Ten things that i learned about math from this field trip.
1. There are many ways to solve every problem
2. Don't be afraid to try a hard problem
3. Sometimes you need to read over a question many times to get it
4. Don't give up until you try everything
5. Draw diagrams, they help
6. Write equations, they help too
7. Always know how to prove your answer
8. Show your work, it helps to keep track of what you're doing
9. Only guess as your last resort
10. Be sure to understand the question before you start it
From the talk that we got to hear, i learned that the process of finding the answer in a math question is even more important than the actual answer. If you just have the answer, but you don't even know how you got there, it's useless because the you can't prove that you solved the question by yourself. I also learned that being a mathematician is good because you get to discover things, and if you're the first person to find the answer to something, you would feel really good about yourself.
The workshop will help me in the future because it was good practice. I learned that there are many ways to do math, and that you don't always have to stick to one way of doing things because there are many different types of math questions so you can't always use the same methods.
This field trip helped me to understand more about math and learn more about it.
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