This study was developed through an investigation about the production of flour in the
Ethnomathematics perspective, in order to question: which mathematics are mobilized by
the flour producers of the Baviera Settlement Project? To answer this question, we aimed
to understand which mathematics the settlers use during the flour production process. The
research in question was developed in the Baviera Settlement Project, located in the
municipality of Aragominas, state of Tocantins, based on a qualitative approach anchored
in ethnography and using observation techniques and narrative interviews, so that together
with the participants we could describe their practices in dealing with everything from land
preparation to the marketing of cassava flour. To this end, we sought to carry out readings
in the field of Ethnomathematics, in order to broaden our views and reflections on how
mathematical knowledge occurs in the rural context of small producers, in this case, of
cassava flour. Through this research, it was noticed that during the flour making process,
producers mobilize an informal Mathematics that has a relationship with school
Mathematics, particularly with area contents, unit of measurement magnitudes, basic
fundamental operations and the rule of three simple ones, which they use during all stages
of the process.
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