● Mathematics is the key to opportunity and it contributes in business, finance, health, defence and technology. ● For students, it opens doors to careers. ● For nations, it provides knowledge to compete in a technological community. ● To participate fully in the world of the future, we must tap the power of Mathematics.
● In today's knowledge-based society, Mathematics is the energy that drives the system. ● Mathematics is more than a fixed tool applied in known ways. ● New mathematical techniques, analysis and even conceptual frameworks are continually required in Economics, Finance, Materials science, Physics, Biology and Medicine.
But precisely what Mathematics should students learn?
Mathematicians and educators have been discussing this question for decades. We will share some thoughts about three areas of Mathematics— ● Estimation ● Trigonometry ● Algebra
● Estimation is one of the harder skills for students to learn, even if they experience relatively little difficulty with other aspects of Mathematics. ● Estimation is a skill for life. As you walk around and live your life, imagine if you could easily estimate: ~how much a bill will be ~which item is the best value for money ~the size, areas and angles of things
● Trigonometry plays a significant role in the sciences and can help us understand phenomena in everyday life. ● Trigonometry may be used for surveying and for determining the heights of trees, mountains, but its utility extends vastly beyond these triangular applications.
● Algebra teaches you to follow a logical path to solve a problem. This, in turn, allows you to have a better understanding of how numbers function and work together in an equation. ● By having a better understanding of numbers, you'll be better able to do any type of Mathematics.
● One of the common tools in business and industry for investigating mathematical issues is the spreadsheet, which is closely related to Algebra. ● Writing a rule to combine the elements of certain cells to produce the quantity that goes into another cell is doing Algebra, although the variables names are cell names rather than x or y.