MATH PROJECT

VERTICAL

• The leaning tower of pizza is considered a vertical line becasue it is straight up and down.
• http://6thgradeudl.wikispaces.com/Vertical+Angles

HORIZONTAL

• The sun sets and rises along the horizon.
• HTTP://SHARYNNE.WIKISPACES.COM/WHAT%27S+MY+LINE%3F

POSITIVE SLOPE

• Hiking up a hill is a forward and upward motion as an example of a positive slope.
• http://www.worldofstock.com/stock-photos/a-couple-hiking-up-a-mountain-ridg...

NEGATIVE SLOPE

• Biking down mountains and tough terrain is a dangerous sport but also exhilarating and fun.
• http://www.nsmb.com/3924-red-bull-5000-down/

REPEATING PATTERN

• A disco dance floor has a repeating pattern.
• A color scheme and also all square blocks.
• http://blog.paperbicycle.com/2011/09/daily-pattern-disco-ball.html

CARTOON

• Homer is helping his daughter with math homework.
• Lisa thinks of "pi" where Homer thinks of eating the food pie.
• http://croitz.blogspot.com/2010/04/quadratic-equation.html

REPRESENTATION OF A NEGATIVE NUMBER

Sports with Math

• All sports teams use records to keep track of their progress during the season.
• The Philadelphia Flyers season record for last year, 2011-2012 was 47-26-9
• Forty-seven wins, twenty-six losses and nine losses in games that went into overtime.
• flyershistory.com

WEATHER REPORT

• This shows a cold a frigid week with degrees reaching the negative digits.
• Then the temperature goes up back into the mid 40s.
• http://www.lifenut.com/blog/?p=3750

PARALLEL LINES

• The Twin Towers are an example of parallel lines.
• Parallel lines run along side each other but never meet at an intersection.
• http://rdgable.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/821/

PERPENDICULAR LINES

• A perfect example of a perpendicular line is an intersection.
• This heavy traffic intersection is in New York City.
• Perpendicular lines intersect at one point and continue in both directions.
• http://www.hispotion.com/entertainment/new-york-city-from-above

FRACTION

• If pizza is cut into eight slices and you take away one that is a fraction.
• The fraction then becomes 7/8 because you took away a slice to eat.
• http://aiellospizza.com/menu.html

INEQUALITY

• A balance or scale system would be positive on one side and negative on the other.
• Both sides are not equal there for it is considered an inequality.
• http://www.photo-dictionary.com/phrase/5227/balance-scale.html#b

ABSOLUTE VALUE

• The Roman numeral number five is an example of how absolute value would be graphed.
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Archs_Alhambra_Grenade.JPG

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

• 8.52 X 10^8= 852,000,000
• 2,014= 2.014 X 10^3

FEMALE MATEMATICIAN

• Sofia Kovaleskaya 1850-1891
• She escaped Russian to get away from her parents.
• She came up with a few of her own theorems.
• http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sciencemath1/tp/aatpmathwomen.htm
• http://www.newspakistan.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Sofia-Kovalevskaya.jp...

MALE MATHETICIAN

• Albert Einstein "The Genius"
• He is known for the theory of relativity.
• It is not only used in math but Psychics as well.
• http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/34976.aspx

QUADRATIC FUNCTION

• Roman and medieval times used arch ways in there building structures.
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Archs_Alhambra_Grenade.JPG

RIGHT TRIANGLE

• A right triangle has one 90 degrees angle.
• Paper football is a perfect example for this shape.

PARABOLA

• A rainbow is an example if a parabola.
• A parabola are points on a graph.
• http://www.justbehappylife.com/2012/06/rainbow-scavenger-hunt.html