Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Textbook pg9 #25 and #26

Q25. 176, 784, 2673
         2x2x2x2x3x3x3x3x3x7x7x11
            <16>        <243>    <49>                         16x11=176    16x49=784       243x11=2673

Q26. 3, 7, 21
         2x3x3x7x7x7x13=80262       3x7x7x13x13x13x17=5490303

80262/3=26754          5490303/3=1830101
80262/7=11466          5490303/7=784329
80262/21=3822          5490303/21=261443

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Discovering Mathematics

Brainworks

Q24b) A mathematician proposed that "Every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as a sum of two prime numbers." Do you agree? Why?

Ans: Yes, I agree. By using a calculator, I have found out that even numbers greater than 2 can be expressed as a sum of two prime numbers.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

12 January: Numbers as a language

The year 2010 written in the Roman system would be MMX. 2010 is "2 thousand and 10", therefore MM  (2000) + X (10) = 2010 / MMX.





source: wikipedia

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Communication


  1. If we do not have communication, we will not be able to interact with other people and humans will become isolated, and therefore will lead to the extinction of humans.
  2. Personally, I like ‘writing’ forms of communication, such as SMS, letters, etc… Basically because I feel that writing is more direct and to the point. 
  3. It depends on the urgency of the situation.
  4. Some people say before they think. So I have to not take it seriously. 

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

#2 The Amazing Race - Debrief (II) Personal Reflection


We can learn more things by expanding our learning network. By expanding our learning network, we can connect to the world which is SST’s vision, and broaden our horizons. 

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

#2 Team Building Challenge - Debrief (II) Personal Reflection



Excellence is the quality of being good, so SST wants us to do our best at everything. I do not really have a specific talent that can help me to achieve excellence, but I think that by maintaining a good balance between everything that I do, I can still strive for excellence. I think I should cultivate more initiative and more pro activeness to better help me achieve success. I can contribute to my class by participating more in the activities and mixing with them to negotiate better and avoid misunderstandings. 

#4 Bridge Building Activity - Debrief (II) Personal Reflection



I feel that it was quite fun working with my team. There were no quarrels, and everyone was happy working with each other. I would spend more time working on the project instead of fooling around. Fortunately, my team worked quite well together so I did not have any fears or discomforts working with my team.