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Maths SL/HL

Shady areas: an analysis of the trapezium rule

The shady areas maths portfolio is property of the International Baccalaureate Organization. As a warning, please do not use any portion of this sample in any academic coursework; this is only to give you a general idea of what a maths portfolio is like. Usage of this sample for unethical purposes is strictly prohibited. The [...Read more...]

Visually Illustrating the Pythagorean Theorem

The theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, and is part of most basic geometry classes (since it is quite important as you proceed in maths). Recently this animation was posted on Reddit and Digg which shows how one could derive this formula and prove that it works. See, if you create a right triangle [...Read more...]

Just thought that I’d start off the evening with a commentary on the Maths portfolio. (Random survivor accounts: math portfolio: they’re trying to kill me and math portfolio: they killed me) I had the fortune of being in Maths SL TZ1 2010, and I must say the portfolio assignments were quite decent. In Grade 11 [...Read more...]

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