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What Is The Real Use Of Mathematics In Real Life?

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    Everyday life would be quite difficult if you had no knowledge of maths whatsoever.  On a basic level you need to able to count your money, multiply, subtract and divide.  You need a knowledge of maths if you want to do some DIY at home, to work out how much material to buy for a job.  More advanced mathematics is essential if you take up any kind of  technical career such as engineering.  Working on algebra and geometry also helps with reasoning skills and assists later in life with technical problem solving.  Living your day to day life without maths would be extremely difficult.  Even if you were a nomad in the desert you would want to count your goats wouldn't you?
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    Hoby 

    answered 3 years ago

    o_O so maths is important in our life so not big deal. u thnk really close u understand and u will be stunned WHO CREATED NUMBERS HOW DID HE Y DID HE WAnT USE?
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    Guest

    Guest

    commented 2 years ago

    Math is cool to do and helps you in real life!!!!
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    Guadalupem

    Guadalupem

    commented 12 months ago

    In fact the only real thing around us is mathematics.
    No science can exist without mathematics.
    A logical thinking is a mathematical thinking.
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    Themhz

    Themhz

    commented 2 months ago

      There are lots of real uses of mathematics in our life. All the mathematics terms base on counting.
      Today our all businesses base on counting. There is no concept of business without mathematics.
      Before the mathematics rules people use barter system. They give there goods to others and take the goods from other people. But this system can not continue longer when need of humans increased day by day.
      We cannot deny the importance of mathematics in our daily life. When we got to shop to purchase some thing we need mathematics.
      When some one comes to our shop to purchase some thing we need calculations.
      But the most important use of mathematics in our technologies can not be contradicted. Our most of the system base on computers and all the computer technology are stands on mathematical rules. All computers work on binary code, code of zero and one.
      So we cannot deny the importance of mathematics in real life.
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      Pretty123 

      answered 3 years ago

      Good
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      Samivelc

      Samivelc

      commented 9 months ago

      How do mathematics do to move toward to the academic excellence and technology? What do you yhink?
      I think it can improve our skills it can make our self more confidence! But some people conscious or in other word they are totally shy to show their talent! But what we know that this is the key to our sucess so dont be conscious to show our talent!
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      Rhein28

      Rhein28

      commented 2 months ago

        Mathematics do play a big part in our daily lives. Mathematical functions like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and so on are used in our daily activities. From poor to rich , all have to some how use mathematics in their real lives. Consider a housewife, who has to run her house in the given budget. She divides money according to her needs and estimates about the expenses and then spends it according her range. From the advent of civilization, man learn to count using stones and beads. In the earliest civilization, barter-system was used. Now-a-days, all day to day transactions in a multi-national or national companies involve mathematical operations .
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        M_mirza 

        answered 3 years ago

        Mathematics is a tool through which we can solve real, daily problems. For example, if I want to construct a bungalow, problems include how to construct it? How much area will it occupy? How many rooms can be put up? Size of each and every space? How much material will be mandatory? Construction cost?

        Mathematics help us to get solve such problems.
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        Ekka 

        answered 3 years ago

        As an architect i think it helps us in knowing the difference between shapes…
        Why we used circular pipes instead of straight although having same diameter
        It's all about volume of spaces; to know how to fit something in space of any size.
        It's about anthropometry; measurement. On a bigger scale you came to know that in vitruvius diagram a persons body can be fitted on same size of a circle and square.
        Obviously to add, subtract, multiply and divide
        To know what's the time, the most precious thing.
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        Some1 

        answered 3 years ago

          As a land surveyor I use things as simple as adding/subtracting to calculus everyday. In high school I ask myself a lot,when it came to word problems and putting letters with numbers I just thought what's the use and actually guessed or skipped them kind of questions.Come to find out that is one of the biggest things in my career.I'm no genius by no means,but overall mathematics for those interested,helps you become a better thinker for all areas of life because of all the variables that are involved.
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          Johndoc 

          answered 3 years ago

          Living a life unknowing 'Maths' would be living in random oblivion. Mathematics is primarily used for the purpose of scientific calculation of figures and objects. In real life the use of Mathematics can be applicable to every aspect, field, profession and subject etc. In IT field, in Statistics, in Accounts, in Algebra, in Geometry, for instance, Mathematics is used for calculating, multiplying, subtracting, division, differentiating, manipulating and managing the data in desired form. In other professions Mathematics can merely be used for the calculation of currency, recording the profits and loss. In ordinary life Mathematics can be used for the calculation of any specific or general sort. Concisely it can be said that Mathematics can be used for the authentic and scientific variation between and calculation of numbers, amounts, quantities etc; measurements of the frequencies of light and sound, of distance.
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          G_n_r 

          answered 3 years ago

          There are many different kinds of maths you use every day. Ever throw a ball, that includes geometry, inertia, spacial calculations, and so on.
          If you walk; geometry, friction, and again spacial relationship are used.
          While shopping; adding, subtracting, algebra and multiplication are employed.
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          Chatter 

          answered 3 years ago

          Without math, one would not be able to function in the REAL world.  We use math to purchase things we want, we use math to measure, tell time and so on.  We all need the basics but having a more advanced knowledge in math such as geometry, algebra and metric system always helps. As they say knowledge is 'priceless.'

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          Finndandi 

          answered 3 years ago

          The literal meaning of mathematics is "Things which can be counted", now you can think that counting has vital role in our daily life, just imagine if there were no mathematics at all, how it would be possible for us to count days, months and years.
          Moreover, it is also believed that 'Mathematics is the mother of all sciences'. This also shows us that all the sciences that are evolved have a sound foundation in mathematics, if we go further in debate it would be justified to say that the blessings of all these modern sciences and technologies are only possible with mathematics.
          To clarify further my point of view about the topic, let me take an example.
          Imagine we are in the Stone Age and you have some pet animals (like horses, donkeys or any boarding animal) to carry wood on them for fire.
          One day when there is intense cold and you need extra stack of wood as compare to normal need, for that reason you need more animals to carry extra woods. Now how can you estimate  how many more animals you need to bear an extra stack of wood?
          Here mathematics plays a vital role and can help you to figure out how many extra animals you need to have for extra stack of wood that you need to spend that intense cold day.
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          Spiderman4 

          answered 3 years ago

          I do believe that mathematics is very important. The only thing that interest me though, is how would a person survive in the real world if he don't have any knowledge about mathematics
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          Nel_25

          Nel_25

          commented 11 months ago

            Mathematics is very important for life since it helps us to quantify all the visible and invisible things with which we are dealing in daily life. It is human nature that they do not have complete confidence in the subjective or relative things, in the modern day of today the objective things are preferred and trusted more than the subjective things. Mathematics helps us to have an objective view of the different things we are dealing with. It helps us in making calculations about the things which are not physically developed like for buildings before construction.

            We do calculations and ensure if their design is safe or not, similarly mathematics helps us to plan things for future either is any production environment for products or services. It helps us to have an idea that how much earning or spending has been done and would it be beneficial to do a certain activity or not. In today's world mathematics is being applied everywhere like in the economy of a country, construction of buildings, marking and evaluation of persons. It would be appropriate to say that mathematics has helped a lot in achieving the fast speed life with all its comforts and delights.
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            Asims 

            answered 3 years ago

            Mathematics is used as a problem solver in every field of science. Mathematics is playing a very important role in our daily lives. In fact mathematics is involved directly or indirectly wherever we go and every thing that we may use.

            Since you must be using a personal computer or notebook or mobile phone with GPRS for reading my answer so whatever sources you might be using for accessing internet is based on the mathematics. Your communication device must have some computing speed, amount of memory, storage space etc so without mathematics it will not be possible for us to know even about the resources our computing device has got.

            It's a very simple application and example of mathematics. Another very simple application is calendar year. How we know that today is Tuesday? It was Friday on May 13, 2007? It's actually mathematics that gives/provides us all this information.

            How we know that if travel at 60 miles per hour it'll take us 3 hours to reach from city A to city B? Again it's another application of mathematics.

            There is a cost for everything that we may use or purchase from markets so what's a cost? What are utility bills? What's the ticket price? These are all applications of mathematics.
            These are very simple applications of mathematics. Mathematics is at the core of all the communication technologies, it's used in accounting, finance etc in short we are using mathematics in some form or another everywhere in our daily lives.
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            Blues 

            answered 3 years ago

            Mathematics is very important and you do not know when you will need them.  I didn't pay enough attention to my maths lessons and i really regret that now.  My first job, i never really needed maths but now i use them everyday in my new job.  Excel is a great place to get a computer to do your maths for you!  But you will use maths when you go to buy fruit from the shop all the way through to checking your bank statements every month.
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            Hugger38 

            answered 3 years ago

            There are many uses of maths in our real life. For calculating the amount we get If we give any one principal, for adding the amount to give to the shopkeepers in the shop and many other things.
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            Susmi_ch 

            answered 3 years ago

            Maths is all around us. It is present in different forms; it is very important that we take note of it. Things are measured or accurate due to maths. Mathematics has a prominent role to play in our daily life. We even didn't realize that maths is involves in every sort of activities. Whenever we pick up the phone, manage the money, travel to some other place, unintentionally in all these things maths is involved.

            If we are quick at mental arithmetic, it will help you a lot in saving hundreds of pounds or dollars in the supermarket. And if you have knowledge of statistics it will help you see through the baloney (non sense, lies) in television adverts or newspapers. You can also understand different kinds of information about the football or cricket team. Even simple maths equations are just around us, like spherical shapes of soap bubbles, ripples on the surface of water. Maths help engineer in making different shapes with geometrical shape the structure of the building was not possible. The beauty of maths is not only around us but a strong know how of maths help us in every day life too. Just start looking around you and you will find that how maths is help full to you in your life.
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            Attitaurus 

            answered 3 years ago

              Better yet, just think if it weren't for maths becoming harder over the years we wouldn't have  confusion. We think we get bored now- everything would become so dull it would become monotonous and very "hum-drum" boring.
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              Kamela58 

              answered 3 years ago

              There are many uses of mathematics in real life most likely in jobs like accounting, banking , store manager or just working at a simple fast food store.
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              Uchicken 

              answered 3 years ago

              I use maths every day. When I am making my monthly budget, when I am even playing a video game on my computer, or writing my script programs. I used to ask that same question when I was attending school. But now I know. We are never without maths.
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              Confused1 

              answered 3 years ago

              In the real life mathematics has great benefits for us like we can calculate easily and if we don't know about maths we can not calculate easily. We go on a shop for purchasing and the seller tells us the price of a thing like the price of bathing soap is Rs. 9. and if we give him Rs. 10. we will back us Rs. 01. This is possible through mathematics.
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              Abid_117 

              answered 3 years ago

              You may find ourself wondering what use we have for some of the knowledge we obtain from math class in school. Although i will say that often i wonder taht myself, i reassure myself that almost everything learned in the past has become of use to me and why would this specific incidence be any differently..? But its true think about it... The geometry used to createeven just the wheels on your car.. Or the amount of adding, subrating and multiplying you do just on the weekly shopping trip. When you balance your checkbook or just when your keeping track of your credit card, it all requires math, not to mention hundreds of things and beyond that i nor the other people here have commented on. So the next time that u think that its useless information, think about it maybe even do some research, sometimes life can be suprising. =]
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              Jollybear6 

              answered 2 years ago

              In every thing we do we do maths. When we have a bath we do maths. Maths is simple ,we just have to put our mind to it . I love Maths because I am good at it .
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              Kithtana

              Kithtana

              commented 9 months ago

                Maths statistics we use in our daily life like graphs
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                Guest

                Guest 

                answered 8 months ago

                What are some instances in which geometry is used in everyday life?
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                Guest

                Guest 

                answered 8 months ago

                The application of  maths is seen every moment, right from the moment we wake up from bed in the morning till the moment we again go back to  bed at night.As soon as we wake up, we first of all give a big yawn-that makes us think for how long we have yawned?--3 to 5 seconds?Here maths comes!Again when we look at the clock, we realise how late we have got up!--8:30 a.m!Here the part called Time of mathematics is put to focus.Even when we brush our teeth, we should know how much amount of toothpaste we must use--it's written on the tubes that children below the age of 6 years should use only a pea-sized amount of it.Again, we must keep a track of how much time we have to take to brush our teeth.Then comes the time of studying..we keep a regular routine of how long we must study a particular subject and i often hear my mom saying me."You must keep a little extra time for Maths and Science.."Then comes bathing---we take a certain amount of water  which we can count in litres.Now if i have to go on saying for the whole day about the use of maths in real life, i would not be able to complete it in a day!The list is endless!
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                Guest

                Guest 

                answered 8 months ago

                Mathematics is very important in our daily life because it is necessary everywhere like in business....          It is very interesting subject it is used in measuring anything!!!!!!!!!!
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                Guest

                Guest 

                answered 7 months ago

                Yes, its true that we use maths in everyday in our life. Maths is an integral part of our life.
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                Guest

                Guest 

                answered 6 months ago

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                  Guest

                  Guest 

                  answered 6 months ago

                  There are many things that we can do with maths but nothing is without maths.
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                  Guest

                  Guest 

                  answered 6 months ago

                  The literal meaning of mathematics is "Things which can be counted", now you can think that counting has vital role in our daily life, just imagine if there were no mathematics at all, how it would be possible for us to count days, months and years.
                  Moreover, it is also believed that 'Mathematics is the mother of all sciences'. This also shows us that all the sciences that are evolved have a sound foundation in mathematics, if we go further in debate it would be justified to say that the blessings of all these modern sciences and technologies are only possible with mathematics
                  Mathematics is very important for life since it helps us to quantify all the visible and invisible things with which we are dealing in daily life. It is human nature that they do not have complete confidence in the subjective or relative things, in the modern day of today the objective things are preferred and trusted more than the subjective things. Mathematics helps us to have an objective view of the different things we are dealing with. It helps us in making calculations about the things which are not physically developed like for buildings before construction.

                  We do calculations and ensure if their design is safe or not, similarly mathematics helps us to plan things for future either is any production environment for products or services. It helps us to have an idea that how much earning or spending has been done and would it be beneficial to do a certain activity or not. In today's world mathematics is being applied everywhere like in the economy of a country, construction of buildings, marking and evaluation of persons. It would be appropriate to say that mathematics has helped a lot in achieving the fast speed life with all its comforts and delights
                  Mathematics is used as a problem solver in every field of science. Mathematics is playing a very important role in our daily lives. In fact mathematics is involved directly or indirectly wherever we go and every thing that we may use.
                  Maths is all around us. It is present in different forms; it is very important that we take note of it. Things are measured or accurate due to maths. Mathematics has a prominent role to play in our daily life. We even didn't realize that maths is involves in every sort of activities. Whenever we pick up the phone, manage the money, travel to some other place, unintentionally in all these things maths is involved.

                  If we are quick at mental arithmetic, it will help you a lot in saving hundreds of pounds or dollars in the supermarket. And if you have knowledge of statistics it will help you see through the baloney (non sense, lies) in television adverts or newspapers. You can also understand different kinds of information about the football or cricket team. Even simple maths equations are just around us, like spherical shapes of soap bubbles, ripples on the surface of water. Maths help engineer in making different shapes with geometrical shape the structure of the building was not possible. The beauty of maths is not only around us but a strong know how of maths help us in every day life too. Just start looking around you and you will find that how maths is help full to you in your life
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                  Guest

                  Guest 

                  answered 5 months ago

                  It is important because it will help you out later on in money and other things hope this helped =)
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                  Puddingegg 

                  answered 1 month ago

                  To calclulate, we learn basics of mathematics to learn calculations, same goes for further classes such as algebra, etc.
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                  Jdee_jay 

                  answered 3 years ago

                    Maths is basically about solving problems and calculating different things. So if you are good in maths, you are good at solving problems and calculating things first hand.
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                    Makay 

                    answered 3 years ago

                    To add, subtract, multiply and divide.
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                    ___emma___ 

                    answered 3 years ago

                    So you can add and subtract money.
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                    Kcatkcat11 

                    answered 3 years ago

                    Maths should only consist of basic maths like addition subtraction and simple operations something which can actually help us in life
                    calculus and many ither branches of maths may be allied with astronomy and physics but its a complete waste of time and energy for the laymans world
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                    Ryuuku09

                    commented 3 days ago

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