Unidades de medidas: um estudo investigativo dos saberes milenares dos agricultores da zona rural de São Raimundo Nonato

Abstract

This work aims to show an investigative study of units of non-formal measures of workers from the countryside of São Raimundo Nonato. For the development of the theoretical part was necessary to seek jobs that understood the southern Piauí, in particular Nonato, its location, economy and general aspects. In this search, we incorporated the lives of country people, and how they lived in this region, especially during the period when the lands measures were made to fathom, harvest it loaded in Ahio and where the task has taken the place of the meter. As a theoretical foundation for the work, we Ethnomathematics elements to support our research, and some units of unconventional measures. This paper presents a sequence in contextualized exercise format where the work of the heart is in the placement of this activity in a group of 3rd year of High School Computer Technician Federal do Piauí Institute, Campus São Raimundo Nonato, where we apply and present a discussion of results.