Davies’ Dailies - Mister Math Skills

“Math is everywhere and yet, we may not recognize it because it doesn’t look like the math we did in school. Math in the world around us sometimes seems invisible. But math is present in our world all the time — in the workplace, in our homes, and in life in general.

You may be asking yourself, “How is math everywhere in my life? I’m not an engineer or an accountant or a computer expert” Math is in your life from the time you wake until the time you go to sleep. You are using math each time you set your alarm, buy groceries, mix a baby’s formula, keep score or time at an athletic event, wallpaper a room, decide what type of tennis shoe to buy, or wrap a present. Have you ever asked yourself, “Did I get the correct change?” or “Do I have enough gasoline to drive 20 miles?” or “Do I have enough juice to fill all my children’s thermoses for lunch?” or “Do I have enough bread for the week?” Math is all this and much, much more.”

Patsy F. Kanter, in Helping your Child Learn Math