When will you actually use algebra and geometry in life?
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When you build an addition on your house, you use geometry to figure out how much material you need and you use algebra to figure out what it costs.  Otherwise, you get started building and you run out of materials and money when you are only half-way through.
552070
The only way you can use those in real life if you become a geometry teacher and it does not help us in real life.
3783
Actually, that's untrue.  You don't need to be a mathematician to need to use algebra.  Algebra helps you calculate many things and solve problems relating to groceries, finance, construction and much more.  I agree, it is tough and often boring to learn, however it is quite useful.
837822
I would have asked the same question when I was in high school, but now that I am in college I see a real use for it. Engineers, mathematicians, scientists, masons, and carpenters use geometry all the time. It's a lot more useful that you think.
361960
Geometry is about thinking logically, as scientists do, or lawyers, or auto mechanics.  There are facts you have to know: the definitions, postulates, theorems.  And there are procedures you have to know: how to assemble the facts in a sequence that proves something.\n\nIn truth, not everyone is up to it.  Lots of people prefer to run their lives on a combination of emotion and simple beliefs and let other people do the thinking.  Maybe they're even happy.  But understanding the world well enough to make changes takes the kind of education that's based on hard mental work.
682501
I like math class, I'm really good at math, and I know that it benefits everyone, but I'm not going to spend my free time memorizing the digits of pi or phi. I can do trigonometry, but on vacations, I will not work problems for fun. I think everyone should get at least an Algebra 2 level of math mastered.
143653
All topics mentioned abouve should be mastered in the fourth, fifth, or sixth grade. I do not know if you mean unit circle trigonometry, Triangle Laws (Trig). Let me know.
620299
programs that do algebra are not that common.\nI know two names: Maple and Mathematica. \n\nHowever learning to use them might be harder than learning high-school math.
711748
Personally I would take Trig when I had time to devote to it. I took College Algebra, Chemistry, and Trig all at once and I have to tell you, trig never made any sense to me.
426160
If the person truly is good at math and the individual views social skills as an asset worth learning, he/she may not be ignorant in that avenue for long.  If you're a true mathematician, then you're usually able to reason through complex problems logically and this includes life.  \n\nHowever, these abilities sometimes aren't used until your late teens or early twenties.  Furthermore, mathematicians may never learn them simply because they don't view them as important (relative to math), they don't have enough interactions with people, they have never tried to apply their skills to life, or they don't have the awareness to do so.
757330
I am a former Mathematics Educator.  A number of my former students lowest scores were in mathematics.  I suggest that you "borrow" a copy of your Algebra 1 text from the high school that you attended and take the chapter test at the end of each chapter.  This will allow you to assess where you need to begin work in that subject.  It would behoove you to then "trade" for a geometry text and do the same thing.  The same process would help in most other subject matter that you are weak in.  This ALWAYS improved the scores a great deal for my former students.  Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!\nEds
435553
Cool question.  I would ask your teacher the same question.  Hopefully, they might be able to make some changes to make learning easier for you.  Having a good grounding in math is a very important building block for almost everything in life - especially when you learn geometry and algebra.  \n\nGood luck!
862258
I am taking College Algebra with Trigonometry and that is hard, so I know Calculus is real hard. That is a hard question to figure out.
686004
Hell, yes. Proofs = ack! Anyone who says geometry is "easy" is lying. Even if you do good in it, it's still not "easy" for a high schooler.
147704
Sometimes geometry is more than calculating numbers.  Geometry has to do with shapes in space.\nSimple geometry is used when driving an automobile.  The curve of the road, for example is constant, so you do not have to keep adjusting the steering wheel.\nChildren use geometry when stacking blocks.  Adults use the same techniques when stacking boxes in a warehouse (they might also calculate how many boxes can go into the space provided).\nGeometry is used to make sure that a door closes in the frame.  Right angles and the proper length and width.\nGeometry is use when slicing a pie or cake.  Sometime to get even pieces, sometimes to get different size pieces.\nGeometry is used when playing baseball.  The diamond is really a square and the batter must place the bat at just the right place to hit the ball.  This is usually done unconsciously.\nAny time that size and shape of objects matter, geometry is used.
946353
I didn't do my own kid's homework.  How else are you going to learn it if you allow others to give you answers.  Yes, you will need excellent math skills as an adult.
16055
hahaha, yes calculus is much harder than algebra 2. you see, there is a reason why you must complete algebra 1 & 2, as well as geometry and trigonometry before you procede to calculus, it is a combination of all, plus many many other things that you have never heard of and will probably never use unless you become a rocket scientist. \n\nmuch much harder