TRICKS WITH MATH!
Hello, we are Lina, Hilde, Sandra, Veerle, Florine and Emmy and our topic is tricks!
This is who we are!
Hi,
I am Lina. I am 15 years old. I like playing sports. I’ve played volleyball on a very high level and now I play korfbal. (top row in the middle) Hello, I am Hilde. I am 14 years old. I love music, thats why I sing in a band. (bottom right corner) Hello! My name is Sandra. I'm 15 years old. My hobbies are playing tennis, musical school, playing the guitar and keyboard, listening to music, reading and watching movies and series. (top row right corner) Hi, I am Emmy and 14 years old. I like horses and playing sports.( bottom left corner) Hello, My name is Marinthe and I am 14 years old. I like playing sports such as korfbal. (bottom second from the right) Hi, My name is Veerle, I am 14 years old. I like listening to music and I dance in my leisure time. (top row left corner) Hi, My name is Florine and I am 14 years old. My hobby is playing tennis. (bottom second from the left)
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Interview Hans Klok.
We interviewed magician Hans Klok. He is a worldfamous magician from the Netherlands. In 1990, Hans and his assistant Sittah won the Grand Prix of the Netherlands and the Henk Vermeijden Cup with "the fastest metamorphosis in the world". Unfortunately we were unable to contact him personally, so we interviewed him via e-mail. In what way do magicians use math in their tricks? We use math quite often with our tricks. For example when you do a trick with reading someone’s mind. If you follow the same mathematical steps all the time, the answer will always be the same. In fact, it is quite easy but the audience doesn’t know that. Can you give an example of a trick where you use math? Yes I can. I use this trick quite a lot because it is not that complicated. I will try and guess your age. It goes as following: multiply the first number of your age by 5, then add 3 to the result, now double this figure. Now you have to add the second number of your age to the answer. Subtract 6 and that’s your age! Is it difficult to use math in your tricks? It depends. With some tricks it is difficult because you really need to stay focussed and pay attention to what you are doing, but that is obvious. I have to say that the longer you work with these math tricks, the easier it becomes. So I would say that it can be difficult but the longer you practise, the easier it gets. Do you need to be good at maths to become a magician? That actually depends on what kind of tricks you are interested in. When you like the kind of tricks in which a lot of calculating is used, you do need to understand at least the basics of math. But I think that when you are not good at math but still really determined to become a magician, you can do it. Remarks: I wish you guys a lot of luck with your project! Guess someone's birthday? Number trick
Task division:
Sandra Kemper Group leader, movie analysis Lina Smetsers Power Point presentation Emmy Verdiesen Weebly editor, trick analysis Hilde van Rooij Questionnaires Veerle Verhoeven Trick analysis, video Florine van de Put Trick analysis Marinthe van Dooren Interview We had a lot of fun making this project. It was interesting and challenging to find the correct content to use in our project. We had multiple lessons during math to explore our ideas and we worked individually at home. We were in constant contact trough text and made sure that everyone did the same amount of work and put the same amount of effort in their work.
All of our group members enjoyed working on our project very much. Whether it was research, interviews or analysis we worked together as a team to make it a fun and educational experience for everyone. ‘I thought the cooperation in our group went very well. Everyone knew what they had to be doing and everyone was focused on their task.’ Veerle, a member of our group, said keenly. Lina, another valuable member of our group stated that she had learned a lot by working together in a cooperative environment. ‘Everyone has their own ideas and views.’ She explained. ‘And it is interesting to intertwine those ideas and create a variable project with ideas and aspects coming from different people’s views.’ We worked together with 7 amazing people. Even though it is quite a large group we had no difficulties whatsoever communicating our ideas and making something everyone could agree on. ‘I never felt as if anyone was slacking off during the lessons and the time we worked at home.’ Our Weebly editor Emmy said. ‘We had great communication throughout the process of making this project and it really felt like everyone could express their ideas equally.’ Everyone helped each other with their tasks and we explored our ideas as a group. We really enjoyed working with such a large group because it means that the project can be more elaborate and variable. We believe that everyone has learned something new while working on this project and we hope to be able to do so again soon. |