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How Maths Is Useful In Day To Day Life?

Tell me about how maths is useful in day to day life and activities

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    I don't know, really - what's your day like? I mean, typical people go through their daily lives using various math concepts without even knowing it, but then again, you're an individual, and different people do different things. For example, maybe you don't use clocks. (Okay, most people do, but  believe it or not, not everyone does!) Or maybe you've never driven a car, or you're not much of a shopper. Perhaps you've never played sports, or watched television.

    But you have definitely used the Internet and have been able to ask this question, which makes it pretty unlikely that you've never done these things. How do these activities use math? Well, it's really simple.

    Clocks tell time, but only if you know how to interpret them, which uses math. In particular, telling time uses addition and subtraction.  How much longer until school gets out? How long did I sleep last night? When my favorite TV show on? And if you know how to use it, clocks involve what is called sexagesimal counting; that is, counting by sixties. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour.  
    So we think of 15 minutes as a quarter of an hour, for example.  That uses fraction concepts.

    We do a bit of math when we drive a car. We have an intuitive understanding of speed, for example. 30 miles per hour is slow, you might say, or 50 mph is too fast for barreling down local streets.  

    Same thing with sports, whether it's running track or seeing how far you can throw that football. How many yards is it to first down? How would you keep score without using math?

    Shopping involves lots of math. How much change would you get if you paid more than the actual cost? How would you calculate sales tax, or a 30% discount? Tons of math there.

    Then again, maybe you love to build things, so you decide to get into furniture design. You'll use geometry like there's no tomorrow....  How long do I need to make that cut, or what size should that dovetail joint be? What angle do I need to cut the panel by, to make it fit?

    If you're living in a technologically advanced society, just about everything involves math of some sort. The computer you use is a machine to do binary arithmetic incredibly fast; the house you live in was constructed by architects who had to specify its dimensions, and engineers who had to determine the loads the various parts could withstand. You would be hard pressed to find something that didn't relate to math in some way.
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    Kanza 

    answered 2 years ago

      Math is very useful especially nowadays because it comprises all activities which incurred on status,finance and accounting.all though,it's hard to understand the deepness of the values but still we need to cooperate with it.it doesn't matter how centavos  and millions you count.in the end,you will realize it is precious and valuable.
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      Kairaglam 

      answered 2 years ago

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