Geometry

Researching two math placement tests for this project was the easiest part. A math placement test is a test that students take before entering a math course in college. The placement test that I took was for Monmouth University in Monmouth, New Jersey. Monmouth is on my list of schools that I am applying to for the fall of 2018 along with James Madison, which is the other test I chose to research for this project. I took the Monmouth test not thinking I would be able to complete the assigned…

M.C Escher was more than just an artist. He created art using patterns of identical shapes, that fit together with no gaps, and did not overlap, also known as tessellations. He went through many stages throughout his art, but his most lasting legacy are the tessellations he made and the mathematical impact they had. By using mathematical reasoning he was able to create the tessellations, but he had to look beyond just mathematics to dig deep into his tessellated optical illusions. M.C Escher…

Pythagoras has contributed much to math and life itself. Pythagoras, born approximately around 569 BC, was a very smart mathematician and philosopher. Pythagoras was well educated, he played the lyre (a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar), knew poetry and recited Homer. He was greatly influenced by Pherecydes, Thales, and Anaximander. Pythagoras is most greatly known for the Pythagorean Theorem a2+b2=c2. Pythagoras was born in Samos, Greece around…

Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician named "Father of geometry" for his significant contribution in geometry, for example Elements. Elements was Euclid's most famous study which is a thirteen book series. It covers plane geometry, numbers theory, irrational numbers, and solid geometry. The only book to be translated more than Elements is the Bible. He also wrote Euclid's fith postulate which states 1. A straight line may be drawn between any two points. 2. A piece of straight line may be…

Angie Gunawardana Mr. Larlham Geometry Project- 6 5 May 2016 Sophie Germain was born in Paris, France on April 1, 1776. Her parents names were Marie- Madeline and Ambroise- Francois, and she was the second of the three daughters, they were a wealthy upper class French family. She began having an interest in mathematics when the Bastille fell and everyone was confined inside their homes, she would go inside her father’s library and read. She fell in love with a story about Archimedes and wanted…

4.1 First Side by Side Geometry The first model shown in figure 3 was for twin tunnels already constructed at a centre to centre spacing of 3D. This model helped to identify the influence of construction sequence on surface and subsurface ground displacement upon excavating the first and second tunnels underneath the existing twin tunnels. Figure 3: First Side by Side twin tunnels 4.1.1 Surface Displacements The surface displacements at distances of 4.75m, 7.125m, 9.5m and 11.875m from the…

Jean Kilbourne and Jesse J. Prinz explored the impact a person’s gender has on the way society views and treats them in their articles, “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” and “Gender and Geometry”. However, Kilbourne discusses advertising whereas Prinz focuses on academics and the job market. Kilbourne’s article points out how women are overly sexualized in advertising and tells us how damaging it can be for women. On page 510 she examines how advertisements contribute to addictions. According to…

of the Kaufmann Desert House by Richard Neutra, the first thing that was drawn to my attention was all the similar geometry, specifically the L shaped geometries. They were all different shapes and sizes, and were facing all different directions, There was a sense of repetition embedded within the floor plan. A central axis stood out, and it was obvious that all the L shaped geometries were rotated around this central axis, and then shifted off of it. Diagram one is all about identify the…

M.C. Escher’s art has always been fascinating to look at; his tessellations especially. I was first introduced to him by my psychology teacher when we looked at optical illusions, and then, once again in art class when he was introduced as an amazing artist, rightfully so. Being a fan of his art, I was amazed to find I could translate it in math terms as well; tessellations turn into geometric ratios and formulas. From psychology, to art, to math, M.C. Escher’s art has been widely acclaimed as…

Steve is currently a sophomore at Euclid High School who enrolled in Euclid City Schools August 14, 2015. Steve has earned 75% and above in all of his class this year except Geometry where he earned a 60% the first quarter. Steve improved his Geometry grade the second quarter earned a 79% (C+); however, his grade in Geometry dropped the third quarter to below a 60%. His current accumulative grade point average is a 2.59. He continues to earn above a 2.5 except for the third quarter where his GPA…