Is math useful? / myLot

United States

December 10, 2006 9:52pm CST

Just wondering how often in the real world you use math beyond basic addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, and counting.

5 responses

lizeri

@lizeri (533)

• Philippines

14 Apr 07

In banking, we use math in terms of knowing the interest rates and when a person deposits or withdraw money. I medicine, the number of times and the amount of medicine a sick person can take is another application. Of course, in business, you must know all math or you will lose it.

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psnogi

@psnogi (545)

• India

11 Dec 06

engineering maths is not useful, also probability maths, topics like trigo , permu combi , number systems are very useful and applied to real life, most important application is of GEOMETRY

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blilley7

@blilley7 (196)

• United States

11 Dec 06

I think it depends on the situation you find yourself in. I personally have used algebra and geometry more often than I expected and am grateful to know it. You will find that many times you wish you remembered more - in all areas of learning. Grasp what you can now. :)

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@web2samus (255)

• Uruguay

17 Apr 07

well I think you use it almost everywhere but not directly, what you use are the results of that; by example you're now using a computer, that computer is actually built upon an enormous amount of math and science, the same with the network and each and every modern tool you may use.

@eipril (401)

• Philippines

20 Apr 07

it's very useful .,^_^ because it's everywhere ,.we use it wherever we go ,,like for example ..when you buy in a store .,you need to count how much do you give to buy commodities that you want .,.