Okay, http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/interval.html is better, defining Interval. And one of the definitions is "A definite length of time marked by a start and finish." So presumably a Time Interval would be an interval of time. (One moment whilst I go into a prescriptivist rage.) (Okay, back.) So the assignment should be: "Write a math problem that involves time."
I would agree that the idea is a good one. I'm just getting tired of things that haven't been proofed properly, let alone tried out on actual students.
Katie had a math sheet a few months back that started out with an example (as they tend to do) showing a square that was 10 cm on a side that had an area of 100 square inches.
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I gotta talk this out for myself...
Also, that's two words, not one.
...writing a problem that uses words sounds more like an English assignment.
*goes to look up Time Interval*
https://www.splashmath.com/math-vocabulary/time/time-interval
Difference between the occurrence of two events measured in time.
...........what. What does that even mean. What.
Okay, http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/interval.html is better, defining Interval. And one of the definitions is "A definite length of time marked by a start and finish." So presumably a Time Interval would be an interval of time. (One moment whilst I go into a prescriptivist rage.) (Okay, back.) So the assignment should be: "Write a math problem that involves time."
...I'm gonna go have a prescriptivist rage again.
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"How many words are there in 'time interval'?"
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Katie had a math sheet a few months back that started out with an example (as they tend to do) showing a square that was 10 cm on a side that had an area of 100 square inches.
Um, excuse me?
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