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There are many different places that we can see math in the news. Some of the most recent examples that are happening nearby are the different basketball stats as the regional games are just beginning.  These are different math ratios and percents based on a player or teams shooting percentages, rebounds, steals and such. Also there are different polls and surveys that are happening that include making different plots and tables to display the data. Some newspapers even include puzzles that can be math related and hard core thinking! As you can see math continues to be everywhere and in many different forms!

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On a scale of one to ten the importance of neatness and organization to me is probably a seven. It is considered a seven to me because I find it to be important but I’m not the best at it. Being organized and neat can help in daily life in pretty much anything a person does. It, in a sense, can make life just a little bit easier because it is one less thing to worry about. It is especially important during school including math class. If a person is organized they are able to get all homework in on time and study for tests to maintain better grades. These are just of few reasons why I believe it is important to be neat and organized.

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On a scale of one to ten the importance of neatness and organization to me is probably a seven. It is considered a seven to me because I find it to be important but I’m not the best at it. Being organized and neat can help in daily life in pretty much anything a person does. It, in a sense, can make life just a little bit easier because it is one less thing to worry about. It is especially important during school including math class. If a person is organized they are able to get all homework in on time and study for tests to maintain better grades. These are just of few reasons why I believe it is important to be neat and organized.

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One of the math activities I used to enjoy a lot was the game around the world! It was so much fun! How it works is there is a bunch of flash cards with different math problems on them. One person stands up and moves around in a circle and challenges people in order of seats. The person who is able to say the answer first is the winner who then moves on. When we were younger we used to keep track of who won the most times and then that person would get a piece of candy. It was so exciting. It helped me learn and remember my easy addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. It is important to learn because all of these concepts are used in everyday life in everything we do!

journal entry

One of the math activities I used to enjoy a lot was the game around the world! It was so much fun! How it works is there is a bunch of flash cards with different math problems on them. One person stands up and moves around in a circle and challenges people in order of seats. The person who is able to say the answer first is the winner who then moves on. When we were younger we used to keep track of who won the most times and then that person would get a piece of candy. It was so exciting. It helped me learn and remember my easy addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. It is important to learn because all of these concepts are used in everyday life in everything we do!

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One of the hardest things that i have found that we have done this year is the story problems for graphing inequality.  The first thing to do in this math problem is to read the story problem over once. Then read it over again and write down what you know. For most of the problems that we have  done this year there has been five inequalities as well as an equation that the problems have come up with. Next, after getting the inequalitys graph all five of them on one graph and bold the points of intersection. Next record them down and put them into the equation that you came up with at the begining. Lastly whatever one best fits the problem based on the answer is the one that is choosen.