Thursday, May 3, 2012

pyrimid vs. prism & cone vs.cylinder (surface area and volume

The surface area  of a pyrimid is half the surface area of a pyrimid and the volume of a pyrimid is 1/3 of the volume of the prisim if they are the same heigth and base.

the surface area of a cone is also half the surface area of a cylinder and the volume of a cone is also 1/3 of the volume of a cylinder.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

princess of parrallelograms

Annabella Milbanke was born in 1792 and died in 1860. her husband named her "princess of parrallelograms" because of her love of math. she went to school at Cambridge and was a very successful student. she often expressed math in metaphors. she was married at the age of 19 to lord bryon, and had 3 children. she died of breast cancer.

area of tennesse

the area formula is the same for rectangles, squares and parrallelograms because each have 2 parrallel sides.
the length of tennesse is 440 miles and the width is 120 miles. using the a=b*h formula, the area is 52800. the actual area is 42146 square miles.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

4/11/12 question

i am still confused on when you need to use factoring or the quadratic formula.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

chapter 10: circles

In chapter 10, i have learned about circles. circles may have inscribed angles. a part of the circumference is an arc. circles have radius , diameter, circumference, chords and more. a career that uses circle is an architect. they us circles to build new structures and create designs.