1

TheI
mpor
tanceofMat
hemat
ics.

How do y
ouv
isual
i
zemat
hemat
ics?I
sist
hroughnumber
s,compl
i
cat
ed f
ormul
as,
pat
erns,orsequence?Weal
lthi
nkt
hatmat
hemat
icsi
sal
labout
,cal
cul
ati
ons,pr
obl
em
sol
vi
ngandnumber
s.Whati
smat
hemat
icsi
nsi
mpl
e
wor
ds?Mat
hemat
icsi
sasci
enceofnumber
swhi
ch
deal
s wi
th cal
cul
ati
ons, mul
ti
pli
cat
ion, di
vi
sion,
subt
ract
ion and al
lthe l
ogi
calt
erms,t
opi
cs,and
br
anches.Someofusmayf
indmat
hemat
icsdi
ff
icul
t
andcompl
i
cat
ed,becausei
tconsi
stsofnumber
sandcal
cul
ati
ons— number
sar
ethe
hear
tofmat
hemat
ics—buti
fwel
ookdeepi
ntoi
t,wewi
l
lseet
hatmat
hemat
icsi
smor
e
t
hanj
ustnumber
sandi
seasy
.

Wear
esur
roundedbymat
hemat
ics,t
her
eismat
hinev
ery
thi
ngt
hatweseeanduse.
Mat
hemat
icscanbeseenont
het
rees,
clot
hings,
dai
l
ynecessi
ty,
ani
mal
s,wat
erandon
us.Ev
ery
thi
ngwedoi
ncl
udesmat
h,ev
enwhenwear
ethi
nki
ng
aboutsomet
hing,
wear
eal
readycal
cul
ati
ngandpr
ocessi
ngt
he
det
ail
sbef
oresay
ingi
torwr
it
ingi
tdown.Mat
hhel
psust
obe
mor
esy
stemat
icwi
thourl
i
fedeci
sion.
I
tal
so dev
eloped ourt
hinki
ng ski
l
ls
waybet
ter
;becausei
nor
dert
ocome
upwi
thabet
teri
deaandsol
uti
ons,wehav
etot
hinkcar
eful
l
y
aboutt
hepr
ocessbef
orei
nit
iat
ingt
heact
.Becauseofmat
hit
i
seasyf
orust
o expr
essandexpl
ainhow t
hingswor
kwi
thpr
eci
sionandcl
ari
ty.
Mat
hemat
ics makes ev
eryt
askeasy
,because ofmat
h,peopl
e
l
ear
nedhow t
omakeanddev
elopmachi
ner
ytohel
puswi
thour
dai
l
ytask.I
tal
somakesusi
mpr
oveour
anal
yti
calski
l
lsanddev
elopsourabi
l
ityt
o
obser
ve and i
nvest
igat
ethe sur
roundi
ng
t
rut
h.Mat
hemat
ics t
houghtus t
othi
nk
f
ast
erandt
obemor
erat
ional
.Fur
ther
mor
e,
mat
hhel
psust
ohav
eabet
terpr
obl
em sol
vi
ngski
l
lsandt
o
hav
eabet
terunder
standi
ngt
owar
dsev
ery
thi
ng.Now l
etust
akeal
ookatt
henat
ure,
someofusmayt
hinkt
hatt
her
eisnomat
hinnat
ure,
butwhydon'
twet
akeacl
oserl
ook,
i
nthatwewi
l
lseemat
h.Thepat
ter
nont
hebr
anchoft
rees,
t
hecont
inuespat
ter
nofwav
esi
ntheoceanandr
iver
,the
pat
ter
nonsand,t
hedi
ff
erentshapesofast
oneandt
he
spot
sonani
mal
sar
econsi
der
edt
obemat
h.Mat
hhel
pust
o
unv
eilandappr
eci
atet
hebeaut
yandel
eganceofnat
ure.I
f
west
udymat
hemat
icsdeepl
y,wewi
l
lnev
erv
iewt
henat
ure
t
he same way agai
n,we wi
l
lvi
ew i
t as a beaut
if
ul
 2

mast
erpi
eceofmat
h.Wemi
ghtnotnot
icebutweusedi
ff
erentki
ndofsequencei
nour
dai
l
yli
fe,i
tisj
ustnot
iceabl
ebecauset
heappl
i
cat
ioni
ssomewhatdi
ff
erenf
rom t
he
onest
hatwesol
veordoi
nouract
ivi
tysi
nschool
.We
can'
tbe separ
ated f
rom mat
h,ev
en we ar
e st
udy
ing
Engl
i
shorsci
ence.Wecannotdenyt
hatt
her
eismat
h
ev
eni
nEngl
i
sh,weal
way
scountt
henumber
sofwor
ds
andsy
ll
abl
eswhenmaki
nganessayorpoem,
andmat
his
sci
encei
tsel
f.Icanper
sonal
l
ysayt
hatmat
hpl
aysabi
g
par
ttoourl
i
fe,
itshapesandi
mpr
ovesourt
hinki
ngcapabi
l
iti
eswaybet
ter
.

I
nconcl
usi
on,
mat
hmakeourl
i
feor
gani
zeandi
tkeepsourl
i
fe
i
nli
ne.Mat
hisi
mpor
tantbecause i
tcan hel
p us pr
event
unwant
edt
hingst
ohappenduet
obaddeci
sionandi
tal
so
hel
psust
opr
edi
ctanout
comeofour
act
ions.Wedon'
tneedt
obeanexper
tin
mat
hemat
icst
onot
icet
hebasi
cfor
m ofmat
hinnat
ureoronour
sur
oundi
ngs.I
tmayt
aket
imef
orsomeust
oreal
i
zet
hatmat
his
ev
ery
wher
e,buti
tist
ruet
hatmat
hsur
roundsus.

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