whats the importance of math for this life?
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Logic\nCritical thinking\nQuantatative reasoning\n\nyou can't live without these tools for life. Without them one is lost and will not be productive.
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Your question is basically a philosophical  "Why is there math?"\nIt even borders to something massive as "Why is there a universe, why do we exist and what is the meaning of life?"\n\nThese are big questions and yes they probably have an answer tucked in the folds of the cosmos.  \n\nWithin our own realm of humanity we have such diversity and variety with crossover of culture.  Linguistics for example; so many languages, some like others but all different is a subject that describes humanity and different areas of the world.   But mathematics is a universal language, it is the same everywhere.  It is understandable to explain simple tasks of counting and measurement to the properties of physics.  Yes you know it does but you're asking why it does.  \n\nMathematics is about ideas: ideas of space, of time, of numbers, of relationships.
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you LIKE math????\n\nit takes a special kind of person i guess....lol
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If a mathematician is talking about life, he/she might be talking about the game of life. The game of life is played on a infinite grid, and there are some cells to start with. There is a simple rule to decide how a cell is born and dies. It generates pretty patterns. \nThis game seems to be pointless, but it is closely tied to chaos theory and cellular automata, which helps to solve very difficult calculus problems.
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Math is a natural extension of human needs to count and measure. Cavemen probably did need to compare groups of things (Which group of stones is larger?) and that leads to comparison words (> < =) in human languages. Then natural numbers are invented to communicate and count quantitatively (1 2 3 ...). More operations, plus, minus, multiply, divide, are invented as needs arise and human societies and technology become more complex. \n\nIt's likely that school math curricula more or less trace such historical progress from basic to complex math knowledge. Starting from comparisons in kindergarten and go through numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percents, in primary school. Most of these constructs were known millennia ago. Then algebra, geometry, trigonometry--now studied in high school--were invented within the last few thousand years. Analytic geometry and Calculus, the next major advances, were built on algebra & geometry knowledge and matured to today's form in the last few hundred years. Today, they are studied in late high school and university years. \n\nMany, many people throughout history contributed to the advances and accumulation math knowledge. Prominent mathematicians did more than most and three people are often hailed as the most outstanding of mathematicians in history: Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss.\n\nFor more details, see The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
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To find the meaning of life.
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Yes, it is. We live with math every day. Even a person who barely finshed high school and struggling to make ends meet will use math everyday.\nExamples: Anything and everything to do with money. Paying bills, buying stuff, arranging mortgage etc.,\nCooking: You use ratios, propertions, fractions percentages, to figure out recipes when you are doubling them, halving them etc.\nIf you are decorating your house or working on your garden - you use a lot of geometry, like measuring out the floor space etc.\nDressmaking - You figure out the amount of material you would require - form of geometry my dear.\nThe list could just go on.\nIf you are on medication - the dosage is generally decided on --grams/kg body weight.\nOrganising your day - planning schedules, alarms, time management etc.\nand the list would go on.
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What does this have to do with math?
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You must study and practice math .\n\nit is not a lesson you only read that . you must understand.\n\nit is good you practice and when you have problem try to\n\nfind answer or answer from your teacher .
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Because it has no real form, there are many equations, and new ones being invented every day, Math is the base of life, its more opionion than fact thats its abstract, Math is a mystery just like humans, evolution or space.\n\nIf you really think about it hard and long you will come to the conclution thats its a mystery.
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I suppose you could think of it like this: Everyone who seriously studies mathematics should realize the beauty of it, and perceive its fundamental truths. So truth and beauty combined are the rewards of mathematics. However, there is no denying that pure mathematics is perhaps the most challenging of all subjects. For some, this takes away from or DIVIDES the effects of the truth and beauty.
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Mathematics is the only 'pure' form of communication and information that exists. 2+2=4, always has, always will.\nThere are many opinionated forms of knowledge such as History, Religion, Evolution, etc. Math is the only exact form that cannot be left to speculation. You can debate an answer to a problem but the answer never changes from its own truth.  40 divided by point 5 equals 80. Always has, always will.
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Consider math to be a game with game rules you must learn how to use.  In a clothing store, you shop around for a shirt or pants, etc. that fit your body.  With math (including algebra, trig, and calculus, etc.) you shop around for something that fits your problem and later helps solve your real life problems.  Only you must know how to play the games and calculate accurately first.  Right now you will never know how much math you will need in your future job(s).  Good luck.
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You might! Really.\n\nBut what it is important for right now is teaching your brain how to cope with complex systems that follow rigid rules.  If you can grasp & control that basic notion by mastering Calculus, you can do anything.\n\nTrust me!\n\nGood luck!
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Math.  Why do we need to know half of the things they teach us in it???
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They are all important hmmm I would have to say Family and School are most important.  speaking from years of experience and being able to look back.  \n\nSocial life is nice. It is for the moment though.  Family is for your life.  So if you don't put importance on it now - it will affect how things are in the future.  The same thing goes for School - if you don't put the time in and try to do well - in the future you will probably regret it.  \n\nFriends will come and go - good ones will STAY.  So you will have the time for the social life when that time is right.  Don't screw up your family relationships and your future by putting your social life first.
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Math skills help develop one's analytical abilities. Some people are gifted in math and it is easy for them. Others have difficulty with math. If you did well in grade school with math, then you will do well in higher education. Statistics should be a math course that you should consider.