use algebra in your day to day life?
2007-06-11 14:30:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I think Algebra is fun! It's a brain teaser...good for problem solving.
2007-06-12 01:06:40 · answer #1 · answered by asldfkjdfj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think in a way Algebra is good to be in the curriculum for high school it helps students prepare for Algebra in college and help them to decide if they want to take college algebra in high school so that they can get it out of the way for college.
2007-06-12 19:25:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bead_Diva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Algebra is probably the one math class you will use every day. It helps you figure out how much an item costs on sale, whether the value meal really is a value, how much you'll make at the end of a month, what kind of gas mileage your vehicle gets, how long the road trip will take assuming you follow the speed limit, and countless other everyday activites.
2007-06-11 22:16:40 · answer #3 · answered by Cathe B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't use algebra, but knowing it has proven useful in several things I do use occasionally, such as setting up spreadsheets, doing a little light computer programming, and understanding how some things relate to each other mathematically.
It might not hurt to update and modernize algebra and the way it is taught, but I wouldn't eliminate it. It is a key to several other math disciplines and should be kept in some form.
2007-06-12 03:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by Warren D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The physicist Edmond Teller said in an interview once that he had a lifetime love of mathematics. "Except of course,"he said" for Algebra which is little rules for little people." Algebra is a hard subject to love. But it does give the formal rules for our number system and is of great use in some types of more advanced work. It is the first year course of the language of math.
2007-06-12 15:52:35 · answer #5 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use algebra in my everyday life, even though I am still in highschool. When it comes to money and other things, I always use algebra and I am grateful that I have been expanding my knowledge of it for the last 5 years because it really does help.
2007-06-11 21:38:04 · answer #6 · answered by amandoecaboodle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What it does is make you think critically and that in turns helps you rationalize things in ways you may not have thought about.
2007-06-11 22:13:11 · answer #7 · answered by Bizzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋