Mathematics in a Story
My Lemonade Stand by Andrew Einspruch
Marisa Ewing
Blog Post 2
1. The story "My Lemonade Stand" by Andrew Einspruch is written about a boy who wants to buy a bike during his summer vacation. Unfortunately, this young boy doesn't have enough money to buy it. To make some money, he decides to make a lemonade stand to raise money to purchase the bike. He uses many different mathematical concepts through out the book to help him ultimately get his bike, including calculating the amount of materials he needs for multiple batches of lemonade, calculating how much lemonade he should sell, and how much money he will make. Eventually he makes enough to buy the bike that he wanted.
2. This book makes use of many math concepts that carry over into the business world. He uses algebraic skills to calculate the amount of materials he needs to buy, as well as how much lemonade he needs to make. He also creates a budget using profit/ revenue functions to calculate how much money he will be making from his lemonade stand.
3. I think learning mathematical concepts through literature is very important. When concepts are presented in a lecture, it's sometimes hard to remember how the concepts work and how they can be applied. However, when presented in story form, those same concepts become much easier to remember, and it's very easy to see how those concepts can be applied.
I loved how in the summary of Lemonade for Sale you specifically gave examples of the kind of situations the boy used the mathematical concepts in then you further explained how the mathematical skills he used relates to the business world. Great work!
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Your summary is very concise ! And I agree with you about how its easier to understand math concepts through stories.
ReplyDeleteYour summary is very concise ! And I agree with you about how its easier to understand math concepts through stories.
ReplyDeleteI agree that learning mathematical concepts through literature is important, but have you considered learning literature concepts through mathematics?
ReplyDeletei really like that you asked this question, mike, because it is also relevant. you can learn some structures of language arts through mathematics! nice thinking outside the box!
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marisa,
ReplyDeleteyour book selection is a good one and your summary is succinct. i like your final paragraph that mathematical concepts are easier to remember when presented in story form. your explanation of the mathematical concept could have used a lot more detail, like maybe explaining or showing an example of where the boy uses algebraic skills or showing the profit functions he makes.
all in all, though, a nice post.
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