Essay: Use of Mathematics in Daily Life

Mathematics is probably one of the most feared subjects among students in high school and college. The very nature of the subject involving complex manipulation of equations using a full range of key mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, is something that students do not like doing. Mathematics is a subject that involves logic and everything in it is based on logical applications. For instance, we can never claim that 2+2 can ever be equal to 5 as it is 4, so coming back to the main point; mathematics is something that is based on pure facts and what is tangible. There is no room for errors and false assumptions in mathematics. However, despite it being so unpopular it is vital for everyday living. We like it or not but the use of mathematical functions are always there in our day to day living unconsciously. During Shopping When we go to malls we make purchases of particular household or other kinds of items. We use mathematics when we exchange these items for certain amount of money. Therefore, we have to make calculations orally as how much a particular item is worth, how much amount do we need to pay, in case we pay more than the specified price of the item how much change we will receive. We perform all these calculations unconsciously but what we are doing is basically using mathematical functions.