Why do we need math?

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#1 omerdv
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Sometimes while I study math, I think to myself: why do we need math?

I mean, I'm a pretty good student I usually get at least a 90, but some of the stuff I learn seem to have no use for me in the future, unless I wanna study something that's related to it in a university.... but some of the stuff I learn seem so stupid, I mean, why the hell do I need to learn this crap?

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#2 dreamdude
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My teacher actually has book about all the uses of math in the world...so whenever anybody asked similar questions to yours she brings out her book.
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#3 Blood-Scribe
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Because it's a crucial facet of measuring empirical evidence in life and it is applied in every situation in life. If you wanted to, you could literally explain everything in terms of numbers. Math is a linear and logical area of thinking that helps you develop systematic analyzation skills and problem solving, so it's not just a bunch of random numbers. I'll admit, a couple years ago during my freshman year, I asked myself the same question, but now I know it's importance regardless of whatever it is you're going to do. Fact is, you need it.
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#4 Lorindol
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if you watch the television show called numbers that may help explain it.
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#5 FragStains
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Math makes the world go around...
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#6 dragonmaster64
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math also helps the brain to function faster and to look at things in a different perspective
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#7 xTheExploited
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In some way everything is related to math if you think hard enough. Some things you study in Math may seem like you wouldn't need them, but you would use them in one type of job in one way or another, like if you wanted to be a Math teacher for example.
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#8 killer_is_me
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to count past ten:P
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#9 Travo_basic
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It's the true universal language.:P
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To annoy.:P
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#11 dewman322
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In some way everything is related to math if you think hard enough. Some things you study in Math may seem like you wouldn't need them, but you would use them in one type of job in one way or another, like if you wanted to be a Math teacher for example.xTheExploited
I work at a printing company. We use math ALL the time. Hard to go into details but we use subtraction, addition, multipication, division. We do things such as breaking percentages and fractions down to decimal points etc. etc. There is lots of other things we do but this is just some things.
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#12 hockeyboy222
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I understand why we need to know basic math, but come on when do we need to divide polynomials in our life?
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#13 FragStains
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I understand why we need to know basic math, but come on when do we need to divide polynomials in our life?hockeyboy222
You may never need to...but I'd be willing to bet that your life would be radically different if someone else didn't need to.
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#14 nick3333
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Because Jesus said so, and we must all obey Jesus. Why? Because he said so.
Also, math is useful for counting sheep.
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#15 Bill900
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because math helps develop logic, and you can't tell me that we don't need more logic in today's world
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#16 c_smithii
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Without math, we wouldn't be here on this site, let alone the internet, nor having a discussion over computer video games.

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#17 m4gicm4rty
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you just try and count in letters. go on, do it. maths provides quantities and boundaries for the world we live in. whereas you may not find somethign applicable to life, doesnt mean nobody does.
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#18 -KinGz-
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Because Jesus said so, and we must all obey Jesus. Why? Because he said so.
Also, math is useful for counting sheep.
nick3333

:lol: counting sheeps is actually harder than any math problem you'll ever see

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#19 ninjacat11
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Because we wouldn't have survived the Stone Age if Ug didn't know how many rocks he had to throw at that wooly mammoth.
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#20 markebici
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Videogames wounldnt exisit without math for one, The whole mordern electrical system would not be around if it wasnt for very complex math. I could go on and on but the moral of the story is that math is very importand.
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#21 cametall
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I've found the best math teachers show you each equations' applications in real life. Rather than just teach you something without explaining why its used and why it exists.
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#22 Diablo112688
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In school you learn how to learn... get it? It helps you comprehend other things and it helps you figure out and understand many things. I hope you are like 12 if you had not realized this.
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#23 Bourbons3
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Apart from stuff like percentages and times tables, everything else you learn in maths is completely useless.
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#24 pintabear49blue
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Apart from stuff like percentages and times tables, everything else you learn in maths is completely useless.Bourbons3

Give an example of what you have learned that is completly useless in our world. Just because you do not use it, does not make it useless btw.

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#25 patrickmanx
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Math makes the world go around...FragStains

agree, i use maths a lot

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#26 club-sandwich
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to make our life miserable ):
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#27 RiSkyBiZ-13
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TO COUNT OUR MONEYS!!!11!!
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#28 -_Jeremy_-
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It's sort of the foundation for most stuff. You wouldn't know how to count words in ENGLISH, there's some equations in SCIENCE, you wouldn't know how to read and figure out dates in HISTORY...really should I continue?

Sure, I hate math, I'm good at, but I hate it with all the hate I can give to it, but you really need it for life.
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#29 Shiggums
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I'm pretty sure math is used in part of our every day lives. Without it, we'd all be idiots, and we'd all be getting screwed over so many ways in life. Math = good.
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#30 Arkasai7
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It may seem pointless, but math can teach you to look at everything differently.
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#31 omerdv
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In school you learn how to learn... get it? It helps you comprehend other things and it helps you figure out and understand many things. I hope you are like 12 if you had not realized this. Diablo112688

I'm not 12......

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#32 omerdv
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I understand it is important, I just don't seem to have any real use for it, maybe I will in the future.....