MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE Flashcards
LANGUAGE
use to express ideas, thoughts and feelings
MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE
system used to communicate MATHEMATICAL ideas
CHARACTERISTICS OF MATH LANGUAGE
non-temporal devoid of emotional content precise concise powerful
PARTS OF SPEECH IN MATH
noun verb operation symbols grouping symbols variables
NOUN
numbers, measurements, shapes, spaces, functions, patterns, data and arrangement
VERB
modelling and formulating
transforming and manipulating
inferring
communicating
GROUPING SYMBOLS
( ), { }, [ ]
OPERATING SYMBOLS
+, ÷, ^, v
VARIABLES
LETTERS that represent QUANTITIES and act as ‘PRONOUNS’
MATHEMATICAL VERB
modelling & formulating
transforming & manipulating
inferring
communicating
MODELLING AND FORMULATING
used to ‘create’ APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIONS and RELATIONSHIPS
TRANSFORMING AND MANIPULATING
use to ‘change’ MATHEMATICAL FORMS that represents SOLUTIONS
INFERRING
use to ‘apply’ DERIVE RESULTS, INTERPRET and GENERALIZE results
COMMUNICATING
use to ‘report’ WHAT has been LEARNED about the problem
