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 The NJSLA will begin in May. The Algebra 1 exam will have two units, each 90 minutes long. The Math 8 exam will have three units, each 60 minutes long.· Math High School Student Tutorial · Math Grade 8 Student Tutorial |
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 May is the month in which Florence Nightingale was born (May 12, 1820). Known primarily as a pioneer in nursing, the famous "lady with the lamp" during the Crimean War, she was also a pioneer in statistics and applied mathematics. As a child, she begged her parents to let her study mathematics. She learned arithmetic, geometry and algebra. Her work in medical statistics helped reform hospital care. She was a pioneer in the method of presenting data graphically, creating colorful diagrams to dramatize medical data. She was the first woman other than the queen to appear on British currency.
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 May is also the month in which the mathematician Maria Agnesi was born (May 16, 1718). She wrote the first mathematics book by a woman that still survives and was the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university.
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Melencolia I is a well-known engraving by the German artist Albrecht Dürer (born May 21, 1471). It was made 500 years ago (1514). It is not large, smaller than a sheet of notebook paper. The original engraving is at the Städel Museum. The art in the Städel was relocated to the basement of a Bavarian castle during World War II and was found by the Americans portrayed in the film The Monuments Men. Melencolia I is a favorite of mathematicians due to the numerous mathematical references in it:
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| "Home duties are not to be neglected for mathematics." -Florence Nightingale's mother |
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 World Language students, try reading this site in Spanish or French. |
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