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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10 Ways Math Makes Kids Lives Better
April 19th, 2010Kids’ Mathematics – How to Make it Fun 30 Minutes a Day
January 28th, 2010In this article, we are going to give you tips on how to make math fun for your kids. You can take the information and use it to increase your child’s math skills 30 minutes a day. Although most of the games are 30 minutes, you may find yourself doing it for an hour. Kids love to have fun and we’re going to give them what they are looking for.
Rapid Kids’ Mathematics
Kids interested in mathematics will love Rapid Math because it requires competition, speed, and accuracy. This game helps students become masters of basic math fundamentals such as multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Kids of all ages can participate in Rapid Math.
A minimum of four players are needed (one answering questions/one providing flashcards). Each player has one partner which will use math equations on their flash cards to answer math problems. There should be 100 flashcards per team.
The whole deck must be completed before the game ends. For instance, the child must understand and answer an equation no matter how many times it appears in the deck. Every time he or she gives an incorrect answer, the flashcard is placed back in the deck for the remainder of the game.
Why is Rapid Math a great way to teach your kids mathematics?
Parents can use Rapid Math as a game to encourage their child’s to seek knowledge. For instance, adding small prizes such as extra television time, recess, or a fun day at the park would make a child want to learn more to earn the prizes. The psychological and emotional impact of a job well-done keeps kids coming back to earn more.
Rapid Math can be an essential tool to ensure your child remains sharp in all areas of math. Parents can adjust the levels of difficulty from basic math to algebra; start your child’s academic future in the right direction by participating in Rapid Math to make learning fun. Other games are available for Grades K-6, but Rapid Math is the most effective in developing kids’ aptitudes for higher learning skills.
By: Kyle Taylor
Ged Teaching, One Room Schoolhouse
November 11th, 2009Ged Teaching, One Room Schoolhouse
In the evening the literacy classroom is full of expectant students. They seek to put a future GED mathematics test behind them. The teacher, once again, faces the task of teaching for the GED math test. No one said it would not be easy. All of this sounds easy until faced with actual numbers.
The counting numbers and values
Place value of numbers to the right and left of the decimal point.
Addition subtraction multiplication division
Rounding up and rounding down a number
What happens if the math skill is not present in the student? If a student doesn’t know the value of the number 3? A student can’t add 3 + 2 = ? These questions help define the challenges of students and teachers. Yep, the teacher must teach the information above. It is the interplay of two simple but old questions.
What does the student know?
What is the student required to know?
This is the basis by which to conduct a class or teach information. The classroom of students are not all at the same level of math skills. A teacher, really a mentor, must take each student from question 1 up to question 2. Even if the teacher can teach math, knowing math is not the same as teaching math. English may be a second language for a student. So a teacher must:
Diagnose the student
Use appropriate teaching skills
Teach with memory aids
Evaluate a student’s performance
Enhance student’s worth, skill and respect
Granted these are really simple steps that a teacher wants to use to reach the goals. Can you see the complex interplay of mentor and student? The dance that both engage in to enable skills transfer and understanding? In chaos there is order and understanding.
The nail that sticks up out of the floor is hammered! Will the stresses of learning and using math information lead the student to decide to fail? Some students pay a high price for changing or seeing the world differently from their peers or culture. GED education is not a one size fits all for every student.
In a GED class there are multiple ways a student or teacher can fail. Each student must be motivated by the teacher or mentor. The teacher must be flexible, aware of their students’ problems and leading them towards the goal. Multi-tasking seems to be a trait for those who teach.
Hang in there as we briefly cover info on math. Students need to know fractions,
ratios, algebra, geometry, mathematical rules, mean, mode, median, and the metric system. Students should comprehend above and how to solve math problems. The ideal classroom will be the one in which student demonstrates:
How they can store information in their minds.
That they can recall and use the stored information.
That they can do analysis, integration, synthesis and processing of information;
They understand test questions types, test strategies, and test logic.
That they can perform at or above the test standard.
A GED classroom often contains adults and teenagers together. Learning difficulties in students through physical and or psychological reasons are more prevalent in our students. Our students must change their outlook on learning. Buy into the belief that they too may be successful. One constant in their life is failure. Teachers attempt to turn this around and repair the damage of the concept of failure.
The poor GED mentor or teacher must be energetic because energy attracts, grabs and pulls a student out of their current orbits. If you want to move a strand of cooked spaghetti in a straight line you pull not push it.
Students will respond to a teacher’s care and expectations if the teacher is bold enough to ignore the students’ excuses. It’s alright to remind a student that what they thought was not possible is indeed proven possible.
A lot is learned in a GED math class besides math for both the mentor and student.
By: Ronald Newton
