Math in Real-Life
Instead of having a traditional math exam for the 4th marking period, students will
research a math topic and demonstrate how it’s used in real-life. Listed below are
several topics, choose one to research.
Write a one page typed report, summarizing the historical background and a brief
explanation of the topic itself. In addition to the report, you will create a visual of how
the concept is implemented in real life (ex. a drawing, a 3-D model, or any other visual).
Students will have time in class to research and work on the project. Project is due
Monday, May 2. If it is handed in before Friday, April 29th, students will receive extra
points.
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Analysis of the 24
Game
Art& Architecture in
Math
Binary Numbers
Binomial Theorem
Catalan Numbers
Cryptography or
Codes
Complex& Imaginary
Numbers
Conic Sections
Diophantine Equations
Fibonacci Sequence
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4 Color Map Problem
Fractal Geometry
Game Theory
Geodesic Dome
Golden Ratio
Logic
Magic Squares
Math in Sports
Mathematical Patterns
in Music
Matrices
Mobius Strip
Pascal's Triangle
Pi
Platonic Solids or
Polyhedra
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Probability
Pythagorean
Theorem
Quadratic Equations
7 Bridges of
Konigsberg
Spirals
Statistics
Taxicab Geometry
Tessellations and
M.C. Escher
Topology
Trigonometry
Zeno's Paradox