We are taking the next two weeks to study a bit about the life of Pythagoras and his contribution to Mathematics and proving the geometrical theory that was used by the Sumerians thousands of years earlier. We will take a look at his biography, and try to understand his philosophies of creating order out of chaos by way of music and math. Taking a look at the way he gave numbers a personality ( complete with male and female attributes, beautiful or ugly, complete or incomplete), we can start to bring back the poetry of numbers and math and begin to find ways to relate and retain the formulas we learn. By studying the Pythagorean Theorem, we will have a nice visual representation of square numbers, and how to construct algebraic equations to create order and accuracy. Next will be diving into linear equations introducing Integers, Exponents, Square, Cubes, Square Roots, and Perfect Squares.
We will be getting our feet wet for our Subject Series in Pre- Algebra later in the year as well as setting up for our Ancient Greece studies which we will begin after the Holiday break.
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