Plane Geometry

The world is built of shape and space, and geometry is its mathematics. Geometry, branch of mathematics, is the study of the size, shape and position of 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional figures. However, geometry is used daily by almost everyone. Geometry in nature is everywhere, for example: proportions of the human body, shape of a shell and so on. Not only in nature, geometry is found everywhere: in art, architecture, engineering, robotics, land surveys, astronomy and much more. In geometry, one explores spatial sense and geometric reasoning. When taking geometry, spatial reasoning and problem solving skills will be developed. Geometry is linked to many other topics in math, specifically measurement. In the early years of geometry the focus tends to be on shapes and solids, then moves to properties and relationships of shapes and solids and as abstract thinking progresses, geometry becomes much more about analysis and reasoning. For More Information Visit wonderwhizkids

Statistics

Statistics is a mathematical science which deals with the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. In ancient times, the government used to collect the information regarding the ‘population’ and ‘property or wealth’ of the country – the former enabling the government to have an idea of the manpower of the country (to safeguard itself against external aggression, if any), and the latter providing it a basis for introducing new taxes and levies.
Statistics provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities, government and business. Statistics plays an important role in business, because it provides the quantitative basis for arriving at decisions in all matters. All types of banks make use of statistics for a number of purposes. Statistics has proved to be of immense use in physics and chemistry. It has given a new understanding to the essential qualities of the laws of nature. For More information on Statistics Visit our Home Science Library Wonderwhizkids/Maths/Statistics

Algebra

Algebra is the branch of mathematics that deals with numbers and their relations, properties of operations and the structures these operations are defined on. Elementary Algebra that follows the study of arithmetic is mostly occupied with operations on sets of whole and rational numbers and solving first and second order equations. The word "algebra" is a shortened misspelled transliteration of an Arabic title al–jebr w’al–muqabalah by the Persian mathematician known as al–Khowarismi. The al–jebr part means "reunion of broken parts", the second part al–muqabalah translates as "to place in front of, to balance, to oppose, to set equal. " Together they describe symbol manipulations common in algebra: combining like terms, moving a term to the other side of an equation, etc. Robert Recorde (c. 1510–1558), the inventor of the symbol "=" of equality, was the first to use the term algebra in its mathematical meaning. An important development in algebra that took place in the 16thcentury was the introduction of symbols for the unknown and for algebraic powers. The history of algebra began in ancient Egypt and Babylon, where people learned to solve linear (ax = b) and quadratic (ax 2 + bx = c) equations, as well as indeterminate equations such as x 2 + y 2 = z 2. The Hindus recognised that quadratic equations have two roots and included negative as well as irrational roots.