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The Importance of Mathematics in Everyday Life
The Importance of Mathematics in Everyday Life
The Importance of Mathematics in Everyday Life
By
Laure Gouba
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
6 Melrose Road, Muizenberg 7945, South Africa
06 May 2008
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 2
Mathematics
1. The definition of mathematics from Britannica concise encyclopedia
is “ Science of structure, order, and relation that has evolved from
counting, measuring and describing the shapes of object. It deals
with logical reasoning and quantitative calculations.“
2. 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 that there were no mathematics at all, how would it be
possible for us to count days, months and years?
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 4
Percentage
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 7
Percentage
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 8
Medicine/Pharmacy
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 9
Area
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 12
Geometry in clothing
Importance of Mathematics in everyday life Slide 13