Math is probably the hardest subject in school. Many of you do not like math. You might have wondered why math is taught in schools. What is the importance of math in real life? What is the use of multiplication or division in real life? What will happen if we do not learn math? These are some of the questions that arise in your mind. You will be delighted to learn that math plays a key role in our lives by providing us many great things.
1. Math is an important subject. It is used in nearly all our everyday activities. You go to the shopkeeper and buy something. He calculates the total price and you pay him money. If you do not know addition then you would not be able to purchase anything from the shop on your own. You will need the help of some one to calculate the total price for you. By learning math you can solve many of your problems. You do not depend on others for such regular activities.
2. Your life is regulated by proper division of time. The time table in your school is made by using math. Even at your home you divide time for various activities. You make a routine in which there are different timings to watch television and do your homework, etc. if you don’t learn math then you may not be able to manage your daily activities properly. Math helps you schedule many things so you have more time to have fun.
3. Math can help you to calculate traveling time and distance. You can measure the distance from your school to your house and divide it with your traveling speed to find your exact traveling time. It enables you to count, add or subtract various amounts of things in your life. For instance, if you want to divide chocolates amongst your friends, then you must know how to divide.
4. When your mom or dad brings in something to eat, for example a pizza, you can give every person his or her share, by using math. You can do that by dividing the pieces of pizza for your family members. If you are four family members then every one will get two pieces out of the eight pieces of pizza. Math makes your life better by helping you out in everyday activities.
5. Math gives you the power to solve every day problems in real life. For example, your mom gives you some money to buy a pen and a notebook from the stationery store. There are various pens and notebooks at the shop that have different prices. If you do not know how to add the prices then you will not come across the right combination. You will need the help of the shopkeeper to buy a pen and a notebook that costs equal to the amount of money that you have. Without learning math you will face many difficulties while shopping.
6. Math creates confidence in you so that you can do your chores by yourself. You gain confidence by solving various problems.
7. Math fosters analytical powers. You begin to realize the truth behind every thing and how to solve a problem. You solve various mathematical problems in your school and this improves your problem solving abilities.
8. Math can help you in decorating your study room by using various geometrical shapes.
9. There are many products that offer discounts and extras in the form of percentages. If you know percentages, you will know the real amount of discount offered to you.
10. Math also helps you in making drawings. You can draw various types of lines and geometrical shapes that you have learned in math.
By: Kelly J Thomas
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April 19th, 2010The Three Mathematical Stages Your Child Needs in Order to Succeed in Math
December 11th, 2009If your older child is struggling with math, or your younger child just doesn’t seem to understand a math concept, it may be because they skipped over a mathematical stage. There are three mathematical stages that follow the natural development of a child’s thinking. If a stage is skipped over while learning a mathematical concept, your child will start to have problems.
The first mathematical stage is the manipulative stage, and as the name suggests, it involves having children use real objects to learn mathematical concepts. The manipulative stage is foundational to everything else a child does with math, so it is very important to teach your child math using real objects. If you skip this crucial step, your child may have problems with math down the road. Don’t require memorization of math facts at this stage, just let your child acquire as much practice as possible with physical objects.
Within the manipulative stage, a child will observe and learn about:
• the number of things
• the size of things
• the shape of things
• the pattern of many things
Once your child has had enough practice and experience with real objects, he will be able to imagine objects mentally without seeing or touching them. This next mathematical stage is the mental image stage which is often used along with the manipulative stage until the age of twelve or so.
If you are teaching a math skill and your child says they don’t understand it, the most likely problem is that he can’t imagine it mentally. The way to solve this problem is by providing your child with lots of manipulative experience so that he can naturally make the switch from the manipulative stage to the mental image stage in a particular math skill. » Read more: The Three Mathematical Stages Your Child Needs in Order to Succeed in Math
