Algebra in everyday life

Algebra in everyday life is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Jim shows Grace how she can use algebra to find out the quantities of red and yellow paint she needs to make enough orange paint to complete some stage scenery.

Algebra in everyday life
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Release date	1948
Language	English

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           Jim shows Grace how she can use algebra to find out the quantities of red and yellow paint she needs to make enough orange paint to complete some stage scenery. Demonstrates the algebraic steps of observation, translation, manipulation, and computation, and mentions other uses of algebra.