Math Synthesis

Job Description

• Advise land users on problems and conservation solutions

RATIOS, RATES AND PROPORTIONAL REASONING

• Comparing costs of different conservation methods
• Comparing carbon footprint reduction caused by different methods
• Comparing amounts of different nutrients in a soil sample
• Comparing pollutant amounts to total water flow.
• Calculate pollutants per volume of water

RATIOS, RATES AND PROPORTIONAL REASONING (PART 2)

• Calculate yearly change in carbon emmisions
• Calculate carbon footprint reduction per dollar spent
• Compare effectiveness per dollar of different conservation methods

Understanding Percent

• Measuring percent of companies trying to reduce emmisions
• Measuring contaminants in parts per million (ten thousandths of a percent)
• Measure total parts per million of pollutant in a water source

FRACTION OPERATIONS

• Measure the fraction of an area that is weatland
• Measure yearly increase of water flow as a fraction
• Measure yearly increase of pollutant in the atmosphere as a fraction
• Plan crop rotation using reciprocal fractions
• Adding the costs of multiple programs, each of which is the result of its of calculation

Integers

• Measure population of endangered species
• Calculating total emissions from multiple sources
• Comparing carbon emissions and C02 reduction by flora