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Additional Mathematics Project Work 1/ 2010: Name: Tiew Chuan Dong Class: 5 Berlian I/C Number: Teacher: Mr. Tan

This document outlines the contents and objectives of a student's Additional Mathematics project work from 2010. It includes an acknowledgement section thanking various parties for their support and guidance during the project. The objectives of the project are to apply problem-solving strategies, improve thinking skills, promote mathematical communication, develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving, and develop a positive attitude towards mathematics. The document then provides details on the procedure and findings of the project, which involves representing the parabolic shape of a concrete structure using quadratic functions.

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Additional Mathematics Project Work 1/ 2010: Name: Tiew Chuan Dong Class: 5 Berlian I/C Number: Teacher: Mr. Tan

This document outlines the contents and objectives of a student's Additional Mathematics project work from 2010. It includes an acknowledgement section thanking various parties for their support and guidance during the project. The objectives of the project are to apply problem-solving strategies, improve thinking skills, promote mathematical communication, develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving, and develop a positive attitude towards mathematics. The document then provides details on the procedure and findings of the project, which involves representing the parabolic shape of a concrete structure using quadratic functions.

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ADDITIONAL

MATHEMATICS
PROJECT WORK
1/ 2010
Name
: Tiew Chuan Dong
Class
: 5 Berlian
I/C Number
:
Teacher
: Mr. Tan
CONTENT
Number
Contents
Page
1
Title
1
2
Preface
2
3
Acknowledgement
3
4
Objectives
4
5
Introduction
5 - 10
6
Moral value
11
7
Procedure and
Findings
Part (a)
12 - 16
Part (b)
17 - 18
8
Further exploration
Part (a)
19 - 25
Part (b)
26 - 29
Part (c)
30
9
Conclusion
31
10
Reflection
32
11
References
33
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would like to say thank you to my parents for providing everything,
such as money, to buy anything that are related to this project work, their advise, which
is the most needed for this project and facilities such as internet, books, computers and
all that. They also supported me and encouraged me to complete this task so that I will
not procrastinate in doing it.
Then I would like to thank to my teacher, Mr. Tan for guiding me throughout this
project. Even I had some difficulties in doing this task, but he taught me patiently until
we knew what to do. He tried and tried to teach me until I understand what Im
supposed to do with the project work.
Besides, my friends who always supporting me. Even this project is individually
but we are cooperated doing this project especially in discussion and sharing ideas to
ensure our task will finish completely.
Last but not least, any party which involved either directly or indirect
in completing this project work. Thank you everyone.
OBJECTIVES
The aims of carrying out this project work are:-
… to apply and adapt a variety of problem-solving strategies to solve
problems;

… to improve thinking skills;

… to promote effective mathematical communication;

… to develop mathematical knowledge through problem solving in a way


that increases students interest and confidence;
… to use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas
precisely;
… to provide learning environment that stimulates and enhances effective
learning;
… to develop positive attitude towards mathematics.
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Arch
followed the forces of compression and which was therefore stronger. The
semicircular arch can be flattened to make an elliptical arch as in the Ponte Santa
Trinita. The parabolic and catenary arches are now known to be the theoretically
strongest forms. Parabolic arches were introduced in construction by the Spanish
architect Antoni Gaudí, who admired the structural system of Gothic style, but
for the buttresses, which he termed architectural crutches. The catenary and
parabolic arches carry all horizontal thrust to the foundation and so do not need
additional elements.
The horseshoe arch is based on the semicircular arch, but its lower ends are
extended further round the circle until they start to converge. The first examples
known are carved into rock in India in the first century AD, while the first known
built horseshoe arches are known from Aksum (modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea)
from around the 3rd4th century, around the same time as the earliest
contemporary examples in Syria, suggesting either an Aksumite or Syrian origin
for the type of arch.
The segmental arch was first built by the Chinese who realized that an arch in a
bridge did not have to be a semicircle. The arch has many usages, for example, in
constructions.
A masonry arch
Ana rc h is a structure that spans
a space while supporting weight
(e.g. a doorway in a stone wall).
Arches appeared as early as the
2nd millennium BC in
Mesopotamian brick architecture
and their systematic use started
with the Ancient Romans who
were the first to apply the
technique to a wide range of
structures.
The semicircular arch was
followed in Europe by the
pointed Gothic arch or ogive
whose centreline more closely
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Construction
An arch requires all of its elements to hold it together, raising the question of
how an arch is constructed.
The gallery shows arch forms displayed in roughly the order in which they were
developed.
Besides that, the parabolic shaped gate also used the concept of quadratic
functions.
Introduction to quadratic functions:
Polynomial functions are simply the functions withas an input variable, made
up of several terms, each term is made up of two factors, the first being a real
number coefficient, and the second beingraised to some non-negative integer
power. In the term Quadratic function the word quadratic comes from a Latin
wordquadratum. A term like
2 is called a square in Algebra, as it represents the

area of a square with side.

Representation of quadratic functions

As discussed above a quadratic function is a polynomial function of maximum


exponent ofas 2.
As ta ndard form of a quadratic function is given below:
where
are real numbers
and a  0, If a = 0 then the highest exponent ofin the function becomes 1 and
the function hence is no more a quadratic function.
The other forms by which a quadratic function cab ne represented are:
1. Factored form
, where
2. Vertex form
The graph of a quadratic function, irrespective of the format, is always a pa ra bola.
where
are coordinates of the vertex of the parabola
represented by the quadratic function
Roots of a quadratic function
The roots of a quadratic function
are represented by the values of for
which
There will always be two roots of a quadratic function. To learn about the roots,
we will first discuss about a termDiscriminant.
It is represented by ''.
Value of=
Roots are represented by,
Here we can see that,
When,

In 2010, I am glad that I have got the opportunity to do this project. First of all, I
have learnt a lot of good value throughout the project. I have shown the value of
hardworking in completing this project. I have also learnt that we must be patient
to do something well especially in Additional Mathematics. Last but not least, I
ha

PROCEDURE
AND
FINDINGS
Part (a)
The diagram below shows the gate of an art gallery. A concrete structure is built at the upper
part of the gate and the words µART GALLERY¶ is written on it. The top of the concrete
structure is flat whereas the bottom is parabolic in shape. The concrete structure is supported
by two vertical pillars at both ends.
The distance between the two pillars is 4 metres and the height of the pillar is 5 metres. The
height of the concrete structure is 1 metre. The shortest distance from point A of the concrete
structure to pointB, that is the highest point on the parabolic shape, is 0.5 metres.

ve learnt to pick up my responsibility to accomplish this task.


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(a) The parabolic shape of the concrete structure can be represented by various functions
depending on the point of reference. Based on different points of reference, obtain at least three
different functions which can be used to represent the curve of this concrete structure.

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