Math 101 by Euresia

Math 101 by Euresia - October 2016 Scholarship Essay

If the roles were reversed and I could teach any subject that I wanted I would teach math. Since my freshman year I have had a strong interest in math. This is a subject that many think is harder than most, even though all you have to do is plug in formulas and find tricks.Once you learn the basics and get a rhythm it makes things much easier. Today I will be talking about three different lessons of math such as: order of operations, formulas, and mixtures.

First, you have the order of operations. This is a basic algebra 1 lesson that only involves addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. For this lesson all you need to know is PEMDAS. Which stands for parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. With this strategy technique you can easily find your answer if you follow the acronym. With using PEMDAS you have to go exactly in order you can not go from left to right with a problem, because the total will not come out the same.

Next, it is the lesson on formulas. In math there are many formulas and there is no way you can remember them all. Even though most of them are as simple as could be. For example the pythagorean theorem which is a(squared) + b(squared)= c(squared) or slope intercept form which is y=mx+b. These are formulas that in time are just burned into your memory. For me formulas are everything, they make problems easier to work through.

Finally, you have college algebra mixtures. This is the hardest math out of the three because, it is in word problem format which means you have to read and figure out what goes where. In mixtures you have different levels, in these levels they leave out more and more information. For mixtures, there is no set formula it is just largest%(missing volume/x) + second largest%(volume)= total% (total volume). This lesson takes the most brain work because you have to dissect the word problems and read carefully. In this category you have to also make sure your labels and units are correct.

In conclusion, if the roles were reversed I would teach math because I really have a passion for it. In the order of operations you have the strategy of PEMDAS. For formulas you just have to burn them to your memory and with mixtures you just have to read and plug your information into the formula.