"We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet."Margaret Mead
This month's Recommended Reading is Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins who will be in NYC from March 29 - April 1 at Unleash the Power Within.The fourth installment of the Math Confidence Philosophy is "The Success Literature Perspective".The Math topic is Ratios which show up in many areas, especially Finance. This month, Robin will present "The Math Confidence Philosophy" at Everyone Reading Dyslexia Conference as well as "Get Smart! Take the SAT!" at the Ten County Math Educators' Conference and Good Ideas in Teaching Precalculus and More at Rutgers University.
Recommended Reading
Tony Robbins' classic 1991 "Awaken the Giant Within" is a great way to have a coach whenever you need it. This book contains excellent questions for developing a list of goals which are categorized into: Personal Development, Career/Business/Economics, Toys/Adventure and Contribution. He endorses long-term thinking and lifelong learning to help people fulfill their goals.
The Get the Edge Daily Magic CD started me on the road to personal development as audio is such a powerful medium. Daily Magic is an inspiring way to start your day so you can remember and apply these principles and ideas regularly.
A ratio is a comparison of two quantities by division. Often a ratio is written as a fraction like 2/3 but it can also be written as 2:3 or 2 to 3. Rational numbers have either a terminating decimal (such as 0.5) or a repeating decimal like 2/9 (see left). Irrational numbers are numbers that do not have a pattern such as pi and sqrt 2. Rational numbers are predictable -- you know what digit is next (see 2/9 above)! Irrational numbers act unpredictably and irrationally!
