3.22.2009

What Would the World be Like without Math?

Today in class, we started a new unit on fractions and factorization. We talked about some big questions that we will be thinking about. One of those questions is: "What Would the World be Like without Math?" Please leave a comment to this post as an answer to that question. Write at least one example of something that would be different if math was never invented. Think about this question as you go about your normal everyday activities. How would they change without math? Be creative!

79 comments:

Anonymous said...

There would be no world without math.

Anonymous said...

There would be no clothes without math.

Anonymous said...

The world wouldn't have any type of technology because there wouldn't be any math to make anything. Because you need all different types of Math to make all different types of things.

Emily the Strange said...

hey its emily p...the world wouldn't exist without math because the earth is a sphere and that is a shape that has to do with geometry. It wouldn't even be flat because that would be a plane. There wouldn't be any big sports either because of the shapes of the items used. Just about everything has to do with math so...there wouldn't be anything!
ps.my computer name is Gentle O'Peters

Anonymous said...

There would be no anything. We could really not live with out math because
math holds our houses up, schools, stores. It also has all the shapes, angles and other stuff. Lastly we could not cut stuff and do other things without math.

Anonymous said...

The world would not be a circle.
The would be no clothes.
We would not no how to cook.
We would not no how to make lacrosse sticks.
There would not be footballs.
We would be able to make clothes.

Anonymous said...

Hey Mrs.c! Did you know that there would really be no world without math... It would always be complicated because you wouldnt know what you were talking about. For example, there would not be any buildings because you would need to know how long things would need to be
to make everything fit. so there wouldnt be a world without math!

Anonymous said...

you would not be able to walk or move and that would not be fun

Anonymous said...

Hey mrs.Connair! If the world had no math than we wouldnt have buildings or any sports, because for buildings youd need to know how many sq feet and length and width. and for sports youd wouldnt have a ball or a court because youd have to use geometry and youd need math for geometry.Thats why we wouldnt probably be able to live without math.

Anonymous said...

There would be no Earth because it is round and a circle is a shape. But then if you flattened it then it would be a plane which is also a shape. There would also be no food or cooking pans because the pans are round and rectangular and when you put the food mix in or something then bake it it will come out in the shapes that you bake the food in and then all food are shapes...........:)

Anonymous said...

without math we wouldn't be able to cut pizza or put gas in our car,buy items,time,and a lot more things.The blog is awsome Mrs.c

Anonymous said...

There is so much math in the world, that if someone didn't invent math, we probably wouldn't exist, or at least we'd be much more primitive than we are now. If there was no math in the world, we wouldn't have such advanced transportation that we have now. There would be no such thing as money, and since almost every job on earth requires some sort of math, people wouldn't have many different occupations. Also, there wouldn't be robots. Ha-Ha!

Anonymous said...

If we did not have math in the world we wouldn't be able to do anything but sit and look at the wall.if there was no math the whole world would not be existing right now because the earth has to do with shapes.

Anonymous said...

if there was no math we wouldn't exist because we are a irregular shape. you wouldn't be able to play any sports cause of the ball or the stick and the shape of the field.

Anonymous said...

There wouldn't be any computers because they are made out of numbers and stuff like that. There also wouldn't be any video games because it takes a lot of mathamatics to make games.

Anonymous said...

The sides of building wouldn't even because there wouldn't be measurments. The building would lean and wouldn't be supported as well, as if they were even.

Anonymous said...

There would be no buildings or houses in the world!!!!

Anonymous said...

Heeey Mrs.Connair!!! You want to know what the world would be like without math? Well it would be EMPTY. Yes empty there would be nothing there because there are no shapes, sides, or angles. there would be no food, clothing, paper, etc. so that is what I saty thre worrld would be like without math.

Anonymous said...

The world would have no book because they are rectangular

Anonymous said...

There wouldn't be sports without math.

Anonymous said...

We wouldn't have video games or technology.

Anonymous said...

We would have no clothes, no technology, no sports like baseball, we would not be able to cook (no pizza!) :(, no video games and many more things! No where to live! We would miss out on alot of things and our world would be very dull! We also wouldn't have board games no dice! No Nothing!!!! Everything would be irregular... NOT GOOD! :)

Anonymous said...

The world would have nothing if there was no math there wouldnt even be EARTH!!! I be nothing no air/ atmosphere because there are diffrent percentages of things to make air like oxygen and more. It would be nothing there would be no life NO WORLD !!!! no people!! No food bacause of measuring and fractions so we would die!!

Anonymous said...

Without math there would be almost nothing. There would be no money(or to know how much to pay if there was), no technology, no houses that would would look right(because we need measurments) and nothing that people really want, have or need. That is practically what the world would be like without math.

Anonymous said...

Hey Mrs. C! What's up? Have you done the lucky number thing i told you about? It's wierd to think that you're right downstairs, I'm in my moms room using her computer. (Did you know that she works here with Tracy Bennett??) Anyway, I probably should answer your question! Life would be boring if math wasn't discovered because there would be no domesticated horses! To domesticate a horse, you must have a halter. To make a halter you must use math. You have to size it and average different horses head sizes to make it the right size. There would be no horse riding too. To train a horse, you use a lunging rope to to exercise him around in a circle. This is to train the horse to obey, to halt and to respond to soft but firm voice commands. So, you measure the rope so the horse doesn't get dizzy if it's too short . If it's too long however, as you can imagine the horse would not listen.

See ya,
Leah

Anonymous said...

Hey its Harrison,without math the earth wouldnt even exist because its a sphere and there would be no geometry.and we wouldnt have the technonlogy we have. Today and in the world most everything has to do with math so we wouldnt have most of the luxurys we have today, like houses you need math so the house is even for it not to collapse there would also be no cars because you need the wheels to make it move and there would no such thing as geometry or pie.

Anonymous said...

If there was no math than there would be almost nothing because math involves just about everything. For example, there would be no technology because we wouldn't have measurments to make the things yuo need to make it with.Also there would be no earth because the earth is round and thats part of geometry,which is math and the earth can't be any shape because thats also geometry.So basicly there would be nothing. These are some things we wouldn't have without math.

Anonymous said...

Hay Mrs.C its Tyler, what would the world be with out math? There would not be any TECHNOLOGY so no TV,video games,no things to cook stuff with,no heat,NO ANYTHING! I mean Basketball is my favroite sport no numbers on your jerseys,no score clock,no plays to make! I now u like BASEBALL and PHILLES GO CHASE UTLEY,IM A NOT THAT RELEY A REDSOX FAN I LIKE DUSTIN PEDROIA BUT IM RELLY A FLORIDA MARLINS FAN GO HANLEY RAMIREZ AND DAN UGGLA. NO WORLD WITH OUT MATH AND IF THERE WAS NO MATH THAT MEANS NO SPORTS I WOULD DIE!

Anonymous said...

If we had no math, there would be no sports because we couldn't keep score. Everything would be uneaven, we would not live in well constructed houses. Also, there would be no food because we couldn't measure anything.

Anonymous said...

If there was no math there would be almost NOTHING!!!!For example there would be no earth because the earth is a shere and thats part of geometry,which is math. Also there could be no earth because the earth would have to be some kind of shape. Lastly, there would be no technology because if you were gonna create it than you would need to use some measurments, tools, and more and on order to make technology.(that invovles math)These are a couple examples what it would be like without math.

Anonymous said...

Hay Mrs.C its Tyler, What would the world be out with math. No TECHNOLOGY that means no TV,no video games,no stuff to cook with, no HEAT,no food no ANYTHING. No money so no people get pad so no food and a lot of job pay there inploeys and no food because there would be no TECHNOLOGY and no people to work because there would be no MONEY so now one would be pad. My favroite sport is BASKETBALL if theres no math no numbers on the jerseys,no score clook,no plays. I no your a baseball fan and PHILLES GO CHASE UTLEY IM NOT RELLY A REDSOX FAN I LIKE DUSTIN PEDROIA IM RELLY A FLORIDA MARLINS FAN GO HANLEY RAMIREZ AND DAN UGGLA.IF THERE WAS NO MATH THERE WOULD BE NO WORLD AND NO WORLD THAT MEANS NO SPORTS I WOULD DIE WILL BYE.

Anonymous said...

Hola Mrs. C! WHAT WOULD THE WoRLD BE LIKE WITHOUT MATH?- There would be nothingness without math! Because there would be no earth because it's round and has to orbit and there would be no outerspace because other planets are round too.No Anything! Wow! Math is important! Adios! Hasta Luego!

Anonymous said...

We might not even be alive without math. we would be in the stone age.

Anonymous said...

If the world didn't have any math then we wouldn't even be blogging here, because one, there would be no computers and two, we wouldn't even be learning about it in school. ;)

twilghtluver said...

hi. this is maggie d.there wouldnt be any food if there isnt math because u need 2 know when 2 plant and harvest the crops.ps, my comuter name is twilightluver! ;)

Anonymous said...

Without math there would be no technology, clothes, games, or any types of measurements. that is what the world would be like without math.

Anonymous said...

The world would be a disaster!

Anonymous said...

Hey its Ashlyn!!!If the worldn't have math there wouldn't have and technology ,and there wouldn't have cars because of the demintions.We wouldn't have tv's or cloths because oyu will not have the righ amount of mesure to make them.there willl be no factories because factoires make a lot of are stuff. the world with out math would be a big thing because nothin would be in the right order and you have compilcation with everything.

Ashlyn Norton
p.4
3/23/09

Anonymous said...

no food resipies

Anonymous said...

Without math, there would be no sports! We wouldn't be able to measure angles and distance, so passing in basketball or pitching in baseball would be impossible.

Anonymous said...

It's not possible for there to be a world without math, because the Homo Sapiens were some of the very first human beings, and they became smarter over time. Without a doubt, math HAS to be discovered. As the first humans brains get bigger (and they get smarter) they begin to discover more stuff. So it is impossible to not have discovered math. BECAUSE IT IS EVERYWHERE! -that is my arguement

Anonymous said...

People would still think it is flat because how would people make boats to travel? The world would have no homes or stores.

Anonymous said...

a world without math would be chaos.there would not be any spede limet.no homes,no road,and no any thing.

Anonymous said...

Hi, it's Maddy! The world would not be there because it is a sphere. There would also not be a lot of stuff we use around. Like computers or radios. we would not have houses or sports or even simple things like getting food. The world would not be here if it was not for math.

Anonymous said...

All our furniture, buildings and clothes wouldn't have even edges. The buildings would collapse because we wouldn't know how the walls fit together. We would have no electronics which means we couldn't have machine-made foods. We also couldn't have competition because we couldn't keep track of scores. We wouldn't be able to play board games because we wouldn't know how many spaces to move. I wouldn't be able to know what time it is right now or what today is without math. Nobody would know that a full day is 24 hours either.

Anonymous said...

If there were no math in the world ther would be no elec tricity or transportation ( like cars, boats, planes, etc., etc.) because you have to use math to make those things, and if there was no math then people would'nt now how to make electricity or planes, or any tipe of transportatoin

Anonymous said...

hey this is Zach Mills. If there was no math there would be no sports! how would we live? buildings would crumble because their structure would be off.There would be no money so no economy. overall we would be uncivilized. so we really need math to survive

Anonymous said...

life would not really be anything without math. you could not make clothes you could not make very accurate buildings you would not have technology becase without math you cant make things. so the world would be nothing without math.

Anonymous said...

The world would be nothing without math you could not make clothes you could not make very accurate buildings and you woould not have technology because you need it to make things. there would be NO world without math!

Anonymous said...

There would be no way of cooking because there would be no measuring.

-Catie B.

Anonymous said...

I think there wouldn't be anything in the world without math because we wouldn't know shapes so there wouldn't be a world either because we wouldn't know what a circle was.

Anonymous said...

If we didn't have math in the world then we wouldn't have clothes,money ,houses,shopping or shops

Anonymous said...

We couldn't build anything because we would need to measure and find area and perimeter and we would need that to build something.

Anonymous said...

there would be no sports

Anonymous said...

If the world had no math we wouldn't have cooking because you need to set the oven to a certain degree. And we wouldn't be able to out the right amount of ingredients that you need to put in.

Anonymous said...

Without math there would be no sports, clothes, buildings or technology. Without those things I wouldn't know what to do with myself!!

Anonymous said...

The world would be totally different. We would be hobos because we would have no money witch means no econemy.

Anonymous said...

With out math we would not have food. we could not eat any foods. Like cake or any other food.In fact we would be eating grass to stay alive!

Anonymous said...

without math we would not have the technology to make the computer that i typed this comment on

....lollol

Anonymous said...

hey its Delaney! if we didnt have math there wouldnt be houses because you need geometry and measurments. and also we wouldnt have sports, for example soccer youd need a soccer ball and thats a circle and thats a shape. And you cant forget that we wouldnt have money because youd need to know how to add and subtract and all that. And what each thing would equal out to, so like what a dollar might equal. Thats what the world would be like without math/geometry.

Anonymous said...

If there was no math on earth i believe that there wouldn't be any earth at all. WE wouldn't have any food,clothes,technology, or anything. If there was no math no one would have any jobs or cars. We would have no source of education any buildings or any transportation. No swimming pools, I believe life and earth would be like with no math on Earth.

Anonymous said...

i couldnt picture a world without math
i wuoldnt like it
no sports
no food
no houses
no me
but like syd said we would have figured it out by now (maybe i would of invented it)

Anonymous said...

Hey mrs.c.Without math there would be no buildings because each piece is a shape.We would live in caves we would not be able to email call whatever without technology and technology is made from math.

Anonymous said...

Without math there wouldn't be many kids because the medicine wouldnt be right. There would not be any houses, no clothes no money, no econemy, and no houses

Anonymous said...

Abby Perkins said......
The world would be notihng because
there would be no even buildings no computers video game etc. There would be no ovens toasters,
coffee makers anything that plugs in.
Those are SOME examples,
WE WOULDNT BE ABLE TO SURIVE WITHOUT MATH!!!!!!
:) :( :P
-ABBYPERKINZZ

Anonymous said...

hey its S@D!E

there wouldn't be a world because u need a circle or any shape to make earth and buildings or anything nor would there be technology because u need math things to figure out the present/fractions for the wires and shapes of pieces to the object.

Anonymous said...

The world would not be alive without math.There wouln't be any food, money, games, technology, houses, sports, numbers, and no science either. We wouldn't know how to count or what day, year, or month it is. You also wouln't know how old you are and when your birthday is-you can't keep track of it.You would not have any transportation except horses. You woun't know how to get around!!!

Anonymous said...

the world would be like no buildings we would be cavemen living in caves and i wouldnt be talking to you right now thats what some of the facts are if the world without math.

Anonymous said...

The world wouldn't have much. They wouldn't be food because there needs to be measurement in the food we make. There would be no clothes, houses, sports,school,buildings, but, there would be no world at all. Without math we wouldn"t know how to do anything. :(

Anonymous said...

Well obviously there would be Earth we just wouldn't know what to call anything mathematical. Or anything with shape and or matter or perimeter or diameter or anything like that. So really we would call it a blob like thingy..

Anonymous said...

I think that the world would be totally uneven. Because is the center of everything!








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Anonymous said...

there would be no world without math because the earth is a sphere and sphere is a geometry word. we also would not have any clothes because we would not be able to measure the fabric and then sow the clothes together.

Anonymous said...

If there was no math in the world then there would be no score in hockey games, and my life would be ruined.

Anonymous said...

The world would be a disaster.There would be no such thing as basketball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

life would be difficult without math. there would be no world, goematry,division,adding ect...

Mikayla R said...

There would be no baked goods because
you need measurements which are math so you would not be able to bake.

Katekitty907(kaitilyn-Katie) said...

What would the world be like without math?

1-No tecnology
2-No buildings
3-No Elextricity
We would not have these items because all these items have some find of math involed in oder to make them

amelia (whom is a\ said...

hiay! its amelia,the universe without math would be a deep,blank,never ending hole of nothingness! why?cuz geometry is a form of math, so without it the world wouldnt exsist,cuz the planet is a sphere(witch is a shape)

Richard. A. Cremonese said...

there would be no world because the world is a sphear and if there is no math there would be no sphears.