What Is the point of maths?
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Firstly look at all the different engineering feats that men has ever engaged in - for example your desk, the home you live in, lights, cars, highways, computers, TV, Internet, commerical planes, ipod etc - everything is related to mathematics!\n\nWhile eating your meal think about this, how would a chef be able to cook that delicious dish without the use of mathematical principles of proportion.\n\nThe designer clothes that you are currently wearing, how would the designer be able to create such clothes without the help of mathematical measuring instruments.\n\nThe back engine of any business enterprise is mathematics! Without a sound mathematical business strategy, business can go bankrupt overnight!\n\nAnd the list goes on! \n\nSorry to say, but i think you had a very lousy Mathematics Teacher!
429122
our life is based on math, but we dont notice usually, for example , when look at your points in yahoo answers and try to increase it, it means u use an exteremely mathematical logic, thank u  , bye
89158
r u crazy? i dont know maths
756365
it's not that. other subjects do set homework, but people are more interested in maths. they like maths than any other subject.
1158988
Everything involves math whether we like it, or not, whether we realize it, or not, it's all around us, and if it wasn't for math  the world wouldn't be what it is today!!! I really hate doing math problems at school and all that kind of stuff, but I'm really thankful that I'm not going to be a mathematician or something with a lot of math when I finish my career, so I really don't worry about it and let the math geeks...I mean...math experts do their thing!!!
473117
In order for math to be interesting to you, you should make it part of you, and part of your life. you would have to use it in your every day life basis. don't use it like when you have to do your homework or practice for SAT, but use it like when you are eating, look for what is the percentage of each category of food you are eating, make equation about it, and you will practice even without knowing. like if you playing cards or marbles, or dices, whatever you are doing, just make it mathematically, and once you do that, math is going to be part of your basic life and it is going to be fun for you, you understand it more and more, cause sometimes this is what i usually do.
491300
Yes there should be maths in school coz our lives is based on calculations\n\nEspecially MONEY !!!\n\n$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Well maths is the foundation of most ares of science, especially physics, and physics relates to many jobs in fields like engineering etc. Trigonometry in maths at first seems to just relate to triangles, but apart from finding unknown sides and angles, it has many applications. the relationship between the sides of a triangle, in terms of sine, cosine and tangent apply to many areas of physics. You may have heard of trig graphs, and in physics, you can see how many things like waves, simple harmonic motion and AC current all relate to trigonometrical concepts, that is, looking at objects in motion in terms of a reference circle
544090
In your question, is there a point?
488044
Mathematics is not only functional but also beautiful.  Did you know that you can get a Math degree in Science or Arts?\n\nAnyway balancing an equation or putting it in its simplest form means removing all the extraneous and distracting information so that you can see the core idea more clearly.\n\nA simple example:  Lets look at the following equation.  13x=208  At first glance it is hard to see that x=16 so we want to simplify the equation.  The equals sign is kinda like a fulcrum or a pivot point.  If you do the same thing to both sides of the equation then it stays balanced (and stays true)  In this case divide both sides by 13 and you can see now that x=6.  \n\nFor the two equations 13x=208 and x=6.  They have the same meaning but one is easier to understand because it is in a simpler form.  To get from one to the other we have to maintain balance.
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Mathematics (colloquially, maths or math) is the body of knowledge centered on concepts such as quantity, structure, space, and change, and the academic discipline which studies them; Benjamin Peirce called it "the science that draws necessary conclusions"[1] . It evolved, through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, from counting, calculation, measurement, and the study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Mathematicians explore such concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.[2]\n\nKnowledge and use of basic mathematics have always been an inherent and integral part of individual and group life. Refinements of the basic ideas are visible in ancient mathematical texts originating in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient India, with increased rigour later introduced by the ancient Greeks. From this point on, the development continued in short bursts until the Renaissance period of the 16th century where mathematical innovations interacted with new scientific discoveries leading to an acceleration in understanding that continues to the present day.[3]\n\nToday, mathematics is used throughout the world in many fields, including science, engineering, medicine and economics. The application of mathematics to such fields, often dubbed applied mathematics, inspires and makes use of new mathematical discoveries and has sometimes led to the development of entirely new disciplines. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics for its own sake without having any practical application in mind, although applications for what begins as pure mathematics are often discovered later on.\n\n\nHistory\nA quipu, a counting device used by the Inca.\nEnlarge\nA quipu, a counting device used by the Inca.\n\n    Main article: History of mathematics\n\nThe evolution of mathematics might be seen to be an ever-increasing series of abstractions, or alternatively an expansion of subject matter. The first abstraction was probably that of numbers. The realization that two apples and two oranges have something in common was a breakthrough in human thought. In addition to recognizing how to count physical objects, prehistoric peoples also recognized how to count abstract quantities, like time — days, seasons, years. Arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), naturally followed. Monolithic monuments testify to knowledge of geometry.\n\nFurther steps need writing or some other system for recording numbers such as tallies or the knotted strings called quipu used by the Inca empire to store numerical data. Numeral systems have been many and diverse.\n\nFrom the beginnings of recorded history, the major disciplines within mathematics arose out of the need to do calculations relating to taxation and commerce, to understand the relationships among numbers, to measure land, and to predict astronomical events. These needs can be roughly related to the broad subdivision of mathematics, into the studies of quantity, structure, space, and change.\n\nMathematics since has been much extended, and there has been a fruitful interaction between mathematics and science, to the benefit of both. Mathematical discoveries have been made throughout history and continue to be made today. According to Mikhail B. Sevryuk, in the January 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, "The number of papers and books included in the Mathematical Reviews database since 1940 (the first year of operation of MR) is now more than 1.9 million, and more than 75 thousand items are added to the database each year. The overwhelming majority of works in this ocean contain new mathematical theorems and their proofs."
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yes.As we know, mathematics plays an important role in our life. Plus, when we think about it, everything around us use mathematical theory. This proves that english can saves our soul. Without it, we may live in stoneage.
970680
MATH IS SO COOL... \n\n\n\n\n\nnot
824475
What does this have to do with math you idiot?
861488
There would be two schools of thought there;  The first being that maths is logic, there can be no invention by definition of logic.  The second being that mathematics is, if you will, only the language invented by humankind in order to utilise the discovery of intrinsic logic. E.g.; something is the opposite of nothing. Something as well as something are somethings. The real Question is; which came first? (We'll tolerate neither chicken nor egg jokes from the peanut gallery thnx)
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Abstract mathematics is a huge field, with many parts. I would say, the simplest way to think about is that it is not focused on applications, like problems from engineering, or physics, or chemistry or economics. The problems in pure math, or abstract math, come from the field itself. \n\nIn real math, there is very little done with arithmetic. It all is about constructing rules for systems, called axioms, and then finding out what the implications of those axioms are. The main activity is doing proofs, which can be very challenging. \n\nIt includes things like set theory, and number theory. \n\nAnd for 2+2=5: if you set up your axioms the right way, you can prove anything. For example, what do the symbols 2, +, = and 5 mean anyway?
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Isn't that the point?