The Beauty of Mathematics! (:

The Beauty of Mathematics and the Love of God! This is TOO cool!
Just the math part is good enough, the end is even better.

I received this e-mail and thought it was pretty cool!

Keep scrolling it gets better. Beauty of Mathematics!!!!!!!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it? And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Mind Boggling...
Now, take a look at this...

101% From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%?

What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%...

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then: H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And: K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%

But: A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close,

and Attitude will get you there,

It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Literature review - Computer games + psychology of learning Mathematics

After a thorough reading on Kamran Sedighian and Andishe Sedighian's article on the topic of 'Can Educational Computer Games Help Educators Learn About The Psychology Of Learning Mathematics In Children?', our group came up with the following thoughts and comments:

The advantages of educational computer games for learning Mathematics in children:
Games are parts of children’s social lives, therefore it:

i) MOTIVATES children's inquisition in participating in the interactivity activities/games, indirectly promoting Mathematical learning along the way.

ii) DEVELOPS a sense of curiosity towards the subject matter.

iii) CAPTURES their interest and fulfill their learning needs. This will lead to a spur of motivation towards the subject (mathematics).

iv) PROVIDES a sense of empowerment towards learning.

v) CATERS to both intrinsic and extrinsic sense of imagination.

vi) CHALLENGES children’s ability.

vii) REINFORCES what children had experienced and learned previously during the Mathematics lessons.

viii) IMPROVES children's mathematical skills as a sense of achievement is rewarded based on completion of levels (extrinsic motivation).


The disadvantages of educational computer games for learning Mathematics in children:
Why we think computer games are not assisting children in their learning of Mathematics..

i) Children should be exposed and taught to master the mathematical concepts prior to engagement with the activities in the games. They need strong mathematical foundations as a basis to every mathematical concepts and problems.

ii) The games could be de-motivating at certain times, eg: when children are quite distorted about the concepts, they would not be able to pursue the game at some higher levels of the games, thus leading to frustration, lost of interest and in the end giving up.

As a conclusion, we have come up with our stand in supporting the employment of educational computer games in order to help educators learn about the psychology of learning Mathematics in children. Therefore, we have came up with a few suggestions to further improve the above disadvantages:
For the computer games, we could..

i) PROVIDE clues to some possible difficulties that the children will be facing in order to motivate them.

ii) INTEGRATE various mathematical games in each game provided so that they are holistically developed.

iii) ‘DISNEYFIED’ (embed various known characters plus songs, colourful themes to the games) to meet their needs and interests.

iv) PROVIDE different level of competency (easy, medium, hard).


With that, we end our discussion. We warmly welcome comments and further discussions. Thank you (:

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This is an educational blog created by four awe-inspiring teacher-to-be namely Jong Sze Chun (Amy) , Mohd Firdaus bin Ibrahim (Chelus), Mohd Helmi bin Halim (Choki) and Shakila binti Raman(Kilod).

This blog is meant to deal with teaching and learning mathematics to young learners. So, this blog will be a pertinent channel to express ideas, discussions, information exchanges and updates for the enrichment of the young learners as well as a good helper for the educators to refer to.

Therefore, we hope that via this blog we can share views, opinions, and beliefs and thus with full hearts we welcome comments and responses to the posts so that we can learn from each other.