why we need math?

Question

the math is hard why we have to study it

Answer 1

It's Everywhere! It's Everywhere!
Math is everywhere and yet, we may not recognize it because it doesn't look like the math we did in school. Math in the world around us sometimes seems invisible. But math is present in our world all the time--in the workplace, in our homes, and in life in general.

You may be asking yourself, "How is math everywhere in my life? I'm not an engineer or an accountant or a computer expert!" Math is in your life from the time you wake until the time you go to sleep. You are using math each time you set your alarm, buy groceries, mix a baby's formula, keep score or time at an athletic event, wallpaper a room, decide what type of tennis shoe to buy, or wrap a present. Have you ever asked yourself, "Did I get the correct change?" or "Do I have enough gasoline to drive 20 miles?" or "Do I have enough juice to fill all my children's thermoses for lunch?" or "Do I have enough bread for the week?" Math is all this and much, much more.

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You Can Do It!
If you feel uncomfortable about math, here are some ideas to think about.

Math is a very important skill, one which we will all need for the future in our technological world. It is important for you to encourage your children to think of themselves as mathematicians who can reason and solve problems.

Math is a subject for all people. Math is not a subject that men can do better than women. Males and females have equally strong potential in math.

People in the fine arts also need math. They need math not only to survive in the world, but each of their areas of specialty requires an in-depth understanding of some math, from something as obvious as the size of a canvas, to the beats in music, to the number of seats in an audience, to computer-generated artwork.

Calculators and computers require us to be equally strong in math. Theft presence does not mean there is less need for knowing math. Calculators demand that people have strong mental math skills--that they can do math in their heads. A calculator is only as accurate as the person putting in the numbers. It can compute; it cannot think! Therefore, we must be the thinkers. We must know what answers are reasonable and what answers are outrageously large or small.

Positive attitudes about math are important for our country. The United States is the only advanced industrial nation where people are quick to admit that "I am not good in math." We need to change this attitude, because mathematicians are a key to our future.

The workplace is rapidly changing. No longer do people need only the computational skills they once needed in the 1940s. Now workers need to be able to estimate, to communicate mathematically, and to reason within a mathematical context. Because our world is so technologically oriented, employees need to have quick reasoning and problem-solving skills and the capability to solve problems together. The work force will need to be confident in math.

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Build Your Self-Confidence!
To be mathematically confident means to realize the importance of mathematics and feel capable of learning to

Use mathematics with ease;

Solve problems and work with others to do so;
Demonstrate strong reasoning ability;
See more than one way to approach a problem;
Apply mathematical ideas to other situations; and
Use technology.

Answer 2

I have to say that I'm always amused when people complain about math. The best part is that none of these complainers have reached a very high level of math (otherwise they would know why we need math.)

I admit that the techniques of mathematics you have to learn in elementary algebra, geometry, and arithmetic will probably not be useful in your day-to-day life. But my favourite part of math is its character building.

It takes a certain breed of people to do math well. The youngsters training for the International Mathematics Olympiad learn to struggle, fight, and grit their way through difficult proofs and theorems. This builds a unique "stick-to-it-edness" that I have yet to see in any other discipline.

So no, not everyone needs to be good at math. Not everyone can be good at math. But I think that if you continue, you'll find it most rewarding.

Answer 3

Math is the only language that every country uses. Its magical its takes you into a new universe and reaches to places inside you that you never knew you had. I dont know if youve discovered this but I love math. I live for maths and for all you thinking im having a giggle, im not. Maths is the answer to everything. Even in tough times, go on a math website and i swear to god it will lighten your mood. Every one knows it deep down but maybe you just haven't discovered it yet!you may think you might not need in the job of your dreams, however should i tell you something? You do. You god damn do. Ok? So listen here, to conclude, MATH IS EVERYTHING!thankyou good night.

Answer 4

Of course you need math. Math is everywhere! Just imagine, without math how would you calculate how many yards is a mile? But not everybody needs math. These people don't even need math! These people are:
Chicken Pluckers, Dishwashers, Lunch ladies, and prison guards.

Answer 5

Those who do not appreciate math are those who do not understand what math is all about. That is why the nature of math desperately needs to be explained. Simply put, math is about solving problems.
and that's why we can using our brain and just feel how interest is solving any problems :)
I thing that's why we need learn math .

Answer 6

U need math cause it's pretty much in every subject u do. U need math also for date and time, u need to have math for money as well and all sorts of other stuff we also need math for.

Answer 7

we need math because it is literally in everything you do in life. Even if you think you're doing nothing if you dig deep enough math is there. Even if you're dead math is there. Also without math, the device you used to type your question, the phones we use daily, and the TV we use to get entertainment, wouldn't exist.

Answer 8

math is everywhere in computers, T.V's,Xbox's and all electronic things f you dont have maths you wont be very good at any thing else you need math for IT math it self geography history when you see how long someone had lived off
so inclusion maths is all around us so EVERYONE needs math

Answer 9

We need math because without it we wouldn't be able to make building and stuff. We need to know how big a the building will be since it might fall down if it is to tall.

Answer 10

We need math because so that we can learn