Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Summer - Summer- Summer Time!!

Here are a few ways I've used mathematics so far this summer.
  • planned a vacation (estimated driving time to airport, cost of a rental car for the week, cost of groceries for the week, cost of total flights - seat prices, luggage prices, taxes, cost of the kennel for my dog while we're gone, total cost of trip)
  • hanging curtains (had to measure to make sure the curtain rod would be level and to make sure the curtains would hit the wall where I wanted them to)
  • worked on building a deck (angles, even spacing, tessellations, measuring)
  • using the filing system at my summer job (it is numerical and alphabetical)
  • payed bills
  • balanced the checkbook
  • estimated the cost of re-doing a bathroom
How have you been using your mathematical skills?