8th Grade Algebra Does not Benefit Everyone
Introduction Background Information Students didn’t always take algebra I in the 8th grade. In decades past, only students that planned on going to college took algebra courses (Eddy et al., pg. 61...
A Correlation Study on Study Hours and Academic Performance
The Academic Performances of the Student Academic performance is very important in any school especially on academia since the grades of the student is significantly resembled their intelligent or sk...
Algebra and Its Connection to Life
The word “Algebra is derived from the Arabic word al-Jabr, which means reunion of broken parts, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician, Muham...
Ancient Greek Mathematicians: Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes
“Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent,” (“Sacred Mathematics”). This quotation by Plato, an Ancient Greek philosopher, demonstrates the importance of geometry to the foundations of...
Correlation Between Physical Activity and Anthropometric Measures in Young Adults
Any bodily movements that require energy expenditure produced by skeletal muscles, is known as Physical Activity (PA).[1]Physical activity is generally classified as Low, Moderate and High levels of ...
The “father of geometry”, known as the Greek mathematician Euclid created a famous textbook about mathematical proofs and definitions called The Elements around 300 BC. This thirteen volume textb...
Euclidean Geometry - Entertaining Geometry
Geometry was invented by Euclid from the Plato Academy in 325-265 b.c. The way geometry got its name, is from the ancient greek words geo – meaning earth, and metron meaning measurement. He wrote g...
Evolution of Algebra and Numbers
There are many theories as to how algebra may have begun. Due to many diverse theories, the main reason algebra began was because it was a distinct subject. It was introduced by a Persian mathematici...
History of Algebra, Its Main Topics and Influence on Our Life
Islam is a religion founded by Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca, in the 7th century. Muhammad started sharing his ideas, however it was very difficult because most of the people that lived in Mecca we...
Importance of Raster Data in Gis
Basically there are two types of models in GIS: Vector Data Model (representation of the world using points, lines and polygons) Raster Data Model (representation of the world as a surface divided i...