Meanings and Roles of Mathematics

7/29/2019 Meanings and Roles of Mathematics

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MEANINGS AND ROLES OFMATHEMATICSPrepared by :

Mr. Muhammad Bin Basar

IPG KTI JB


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What is

Mathematics?

As a language

As a Science

As the art of

calculation

As a language

and science of

patterns

As a patterns and

relationships

As a tool or an

instrument

As a way of

thinking


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Roles And Importance Of Mathematics

Mathematics relates to a lot of other discipline

like science, art, music, economy and so on.

Mathematics also relates to things we do in the

real world every day. Mathematics enable us to solve problem. It

referred as an organized process to achieve the

goal of a problem. The process of solving problems can enhance the

students understanding of mathematical

concepts.


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Mathematics plays an important role in the

development of science and technology. People who are trained with a good

mathematical skill tend to think and reason

systematically and rationally. This will help them to carry out complex tasks

efficiently and effectively in management and

administration, economy, social and theothers.


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Mathematics As A Language

Mathematics is a language to learn other subjects

those involve calculations.

When lack of mathematical education stands in

someones way, whether they want to learn morephysics, or electronics, or economics, or basicstatistics, it is almost never the ability to do

calculations.

Mathematics also important in reading bookssuch as thermodynamics, because reading the

books involves doing a lot calculation.


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Mathematics As A Science

Mathematics does not consist simply of

techniques, but that there is a subject matter

to mathematics, just as much as there is to

physics or astronomy.

Mathematicians are people who devote their

lives not to solving equations, but trying to

find the answers to unanswered questions.


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Mathematics As A Way Of Thinking

Learning mathematics involves learning certain ways ofthinking that have values outside the realm of mathematics.

This kind of thinking is certainly indispensable in order to be

able to use mathematics as a useful tool, and is closely related

to the types of thinking involved in the other physical

sciences.

One thing important in mathematical thinking is the ability to

look beyond content and see the underlying logical structure,

and to realize when two situations which seem, on the basis

of their surface content, very dissimilar, are actually identical

when one looks at the logical structure.


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Mathematics As The Art Of

Calculations

Mathematics consists of techniques for

getting answers to quantitative problems.

Calculation is at the very root of mathematics.

One obtains a powerful new insight into a

mathematical theory when one sees how it

relates to concrete calculations.


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Mathematics As A Language And

Science Of Patterns

As a language of patterns, Mathematics is a

means for describing the world.

In its symbols and vocabulary, the language of

Mathematics is a universal means ofcommunication about relationships andpatterns.

As a science of patterns, Mathematics is amode of inquiry that reveals fundamentalunderstandings about order in our world.


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Mathematics As A Patterns And

Relationships

Patterns are things that repeat, relationships are thingsthat are connected by some kind of reasons.

They are important because they help us understandthe underlying structure of things, they help us feel

confident and capable of knowing what will come next. Patterns and relationships are found in music, art, and

clothing, as well as in other aspect of Maths such ascounting and geometry.

Understanding patterns and relationships meanunderstanding rhythm and repetition as well asordering from shortest to longest, smallest to largest,sorting, and categorizing.


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Mathematics As A Tool Or An

Instrument

We can use mathematics to solve abstract

problems in the mathematical problems itself,and practical problems in our daily life

activities. For example, the development of our

analytical reasoning skills in mathematics willenable us to become more effective problem

solvers in all areas of our life, not only inmathematics.


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