Ashley Schouten

11-6-07

5 period Geometry

Mini-Project
Back in the 7th grade, I was in an Advance pre-algebra class, and we not
only learned pre-algebra and algebra, but we also learned some Pre-cal and
Trig. My teacher had introduced the class to Polar Coordinates [Basic polar
Coordinates] and Clock and Modular Arithmetic. Both were fun to learn and
do, although I preferred the clock and Modular Arithmetic. We worked alone
on the CMA [Clock and Modular Arithmetic], and at the time, it didn’t seem
that it was a type of math that would be higher than Algebra because it was
fun.

Now these paragraphs were supposed to show and explain a problem from
CMA that as difficult. But I can not do such paragraphs because I didn’t have
a problem with it, it wasn’t difficult for me at all. As well, I know I was
supposed to pick out a difficult math experience, and I would have one if I
could remember back then. Last year was my second year in Algebra 1, so I
did not have a difficult time in it either. 8th grade I had Algebra 1 too. And
seeing as I can not do said paragraphs, I will explain how CMA works, and
now that I have researched it farther, I can see that it is much more
complex than when I learned it.

CMA is a type of math that helps humans understand Time and Circles that
are repetitive, and remainders. The following is an example and answer to a
sample problem:
 In the problem above I used what I learned back in 7th grade, and that was
to do:

[Red Line] Go from Zero [0] to One [1].

[Blue Lines] Then from One [1] to Four [4].
[Pink lines] After that I would go from Four [4] to Six [6].
[Purple lines] After that I go from Six [6] to Two [2].

But I have found that you can also take a 24 Mod 12 which would result in
me dividing 24 by 12. It would equal 1 with a remainder of 2, and 2 would
be the correct answer, if I am correct in my perception of the concept.

Another one could be 20 Mod 12 which would result in dividing 20 by 12. It

would equal 1 with a remainder of 8. 8 would be the answer if I have
correctly taken in the concept.

You can have different Mod numbers….You can have it as Mod 60, for 60
seconds or Mod 24 for Military time [24 hours]. Or even Mod 60 for 60
minutes.

So did I learn from using this experience, and from research? Yes I did. And
even this time, I had fun trying to write up this, to express my favorite math
experience.