MATH CONTEST. ahhh. I did not expect this when I went into the cafeteria to take it. IT WAS SO HARD. well part A was really easy. I did it first so because i knew i would finish those fastest and then I would have more time to finish the harder ones knowing i had already finished some. Section B was pretty tough, it took time and thought. Every time I finished a question in section B it felt like a victory and i felt a little bit smarter.Then there was section c. IT WAS SO HARD. I didn't get any of them. I was disappointed that i didn't even do one of section c. When we were going over the question in class I felt kind of stupid. Mr Cheng made it look so easy. I found myself thinking HOW DID I NOT GET THAT many times. My favorite question of the contest was #10. There are 400 students at Pascal H.S., where the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 2. There are 600 students at Fermat C.I., where the ratio of boys to girls is 2 : 3. When considering all the students from both schools, what is the ratio of boys to girls?
I liked this question because when i first looked at it I was confused. But after reading it a couple of times I saw that it wasn't so hard. This is what i did.
Pascal HS:
boys to girls: 3:2
# of students: 400
Fermat CI
boys to girls is 2:3
# of students: 600
What I did was try to find out how many student were for every "1" part of the ratio.
So for Pascal HS there are 400 students and together there are '5' parts of the ratio. So 400/5 = 80
That means each one part is equal to 80 students. Which means there are 240 boys and 160 girls. all equaling 400.
For Fermat CI there is 600 students. So 600/5= 120. Which means there are 240 boys and 360 girls.
Together from both school the ratio of boys to girls is 480: 520 or 12: 13
Thursday, April 8, 2010
What does it meant to be good in math.
First of all, to be good in math I think that you have to love doing that. If you don't enjoy what you are doing or have no interest in it, how can you do a good at it.
After that.
3 trait that I think are most important for being good in math are
-patience
-thinking outside the box
-challenge yourself.
I think that patience is the one of the most important characteristics in math. In math you won't always get right answer right away. You have to be patient and keep trying. You will often get challenging question and you have to keep trying again again. You learn a little bit more each time.
Secondly, I think that in math you have to think outside the box. Sometime with some math questions, you have to be creative in the ways you solve the answer. There are so many different ways to solve something. If you don't think outside the box, you'll get stuck.
Lastly, I think that you must challenge yourself. If you don't challenge yourself in math you will not become better at it. You'll stay at the same level. After you learn something you should try something harder because you will be even better at what you learned before. If you can to the hard question, you can do the easy question.
After that.
3 trait that I think are most important for being good in math are
-patience
-thinking outside the box
-challenge yourself.
I think that patience is the one of the most important characteristics in math. In math you won't always get right answer right away. You have to be patient and keep trying. You will often get challenging question and you have to keep trying again again. You learn a little bit more each time.
Secondly, I think that in math you have to think outside the box. Sometime with some math questions, you have to be creative in the ways you solve the answer. There are so many different ways to solve something. If you don't think outside the box, you'll get stuck.
Lastly, I think that you must challenge yourself. If you don't challenge yourself in math you will not become better at it. You'll stay at the same level. After you learn something you should try something harder because you will be even better at what you learned before. If you can to the hard question, you can do the easy question.
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