Tiradentes Monument

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Tiradentes Monument

• Larissa Saltz
• Natalia Silveira
• Samantha Provençano
• Vivian Saadia
• National Math Trail Project

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History

• Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, also known as
  Tiradentes (Tooth Puller) was the leader of the
  first organized movement against Portuguese rule
  in Brazil in 1789. He was born in 1748 near Sao
  Joao del Rei in Minas Gerais. He was reasonably
  well educated and worked as a physician, merchant
  and dentist.
• He organized the Inconfidência Mineira in Minas
  Gerais advocating complete independence from
  Portugal. He was publicly hanged in Rio on April
  21, 1792. To frighten the population into
  complete submission Portuguese authorities
  ordered his body to be cut into pieces and to be
  displayed along posts in city boulevards.
• Tiradentes martyrdom made him a national hero.
  Thirty years after his death the king designate
  by Portugal declared Brazil's independence and
  became its first emperor. April 21 is a national
  holiday.

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The Monuments Location

• The Monument of Tiradentes was built in 1962 to
  honor this great martyr of Brazilian history. It
  is located in the Southeast of Brazil, in the
  state of Minas Gerais, in the city of Ouro Preto,
  on the Praça de Tiradentes. Tiradentes square
  is located on the center of Ouro Preto and
  recevied this name because that was where
  Tiradentes head was exposed, when it came from
  Rio de Janeiro. It separates the old and the new
  part of the city.

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Math Problem

• The monument of Tiradentes is too expensive to be
  restored every year. This year the mayor decided
  to put a fence around it to avoid vandalism. The
  fence should be circumscribed about the squared
  base monument. Grass will be placed between the
  fence and the monument.
• Estimate how much fencing and grass will be
  needed, knowing that there is a 10 loss in both
  cases.

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Solution
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Bibliography

• www.asminasgerais.com.br
• www.ouropreto/ptirad.html
• www.tiradentes.ig.com
• www.cidadeshistoricas.terra.com.br/tiradentes/
• www.vidaslusofonas.pt/tiradentes.htm