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Common uses for maths?

Everybody uses math whether they realize it or not. Shopkeepers use mathematics to calculate the price, your totals, theirs tax, and your change. Chefs use math to change the amount the ingredients a recipe will take to produce. Travelers will use math to find time of arrivals and departures to plan their trips. Even house owners use math to determine the cost of materials doing their chores.

What professions use math?

  1. Accountants assist businesses by working on their profit and loses, they calculate your tax exposure. They calculate forecast for you business
  2. Farmers calculate how much fertilizers, pesticides, and water to produce successful crops.
  3. Architects  use mathematic to ensure that their are design buildings that are structural sound. They must know how to calculate loads for finding acceptable materials in design.
  4. Computer Programmers use mathematics to create complex sets of instructions called programs/software to resolve various problems and solutions.
  5. Nurses carry out the detailed instructions doctors give them. They adjust intravenous drip rates, take vitals, dispense medicine, and even assist in operations, .
  6. Politicians help solve the social problems of our time by making complicated decisions.
  7. Technicians repair and maintain the technical gadgets we depend on like computers, TV's, VCR's, cars, refrigerators, ... They are always reading measuring devices, referring to manuals, and diagnosing system problems.
  8. Tradesmen (carpenters, electricians, mechanics, and plumbers) calculate each jobs cost. They also use mathematic to calculate technical skills specific to their field. They deal with slopes, areas, volumes, distances and must have an excellent foundation in math.