EDMA163 Chapter Notes - Chapter Notes on Assignment : Egyptian Calendar, Mv Sirius Star, List Of Unification Church Affiliated Organizations
Assignment 1
Part A: Photography Selection
Part B:
(Tajmahal.org.uk, n.d.)
The Taj Mahal is a cultural building.
It was built between 1632 and 1648. It was built by Shan Jahan to house the tomb of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
(Newworldencyclopedia.org, n.d.). It has many traditions and cultures incorporated, particularly Hindu, Persian
and Mughal in the architecture. These are shown in the garden, outlying buildings, tombs and domes of the
building.
Whole Number:
The numbers incorporated in the working of geometry and measurement of the Taj Mahal are whole numbers.
They are used to measure the length, height, number etc of the buildings in order to ensure the symmetricity
of the architecture. Working with the measurements, they are known to be whole numbers in the sense that
they are measuring real objects which will have 0m as the starting point before anything jumps sequentially
along the number line.
Geometry:
The garden covers 300m squared of the total area. The symmetry of the land is divided into “4 quarters with
16 garden beds with around 400 flowers in each bed.” (Tajmahal.org.uk, n.d.)
Shown in appendix A, the number of flowers are 25600 in the whole garden. These are using the grid and
symmetry of the gardens layout. As it symmetrical, the amounts could be worked out with half the gardens
measurements and just reflect on the other side in real life using multiplication to duplicate the amounts.
Measurement:
The measurements of the Taj Mahal are very precise, as they were when they were building. the measurements
must be correct as they are sloping and irregular angles and distances around the attraction. (Mahal, n.d.)
Pyramid of Giza
(Mustseeplaces.eu, n.d.)
This a historical pyramid
The great pyramid of Giza has been around since 2566BC. It began being built in 2575BC. One hundred
thousand people worked on it for 3 months of each year during the flood when most people were unemployed.
It was constructed using 2.300.00 limestone locks weighing 2.5 tons each.
Whole Numbers:
The number is bricks/ blocks that were used to was counted in natural numbers. Using the number system to
count them allowed people to determine the weight of the entire pyramid through the application of division
as shown in appendix B. As division does not have closure, the amount of time is not set in stone as we cannot
go by the exact millisecond that the Egyptians would have been finished by. Using whole numbers in
mathematical analysis of buildings or constructions helps architects and researches discover the work that
would have gone in and the objects that are still present. (Discovering Ancient Egypt, 2009)
Geometry:
Geometry is shown in the photograph through the same of the pyramid. The angles and 3D geometry is what
makes the pyramid stay up. As shown in appendix B, the angles equal to 180 in a triangle and if working the
angles out in this pyramid then the triangle is in half to get a right angle and used to work out the angle. The
distance of each sides and the height are what allow us to calculate these dimensions.
Measurement:
Measurement can be used to find the inside capacity of the shape; the volume. Volume can be calculated, as
shown in appendix B, to be 2,592,276.48 metres cubed in the Pyramid of Giza which allows us to understand
how big the inside of the 3 dimensions shape is, as if you were standing inside it or just how many bricks are
inside it, holding it up after all these years.
Ancient Egyptian Calendar
(Crystalinks.com, n.d.)
This is a historical photograph
This incorporates mathematics as it highlights the way in which the Ancient Egyptians used to calculate time
and days of the year. This is a photograph of their calendar dating back to 2400BCE. The Ancient Egyptians
originally based the calendar on the moon. They used the ‘Sirius’ star to determine the beginning and end of
a year with a year being 30 days in 12 months. This however did not work with the cycle of the moon so they
added 5 extra days in order to have the seasons fall on the correct days. (Crystalinks.com, n.d.)
Whole Number:
Whole numbers are used in the calendar as they are whole counting numbers from 1-360. The dates of the
calendar would not go past 360 as they determined 365 days to signify a year. As shown in appendix C,
problems are all involving whole numbers in this calendar as they are counting days for the week/ year.
Geometry:
Geometry is shown throughout the number of rectangles spread over the calendar with the number of days
inside, as shown in appendix C, the days of the week/ year are calculated using the symbols. The rectangles are
parallel in counting days, used to separate the alphabet from the number system.
Measurement:
Measurement of time is used in the calendar (appendix C) they are using mathematical concepts to keep track
of the dates of their current year. The numbers used are whole numbers as mentioned previously however
they are used with much emphasis on the particular time of the year or season. The seasons are also using
whole numbers to count as 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th regardless of if they had named such as Summer, Spring yet, which
they did not. They had the different season dedicated or representing certain Gods.
