Every single math problem I have encountered as an adult was an algebraic word problem or worse.
Balancing your check book is a fine and dandy thing to know how to do and necessary for life as well as being able to calculate how much income tax you owe. But what about your monthly budget? If you make $10 and hour, but owe 15% of that to withholding then you take home pay will be reduced. How many hours do you have to work to be able to afford to pay for your rent, your utilities and your food bill? If you have $100 in the bank and the new CD you want costs $20, but you owe $500 on a credit card with 14% interest how much do you need to pay to pay off the credit card and when can you pay it off? These are the every day math questions that you will encounter.
Writers get paid by the word, so you need to know how much that is and if $0.03/word is worth your time. Librarians need to be able to budget how many new books they can order and figure out fines. These jobs are usually thought of as ones not needing math; but they do.
If you take any technical field then you will find that physics and math penetrate them and run through them like the Mississippi River runs through the US. You can’t get very far without encountering math and physics, so many formulas for work are based on them and you often need a more evolved understanding to be able to do your work. Calculating the load on a building doesn’t require calculus, but the formulas were derived through it and can get to be complex. If you are an engineer then physics and math will be your lifeblood. Even an electrician needs to know how to figure out the electrical load on a circuit and how much wattage it will use.
Schools don’t tell you how valuable math is and how much you need it because ornery teenagers will then come up with reasons why they think they don’t need it or can get by without it. They don’t explain that what you learn is cumulative and that high school never prepares you for college; unless you take the advanced courses. They also don’t explain the simple things in life like the requirement to handle a word problem to just spend your money wisely.
2007-12-31 07:41:36
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answered by Dan S 7
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Put on your thinking cap and think about some of my examples:
Media Math-Consumer price index, reading tables & Graphs
Kitchen Math-Equalities,measuring
Home Improvement-computing areas, how much to buy when building--and how to measure correctly, sewing quilts.
Figuring your bills-reading electric meters to check your bills, figuring your phone costs, BTU's
Cars and Gas-Miles per gallon, RPM's and gear ratios
Photography- getting proper exposure, shutter speeds and lens openings.
Games-playing cards, backgammon, poker and craps. (odds and probability)
Conversions- for measurements and metrics, temperatures, currency conversions.
Banking-loans & interest, tax brackets, checkbooks, credit card interest, investments returns, stocks and bonds.
etc. etc. etc.
You see the point of math in our daily life. :>)
Most important--to make sure you don't get ripped out when you spend $100. bill for a $1.25 soda---you want to get the correct change.
2007-12-31 07:41:55
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answered by Mama Mia 7
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The only thing you need to know in math is how to count, so you can count your money, otherwise you don't need it.
2007-12-31 07:38:44
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answered by Noname 2
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all math fundamentals are present in life - from cash exchange to stopping a car - you must use estimates
to solve simple problems
2007-12-31 07:35:27
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answered by Anonymous
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giving money to a store for an iteam, adding tacks to iteams in the store
2007-12-31 07:30:56
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answered by Charlotte 2
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There are numerous applications of mathematics in real life, what math are you taking? It all depends on that.
2007-12-31 07:28:51
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answered by apcalculushelp 3
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hmmm depends on ur career
2007-12-31 07:28:44
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answered by Anonymous
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