Math+Journal

 ** What is Journal Writing? ** This is an opportunity to articulate your learning experiences and reflect on your own understanding. I will put up some writing prompts for discussion and reflection. Please acknowledge your response by putting your name at the end of your paragraph. Thank-you!

1. What I like most about mathematics? I like a lot of things about maths, especially money and percentage.-Joshua I like EVERYTHING about mathematics... (Vint Seng) I like Factors ~ WeiCheng I like everything except decimals and permutation, as I find decimals boring and permutations are too difficult to understand. I especially like word problems on model drawing. I also enjoy fractions and doing algebra and finding patterns.~Wan Cheng I like the challenge of a problem and after that, the satisfication of finishing it.~ Garett I also like everything about mathematics.~ Yi Rui I like maths because some problems are challenging and you can rack you brain for the answer, and the interesting thing is that to a difficult question, there is a easy way which most people don't use. - Gerry I like everything concerning maths(except science.)~Alex I like everything about maths -Wei Ren I like doing problem sums (word problems) ~Kang Hui I like doing word problems that are not too challenging and x questions and positive and negative numbers~Beatrix I like everything about Maths, especially algebra, geometry, and investigation. ~Jessalyn I like everything about math as teaches me to think clearly, reason well and strategise effectively - Zheng Chen I like the challenge of solving or finding out the answer to a question as it helps me learn to apply the fact that I can use more than just one solution to solve a certain problem. ~ Alfian I love Mathematics! It rocks! It is the one of the few subjects that I am interested in! ~ Keith Everthing about Math, especially math olympiad questions - Bryan I like drawing models ~ Clara i like ratio and fractions~heidi Practically everything, but most challenging questions. ~Hannah I LUV EVERYTHING ABOUT MATHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MATH ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~ LBQ I don't like math, I love math!!!!!!!!!! (except for geometry, I hate it!) ~Eric I love everything about maths!~Giresh I like everything about math,(except for factorisation and finding patterns,I hate as much as the Jews hate Hitler)~Jun Yuan I like geometry especially difficult problem sums that have to do with geometry. ~Bijou I like percentage, fractions and decimals as once you find a value in one area, it is easy to find it in the other two areas. -Andres EVERYTHING! ~ Alton I like number patterns the most.- Musawwir I agree with Musawwir ~Daniel I like easy addition~Melissa Ng I like Geometry and word problems ~ Arielle Ngin I like easy stuff like addition and subtraction. they are the best thing to do then i can finish fast!~Jina I love everything about mathematics!~Delia I like investigation. ~Natalie I like practically everything about Maths, especially Investigation. ~Kai Xin EVERYTHING!~YuXiang Investigation... ~ MelissaTang i like math, but i am not that good in it. D: ~ Natalie Chan (Whatever VS, BQ, Alton and YX said)~Alex

2. The most difficult part about mathematics is … Combinatorics (Vint Seng) Difficult algebra ~ WeiCheng finding patterns, because I always can't find the pattern, even though I use the 'tree method'.~Wan Cheng Memorising hard-to-understand formulas, even though they do come in handy~ Garett Combination~ Yi Rui Geometry! ~ Keith Trigonometry folmulae (Sine and cosine formulae) ~ Justin Comination and permutation - Gerry Trigonometry too - Wei Ren Formulas and permutation and combination ~Kang Hui Permutation and combination, also finding patterns.~Beatrix Trigonometric Identities - Pythagorean Identities or Polynominals - Zheng Chen Finding patterns and understanding formulas (for some questions) ~ Alfian Number sequences and patterns ~ Clara number sequences and patterns and permutation and combination~heidi Formulas for permutations and combinations ~Hannah I can't decide... ~ LBQ Pi-Joshua Geometry ~Eric Percentage~Melissa Ng Percentage and problem sums and nth term.~Jina Finding patterns,linear transformations,trigonometry and factorisation.~Jun Yuan The difficult questions which come up at the end of the exam papers. They require you to rack your brains and ifnd an extremely complicated solution which is hard to understand.~ Giresh Finding answers to questions such as what is pi?-Andres EVERYTHING! ~ Alton Mersenne numbers. - Musawwir Permutations, combinations and hard word problems. ~ Arielle Ngin Geometry ~Daniel Finding number patterns~Delia Combination and permutation~Natalie Questions asking you to explain why a certain statement is true... ~Kai Xin Algebra~YuXiang Permutation and Combination. ~MelissaTangexpressing myself? ~ Natalie Chan Problem sums(Writing answer statements= NO WAY!!!!!)~Alex

3. How do you use 'percentage' in your life? When calculating whether i have enough money for a 'discounted' item. (find out price)~ Wan Cheng Checking if which is more worth-it during a sale and solving some mathematics problem~ Yi Rui To check whether one object is cheaper than the other during a sale. - Gerry To check the price during a sale Calculating prices ~Kang Hui Solving maths problems~Beatrix IRS survey tallying.-Joshua Calculating the amount of money I would save from discounts ~Jessalyn Calculating the interest when I go to the bank - Zheng Chen I use percentage everytime I do something important, like bargaining for a discount! (Vint Seng) To see if your boss cheats you when it comes to pay time. ~ Keith To keep track of how much of my weekly allowance I spend a day ~ Alfian I agree with Kang Hui and Beatrix ~ Clara i agree with gerry and beatrix~heidi When presenting my survey responses in IRS. ~Hannah I agree with everyone! ~ WeiCheng Survey responses... ~ LBQ I agree with Gerry, Jessalyn and LBQ ~Eric I don't usually use percentage.....other than in percentage problem sums.~Melissa Ng i dunno...not interested in this~Jina Find out whether the salesperson is cheating me out of my money or not and calculating the bank interest.~Jun Yuan Calculating prices.~Giresh Calculating the value of a toy or something or something or something-Andres Doing Maths ~ Alton Exam marks - Musawwir I agree with Zheng Chen ~Daniel Solve word problems, calculate how much discount there is ~ Arielle Ngin Calculate how much i have to pay after a discount...~Jina To calculate whether the discount for something is worth it or not. ~Crisann I agree with Gerry and Jessalyn~Delia I don't actually think about what math formula I'm using ... ~Natalie Survey responses and when my mum asks me how many percent of the total she cooked I want for dinner. =) ~Kai Xin Interest in bank to guess roughly how much I have in my bank account.~YuXiang When calculating my marks for tests. ~ MelissaTangi agree with lyss ~ Natalie CHan When I need to use percentage~Alex

4. When I study for a math test, I ... ...do exercise books and go over past worksheets including previous years~ Wan Cheng Revise all my work I have done and try some challenging problems to make sure I am confident for the test.~Yi Rui just look through my past worksheets~Wei Ren Do challenging problems, do more challenging problems, do more x2 challenging problems... - Gerry do worksheets on exercise books, revise through worksheets.-Joshua ~Revise my worksheets and do some challenging problems. I make sure I have a good night's rest before the test. ~Kang Hui Do past year's papers~Beatrix revise all the notes and worksheets as well as doing lots of maths workbook - Zheng Chen I do everything I can to study hard, like doing old assessment books and revise my old worksheets.(Vint Seng) I memorise all the formulas I have heard of, read my Maths file a million times, Do a thousand pages of assessments, battle my dad in speed calculating and pray. ~ Keith Revise through all my past worksheets ~ Alfian Revise my past worksheets and do exercises ~ Clara i just revise (very little) and then play the piano for a few hours (to relax) then do other fun stuff~heidi Glance at my math journal and go to sleep early ~Hannah Do whatever maths papers my mother asks me to do. ~ WeiCheng I just breifly flip through the file and do some worksheets and other than that... NOTHING!!! ~ LBQ I just flip through the part of the file that is tested and go to sleep ~Eric Flip through the files,do tons of assessments that makes me shudder to think of it,pray and sleep.~Jun Yuan Do assesment books and past year papers and go through math file then watch TV (to relax)~Melissa Ng Same as Melissa Ng but i just rest in my room and not watch TV when i want to relax~Jina Study hard by revising notes in maths file, doing past papers and worksheets, doing maths assesment books and sleep early and have a good night's rest so as to be fresh the next day.~Giresh REVISE EVERYTHING TESTED! ~ Alton Look through my worksheets - Musawwir Do exercises and practice papers, revise on school topics and other topics which I am weak in and then watch TV (YAY)!!(LOL) ~ Arielle Ngin Look through my worksheets and revise ~Daniel Revise worksheets (& maths file) ~Natalie Look through the worksheets and play some Maths computer games. ~Kai Xin Do some math excercise and go through my work sheets.~YuXiang Revise all my worksheets and do like a lot of practice papers. ~ MelissaTangLook through past work sheets ~ Natalie Chan Do assesments~Alex

5. Describe how I have used math (outside school) this week. when doing tuition worksheets and same as no. 3. I also use it to measure the materials i use for art and craft~Wan Cheng To do some workbooks, calculate which is more worth-it when buying things etc.~ Yi Rui When something unusual happens to one of my friends, I help my friend calculate the chances of the thing happening. Also, we can use maths to see whether we earn more interest in one bank to another. -Gerry when i was doing art and craft - Wei Ren tuition in positive and negative numbers at G. Alex, Wan Cheng, Jessalyn and Jun Yuan should know...~Beatrix calculating the chances of the asteroid 'Apophis' hitting the earth in 2029 and the effects caused - Zheng Chen Calculating how much I spend on each activity, make timetable. (Vint Seng) To make sure I am on time to complete my daily activities (homework, etc.) ~ Alfian To count how many more questions I have to do before finishing homework. ~ Clara when i was doing my assessment book~heidi During Robotics, when I estimated the no. of people present for a competiton ~Hannah When doing E-Learning maths problems ~ WeiCheng Buying things, calutate change, calculate probability during a game involving dice... ~ LBQ When buying food from the canteen vendors??? ~Eric Same as Clara. ~ Keith Solving E-Learning questions,buying food from canteen vendors,doing assessments(the ones that make me shudder to think of it) and in math enrichment classes.~Jun Yuan Buying stuff from bookshop~Melissa Ng buying things, doing math homework~Jina Whenever calculating's neccesary or sometimes just for fun.~Giresh Same as Eric-Joshua E-Learning Maths ~ Alton Checking how long I read a book - Musawwir Buying stuff, food, calculating money, make sure people don't trick me when it comes to money:-D ~ Arielle Ngin Calculating change so that people dont cheat me! ~Daniel Agree with Clara! ~Natalie I agree with Clara too! ~Kai Xin In playing number games?~YuXiang Checking how long I read a book. ~MelissaTangAgree with Clara too! ~ Natalie Chan

6. My parents feel that math is ... easy and enjoyable~ Yi Rui Challenging and good for practicing the mind. - Gerry interesting and fun - Wei Ren My best subject-Joshua Good, challenges our mind and fun! ~Kang Hui I never asked~Beatrix Very interesting and relevant ~Jessalyn the greatest learning tool - Zheng Chen The best subject in the world! Well, at least that is what I think they think about maths because they are always better than me!!! :( (Vint Seng) A subject that is challenging and has to be practised in order for us to understand the formulas, etc easily ~ Alfian the subject that is the easiest to score in the exams ~ Clara easy and interesting~heidi Interesting ~Hannah An easy-to-score subject ~ WeiCheng Never asked so i dunno ~ LBQ Didn't really care (only when I did not get full marks on an exam!!!) ~Eric One says it's a breeze, the other says it's the easiest to score in exams. ~ Keith An important component in our report book and a necessity in survival.~Jun Yuan Easy~Melissa Ng my parents used to find math easy but since i came into the GE, they say the math is hard and sometimes even my dad can't do it and he is the only one who helps me with math...in short, harder in the GE~Jina Me dad feels its the easiest to score in exams and it's the easiest subject( same as Keith), me mom feels its hard when helping my bro with his maths. Challenging ~ Alton Easy to score - Musawwir Exciting, Easy (NOT TRUE) ~ Arielle Ngin Easy (I don't agree) and fun (maybe) ~Natalie Easiest to score (provided I am not careless) and fun ~Kai Xin The only subject possible to get full marks?~YuXiang The easiest subject and my second worst... ~MelissaTangFUn and the subject i am most careless in ~ Natalie Chan Easy cus it all facts (so not true), and u just have to understand (problem is i can't understand sometimes haha)~ Wan Cheng

7. One math activity I really enjoy is ... because ... One math activity I enjoy is playing mathematics board games because I am able to use my math ability and stretch my brain.~ Yi Rui One maths activity I really enjoy is chess because maths is also tactic and logic.I also enjoy Sudoku as it involve maths. It needs logic - Gerry I enjoy playing monopoly, 'big 2' and Blackjack because it improves my counting skills, tactic and logic - Wei Ren I like positive and negative numbers asthey are ridiculously simple though a high level learns them For example: (-2)(-5)x8. The answer is 80.~Beatrix One math activity I really enjoy is playing chess because it allows me to strategise and plan my moves carefully. Another activity I enjoy is Sudoku because it is fun and allows me to place the no. in the correct order and also, it does not involve any calculation! - Zheng Chen Sudoku because it is fun and can be challenging. Plus I like to win.-Joshua I am going to say that I agree with Zheng Chen. (Vint Seng) One math activity I really enjoy is to solve the questions that are given on daily activity worksheets as it challenges my mind and helps me improve on my mathematics ~ Alfian I like sudoku too ~ Clara i agree with clara~heidi Sudoku, because I get the satisfication of completing the puzzle ~Hannah Doing maths problems. Because it is useful when there is a test is coming and also because I like Maths ~ WeiCheng Patterns, Algebra, Sudoku. Patterns ROCK. Algebra I slightly harder, gives me satisfaction in it's completion Sudoku is fun!!! ~ LBQ Sudoku rocks! Patterns and algebra too! ~ Keith I totally agree with Gerry!!! ~Eric Graphing quadratic equations because it is one of the easiest toughest topics that I have ever encountered.~Jun Yuan I don't know any math games apart from sudoku (If that is even counted) but I don't like it. How about Monopoly and The Game of Life? Are those counted? If they are, than I like them.~Melissa Ng I like sudoku and some other math games which i can't remember what they are called...~Jina Math games!( same as almost everyone)~Giresh MATH GAMES! ~ Alton Sudoku, as it involves logic. - Musawwir Agree with Gerry ~Daniel Game Of Life ('cause you need to count money and make sure you don't count less if not you lose!)LOL!!!! ~ Arielle Ngin I like Sudoku as if not only involves mathematics, it is also fun and interesting to solve. ~Crisann Sudoku too. Because you get to work your brains out (not that I particularly enjoy doing that) n have fun ~Natalie Maths games, cos I get to play at the same time. ~Kai Xin Kakuro...Fun!~YuXiang Sudoku because it's easy-ish and erm... Wei Ren's answer, excluding the part about Big 2 because I don't know what that is. ~MelissaTangYup, Game of life (you have to count yr steps lol) ~ Natalie Kakuro, Game of Life, Monopoly, Blackjack, and solving algebra.~Alex calculating my height--made up game~Wan Cheng

8. What kind of math figure are you? (Triangle, Square, parallelogram, circle, etc) Why did you choose that figure? Circle, I think it is the most perfect shape in Geometry. It has many mathematician baffled. - Gerry (P.s. I am hand-drawn) Circle too for the same reasons -Wei Ren I don't know, but i'd say i and nobody is a circle as nobody is perfect. Rectangle. It looks like a book and reminds me not to judge a book by its cover - Zheng Chen Rectangle too for the same reasons. (Vint Seng) Square as it reminds me of values such as equality and being fair when making a group descision. ~ Alfian I agree with the person who wrote square. ~ Clara i agree with clara~heidi I'm not very sure, maybe I am a bit of all of them ~Hannah Square, since it has equal sides and I treat most people equally ~ WeiCheng Circle because pi is 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 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(Phew, that was long...) ~ Alton Circle, same as Gerry. - Musawwir I like a square, same as Alfian ~Daniel Dunno, maybe circle (for no reason) ~ Arielle Ngin Melis, that's really lame ... but I agree! =) I think I'm a mix. Don't ask me why either.~Natalie I think I am a mix too. ~Kai Xin Circle coz its interesting~YuXiang Basically mix but more of a circle because there's no end. Especially when I talk. ~ MelissaTangA circle cos i am weird and not many people understand me but those who do understand me will understand me for life. ~ Natalie CHan I think i'm a crescent cus im not perfect so im a circle which is dented~ Wan Cheng

9. What is your favourite number? Give reasons for your choice. Elaborate as much as possible why it is your favourite number. The number "9". Because in chinese it is 'jiu' and 'jiu' represents longevity. I don't know. Definetely not 4 as it means death. 13 - it was my past year register no., is a prime no. - Zheng Chen 25, because it rocks. (Vint Seng) 5 as it reminds me to be fair for the reason that it is the middle number of 1 and 10 ~ Alfian 12 as it was my primary 1 register number and it can be divided by many different numbers too. ~ Clara 7, dunno why~heidi 10- it changes every year (on my birthday) ~Hannah 3, rumoured to be a lucky number! ~ WeiCheng 4, 6 and 7. 6 because it is supposed to be the smallest (or is it 1?) perfect number (is a sum of all it's factors except itself). 7 because of lucky seven. 4 because of... four leaf clovers I guess... ~ LBQ 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100... I not sure why, but I like square numbers. ~ Keith 362880, because it can be divided by the numbers from 1-10 ~Eric 4, 8, 13, 619737131179 take your pick. They are all the same to me. 4 well I have this weird feeling that it is lucky to me (I might be wrong!!!), 8 cause its twice of 4 and some people consider it lucky (my grandma is one of them), 13 is 4 +8 +1 and people consider it unlucky (but think of Apollo 13) and 619737131179 I will not explain. Read 'Murderous Maths- Numbers: The Key to the Universe' to find out. - Gerry 7,because there are a lot of sevens in the Bible and I love the simplicity of it.~Jun Yuan I like "88888888888888888888888888888888888888888........" because it means "fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa........" so I will become rich!~Melissa Ng 10 or 13. because my birthday falls on october the 13th!~Jina 6(my birthday). I always chose 6 if I'm asked to choose a number.~Giresh Any four digit number, cuz dats the no. of digits in a Lego ID no.-Andres 2 and 8, i don't know why. ~ Alton 619737131179, same as Gerry. - Musawwir I like 7, I dont know why~Daniel I like 5, because it reflects almost everything about me. ~Crisann I prefer palindromes, they are nice to look at and easy to remember~Garett 5 for no reason ~ Arielle Ngin 7, but I dunno why. ~Natalie 3 or 4. Cos 3 was my register number last year and 4 cos its my register number this year. and 3x4=12 which is my birthdate. ~Kai Xin 13 coz lots of people try and make unlucky and I want to find out more about it.~YuXiang 7 and 13 cause they're really cool, 12 coz it's my birthdate and 512 cause that's 5th of December and there's a huge holiday on that day back in Thailand. ~Melissa TangI dun like numbers. and lyss, is 13 bcos of ahemm...? ~ Natalie chan 4, 13, 18, 20 and 17. And seriously, i've got nothing to do with the fact that 4 and 13 are unlucky.~Alex my favourite number is 7 because when i was seven, my mum got pregnent with my brother! And i love my brother!!~Wan Cheng

10. If you could meet any mathematician/scientist, who would it be? Why? I would like to meet Pythagoras. He is one of the most famous and cleverest mathematician in history. - Gerry I would like to meet Pythagoras too. same reasons. -Wei Ren Me too-Beatrix Grigori Perelman who was offered the Fields Medal for numerous contributions to mathematics including the proof of the Poincare conjecture which is a very difficult problem which has remained unsolved since the start of the 20th century. - Zheng Chen I want to meet Albert Einstein so that I can learn from him. He made the world's first atomic bomb too. (Vint Seng) I agree with Vint Seng ~ Alfian I want to meet Albert Einstien too. ~ Clara i would like to meet Albert Einstein~heidi All of them ~Hannah Albert Einstein, because i want to learn from him how to get the most out our brains! ~ WeiCheng Albert Einstein, he is interesting, smart, blah, blah... ~ LBQ Albert Einstein and Pythagoras. ~ Keith Isaac Newton beacuse I want to know how he felt when he got hit on the head with an apple... just joking!!! I agree with LBQ ~Eric Meet them all.~Jun Yuan I don't want to meet any of them because they made math so difficult. Maybe I would like to meet a future mathematician, but only the one who makes math easier!~Melissa Ng I want to meet all of them so that they can explain their theories to me so i won't be so confused!!!~Jina Same as Hannah(why not meet them all while you have the chance)!~Giresh EVERYONE!!! ~ Alton Al-Khwarizmi because I want to learn more about his works of algebra. - Musawwir Same as Keith ~Daniel Anyone would do. I'm not picky~Garett I'm not sure......~ Arielle Ngin All mathematicians and scientists!~Delia All of them, as long as they don't start lecturing me. ~Natalie I agree with Nat Chiu. And Albert Einstein to advise him to take care of his hair. ~Kai Xin All of them!~YuXiang Why meet one if you could meet all? But Albert Einstein first so he can give me a head start in formulas. ~MelissaTangagree with Nat Chiu too! ~ Natalie Chan None. Unless militants count, I wouldnt meet a single one of them. Except Einstein, just so that I can copy the blueprints for the atomic bomb and patent it b4 him. (And obviously change the course of history, but who bothers?:))~Alex none cus they're (1) way too boring, (2) i would rather play computer games, (3) cus i like 2 complain. haha:)~Wan Cheng