BASIC MATH 02
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While it may seem like math problems like the above have no real use in
life, this couldn’t be farther from the truth! Math is incredibly
important in our lives and, without realizing it, we use mathematical concepts,
as well as the skills we learn from doing math problems, every day. The
laws of mathematics govern everything around us, and without a good
understanding of them, one can encounter significant problems in life.
Read on to learn a few reasons that math is a powerful and incredibly
useful tool.
Learning math is good for your brain. Research conducted indicates
that children who know math are able to recruit certain brain regions more
reliably, and have greater gray matter volume in those regions, than those who
perform more poorly in math. The brain regions involved in higher math
skills in high-performing children were associated with various cognitive tasks
involving visual attention and decision-making. While correlation may not
imply causation, this study indicates that the same brain regions that help you
do math are recruited in decision-making and attentional processes.
Math helps you tell time. “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date.” –
White Rabbit from the movie Alice in Wonderland. Don’t let
your ignorance of math make you like the White Rabbit! A recent study indicated
that 4 out of 5 children living in Oklahoma City cannot read the hands on an
analog clock to tell time. Knowing math, and particularly, fractions,
can help you better tell time. While analog clocks may eventually become
obsolete, don’t let your ability to tell time become outdated! Use your
knowledge of fractions to help you tell time on analog clocks that have an
hour, minute, and (sometimes) second hand.
Math helps you with your finances. Math can be helpful for
balancing your budget because you will have a good understanding of how to make
sure that your costs are less than the money you have. Balancing one’s
bank account, for example, is an important life skill that requires math in
order to subtract balances. People who know math are therefore less
likely to go into debt because they did not know how much money they had versus
how much money they spent.
Math makes you a better cook (or baker). With a knowledge of math, for example, you
can quickly deduce that a half-cup of flour is the same thing as eight
tablespoons of flour. This can prove handy if you find that your half-cup
measure is missing. Likewise, if you are cooking from a recipe that
serves 4 people, but you need to feed 8 people, your math skills tell you that
you can simply double all of the necessary ingredients. Without math, you
may not have enough food (or have too much food) to feed your guests…
Math helps us have better problem-solving skills. Math helps us think
analytically and have better reasoning abilities. Analytical thinking
refers to the ability to think critically about the world around us. Reasoning
is our ability to think logically about a situation. Analytical and
reasoning skills are important because they help us solve problems and look for
solutions. While it may seem farfetched to think that solving the train
problem above can help you solve a problem in your life, the skills that you
use in framing the problem, identifying the knowns and unknowns, and taking
steps to solve the problem can be a very important strategy that can be applied
to other problems in life.
Math is used in practically every career in some way. Obviously,
mathematicians and scientists rely on mathematical principles to do the most
basic aspects of their work such as test hypotheses. While scientific
careers famously involve math, they are not the only careers to do so.
Even operating a cash register requires that one understands basic arithmetic.
People working in a factory must be able to do mental arithmetic to keep track
of the parts on the assembly line and must, in some cases, manipulate
fabrication software utilizing geometric properties (such as the dimensions of
a part) in order to build their products. Really, any job requires math
because you must know how to interpret your paycheck and balance your budget.
Math is all around us and helps us understand the world better. To live in a
mathematically-driven world and not know math is like walking through an art
museum with your eyes closed. Learning and appreciating math can help you
appreciate things that you would not otherwise notice about the world. In
reality, math is
everywhere! Don’t believe me? Read on for some examples of
math in nature.
Bees, masters of geometry, use hexagons to
build their honeycombs. The Fibonacci
sequence, a famous sequence of numbers in mathematics, is found
throughout nature: in pinecones, seashells, trees, flowers, and leaves.
The number pi can also be observed all around us. Pi is a cool number with
many unique properties. Pi is approximately 3.14, but in reality it is
greater than 3.14, with an infinite string of numbers after the decimal point.
Because pi is, in reality, an infinitely long number, it is expressed as the
Greek letter pi (π). It cannot be expressed as a fraction; numbers that
cannot be expressed as fractions are said to be irrational.
Pi is also transcendental, which means that it is non-algebraic;
this means that pi cannot be the solution of single-variable polynomial
equation whose coefficients are all integers. (By definition, all
transcendental numbers are also irrational.)
The number pi can be observed in the shapes of rivers. The ratio of a
river’s length to the distance from the source to its mouth is called the
“meandering ratio.” The average meandering ratio of rivers approaches the
number pi. It makes sense that the average meandering ratio of rivers
approaches pi, because rivers tend to bend into loops, which are circular in
nature. The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter is also
equal to pi.
Now that you know more about pi and about how math governs nature, don’t
you feel that you have a greater command over the mathematical laws of the
universe? It can be empowering to learn about mathematical principles
because it can help make sense of a world that, oftentimes, does not make much
sense.