In today’s world, math is all around us. There are many different types and levels of math that we use and learn throughout our lives. Because of the many different types and levels of math, there are many careers based on math. Math is not only used in schools and different careers, different things we do and use in everyday life relate to math in some way or another.
In the world of math, there are many different types of math. In elementary and early middle school, students are taught the basics of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals. As students continue on through middle and enter high school, the different types of math that students encounter includes algebra. “Algebra is a collection of skills and methods to solve equations and to find the unknowns” (Fawcett and Cummins 149). In algebra, variables are commonly used in this type of math. In an algebraic equation, a variable is put in place of an unknown number in a given equation to find the number that the variable represents. In algebra, there are three different levels: Pre-Algebra, Algebra One, and Algebra Two. Geometry, “a math that deals with points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids” (“Geometry”), is also another branch of math. In Geometry, students use lines and shapes to find missing angles. Trigonometry is also another “branch of mathematics that deals with relationships between the sides and angles of triangles” (“Trigonometry”). Calculus is another type of mathematics that students will encounter in high school or college. Calculus is an “advance type of mathematics that deals mostly with rates of changes and with finding lengths, areas, and of volumes” (“Calculus”). Calculus is broken up into two par...
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