Ashleys thoughts on Math*

southhighmath:

This one’s going to be a little bit different…

Lima the llama is standing at the end of a line of fifty llamas, waiting to be sheared. He is hot and impatient. Each time a llama is sheared and Mr. Nystrom, the llama shearer, turns to put the wool away, Lima sneaks around the next two llamas in…

1.)How long does it Take Nystrom to Sheer each Lama?

2.) how Long does it take Nystrom to put away the wool?

3.) will Nystrom Notice that Lima Cut infront of the next two Lamas? Or will Lima be able to sneek in when Nystroms back is turned?

4.) How many Lamas has Nystrom sheered?

5.) Is Nystrom sheering lamas and putting away the wool the most efficient way? is there anyway he could improve his methods? so that The animals wont have to be waiting in line that long?

6.) how many lamas does Nystrom need to sheer?

Number six can be answered based on the the information given above. One two three four and five could be answered with more information given in the story line. Questions that cant be answered with more information about the story above wouldn’t be relevant questions so why ask them?

southhighmath:

If we think about numbers, we can divide them into a variety of categories (sets). Examples of these sets of numbers include the set of all real numbers, the set of all rational numbers, the set of all natural numbers, and so forth.

How big are these sets of numbers? Explain your thoughts on…

Rational numbers can be ordered in anyway and we can count rational numbers. while irrationals are the exact opposite they cannot be ordered in the way we like nor be counted, this basically tells are that there are a lot more irrational numbers then there are rational numbers, and besides irrational go on forever and like i mentioned earlier they are uncountable. Rationals have an ending at a certain degree. I cannot think of any set of numbers that would be denser then irrational that Tofer has listed on his tumblr post besides Real numbers. Which is the group with the largest density because it all All numbers numbers from , zero, to negatives , to decimals. Integers would have to be the group with the smallest density because it only consist of numbers that can be divided by it self and one. Next to this group is naturals because natural numbers are Only counting numbers any positive WHOLE number after zero,does NOT include fractions, decimals, or negatives. Naturals are Alot more dense then integers though.