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2. Math at Work Begin Date: November 1 End Date: Open throughout duration of project. Summary: Students interview different professional people,ie; folks with jobs (including homemakers) and find out how they use math in their fields...to help show that the math you learn now *will* be relevant to your future. Interviews would be shared on the list. MATH IN CAREERS By: Saddle Rock Elementary School, Great Neck, New York Grandma-Mental Health Association phone numbers addresses number password checks to see if paycheck is correct Mom-lawyer code to get into office password for computer every file has a number with many digits number for menu values of cases telephone calender of cases cycle of days until time to look at file again birthdays in office prices of food, and drinks lists of # of holidays in month # of messages in voice mail code for voice mail clock fax machine photo copier scale on postage meter received mail date people in office-to buy enough bagels labels for Christmas stockings item numbers for ordering supplies from Staples radio station count out money for soda machine by, Daniel Saddle Rock School Richard Math in Careers Person:Dad Job:Freight Forwarding He uses math for freight charges, import duty, cartage fee, and storage. Person:Uncle Job:Administrator He uses math for purchasing stationary, office equipment, and paying office rentals, utility, and overtime. Math with Jamie Professor Psychologist grade papers to shop research bills tax bills taxes recipes stock market time telling time telling measurment Math in Careers Joni My mom has to mark tests and every time a child gets a report card she has to figure out the grade they get. As a teacher, my mom has to interpret standardized test scores. Also students lose books and my mom has to give them the correct change. My mom is a teacher and a guidance counselor at Bayside School. by Colette Math in Careers with Gloria Gloria needs to add up the number of things that the person wants.For example she has to add up a pedicure and nails. Also Gloria has a salon in her house. She has to add up gifts and the nails. Gloria’s profession is a business lady. Her specialty is being a cosmetologist. Saddle Rock Colette E.N.T. DOCTOR JEFF KERNER DAD ME: How do you use math in your life? Dad: be more specific Me: Well, what do you use in your office checking people’s temperature? Dad : Numbers me: what category does numbers fall in? Dad: math Me: Yes! Well, that’s one thing Dad: I use math looking on a graph that shows if you have an ear infection Me: tell me some more Dad: Also adding how much someone has to pay for coming to me as a doctor Me: Well, that’s enough for now I have to go! Dad: But there’s so much more Me: OK tell me one more thing! Dad: I also use math in my every day life out of work like telling time , dialing the phone etc... Me: Thank you, bye! Gina Davis Kerner Mom Me: How do you use math in your life? Mom: what kind of math? Me: any kind Mom: fine with me! First there’s the phone which is more than half of my life! And then of course there is you and Stephen my children, EVERYDAY IT’S LOOK AT THE TIME I just got back at 2:50 from picking Stephen up and now it’s already 3:15 oh, better hurry, Julie is waiting for me at school! Me: how about you base this on your hobbies! Mom: Well, there’s keeping score at a tennis match, or checking the price of an article of clothing at Prada or Gucci,then there is seeing if my boss Bob Kohn should invest in some machine or something. Me: well, that’s enough for today got to go BYE! by: JULIE Math in Careers-Mom Measuring for baking and cooking Using schedule for train Using money. For example shopping in Macy’s Speed (When Driving) Weighing things Using a ruler when drafting Using a tape measurer Setting timer on dishwasher Reading nutrition labels on food products Scoring points in dog show Counting candles in Chanukah Measuring temperature when children are sick Looking at watch Using the timer when cooking Checking the weather By Michael Grade 4 Saddle Rock Math in Careers-Dad To check bank account To issue invoices To check speed and performance of blowers To check inventory To check the weight for shipments and the rate To create price list To check profit and loss To calculate salaries from employees To calculate cost of new computers and equipment By Michael Grade 4 Saddle Rock The Way My Father And Mother Uses Math My mother uses math by balancing her check book and bank acount. Another way my mother uses math is by giving her patients their fee. She also uses math to pay the bills and when she is looking at her watch and telling time. She also uses math by seeing how much time till the train she has to get, comes. Another way is when she weighs herself. And finally when she takes the temperature when I’m sick or how cold or hot it is day to day. My father uses math when he goes in the subway and when he gives money to the cashier. He also uses math when he makes purchases. My father also uses math when he gets payed, he makes sure that he gets the right amount of money. Another way he uses math is by paying bills. The other way he uses math is by telling time. And finally he uses math looking at the temperature to see how hot or cold it is day to day. By Roni My father, an author uses math when he counts how many pages and words he wrote. He thinks about how much money he will spend to publish a book or to buy something. He uses math when he decides how much money he should put in or take out of a bank. He uses minus when he gives money to workers. He uses plus when he earns money. He divides when he tells workers what they should do. My father also uses math when stores buy books from him. My mother, a teacher, uses math when she has to arrange the students’ desks and chairs. She uses math when she checks tests or when she arranges the time. She uses math when she takes attendance and counts the lunches. My mother uses math when she bakes or cooks. She uses math when she helps me do math homework. She uses math when she goes shopping and does banking. Yvonne Saddle Rock Math in Careers How my mom uses math in her career My mom is an English and a social studies teacher. Even though she doesn’t teach math, she still uses math. She uses math while grading papers and taking attendance. How my dad uses math in his career My dad is a Real Estate Investor. He uses math by figuring out his investment returns and he calculates the income taxes. by Ryan Interviewing Person- Vivian family friend Job- accountant Vivian uses numbers every day. She uses numbers to balance the checkbook, and to calculate the payroll. She uses math to pay the bills and to figure out how much money she makes every day. Also uses math to calculate the deposit for the bank. Another thing she does that includes math is to figure out how much money to charge the customers when they buy something. Person-Mom Job- Broker for real estate and real estate management My mom uses math when she has to figure out the commission on a sale transaction, to compare the value of the properties and rent payroll. She calculates her expenses and comparing it with the income of the buildings. She balances the check book, deposits check, and pays out the expenses. In her daily life she uses math when she bakes and cooks, to measure the ingredients. She uses it to calculate the discounts on the sales. Ori Lisa Taube Lisa Taube uses math when she cooks because she needs to measure the ingredients and how much food to make. Another way she uses math is when she goes shopping. She needs to count the money to pay. She uses math when she plans her children’s parties by figuring out how many toys and candies for the party favors and how much food to buy. When she buys new things for the house she needs to measure to see how whatever she is getting fits. She uses math in her volunteer job as chairperson at Great Neck Community School by making all the committees even and figuring out the school’s budget for the year. Peter Taube Peter Taube is the Chief Financial Officer of a large company. He uses math for almost everything. Examples of that are figuring out how much the company made, how much to pay, how much to pay the people who work for him and what stocks and bonds to pay. At home he thinks math is important in order to run finances of his household. For example, he needed math to figure out how much to spend on the new house he just bought. by Matt This page is posted by Mickie Flores-Ward, and was last updated on December 21,1998. Send comments to flores@cybertrail.net |Home | Register | Information Contact: Patti Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA. Home Page: http://www.globalclassroom.org/ KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Grant Dougall, Educational Consultant: Technologies, Saskatoon Board of Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA. Web Site: http://198.169.140.21/    Go to the KIDLINK Home Page           Return to KIDPROJ Projects Page KIDS-98, the KIDLINK name and associated logo are service marks of the KIDLINK Society.