WHAT IS MATH AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE

PI

What is Pi?

PI is the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle

What is innumeracy?

What is Math?

This is math

So it this

This is math

So is this

Math, an alien language?

What students see in their math books.

#5 Uncritical acceptance of expert numbers

You can do it!

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