to cut even slices for you and your family to eat. Let’s say that you have 5 people…
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Parabolas
[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Playing ball games with your friends can be fun, but do you know how a volleyball, basketball, or even a ping pong ball travels in the air? When you throw a ball into the air, it will travel in an arc-shape. This arc is called a parabola,…
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Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
[latexpage] Fun Math for GirlsBy Kelly Tan Do you like eating candy? Imagine if you and your 4 friends, Ashley, Brenda, Carol, and Diana, decide to bring some candy to share with each other. However, you guys don’t bring the same amount. Ashley brings 8 pieces, Brenda brings 3 pieces, Carol brings 12 pieces, Diana…
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How do You Live in the Origizmo World?
You do this subconsciously every day. You stand up to brush your teeth and bend your head down to rinse your mouth. Ever wonder why do you need to do that? Welcome to the future world of origami-inspired gizmo living, where modern technology and wonders in chemistry, material and medical sciences, system engineering, and artificial…
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What Happens if Nature Prefers Order?
Imagine a person jumps into a swimming pool. The energy of impact splashes water around and dissipates as heat. What happens if, by some chance, those water molecules collect their energy together and push the person back to the ground? Why didn’t nature do that? According to Law of Conservation of Energy, the energy is…
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Through the Eyes of a Photographer
I scope out a location and raise my camera to frame the scene. My left hand turns the lens to focus the image while my right scrolls the command dial to change the shutter speed. I press the release button to freeze a moment in time. I signed up for a photography course at school…
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The Parallel Universe of 0=1
What happens if mathematicians prove that 0=1? How would this affect our lives and understanding of the world? Would it prove the existence of parallel universes where GPS signals are routed differently? I learned proof by contradiction in geometry class. The technique – proving a proposition was true by showing the opposite could never occur…
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Origami Math
[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Is origami one of your hobbies? It is a beautiful craft, and you can make so many models from a single sheet of paper. You can learn how to fold very easily, and make gifts for friends. Origami also lets you learn about math. Given a sheet…