Math In The Workplace

It is only used for solving equations in school.

It helps us understand and analyze numbers, shapes, and relationships in daily life and careers.

It is mainly important for scientists and mathematicians.

It is rarely used outside of academic settings.

Managing time and tasks

Analyzing pay rates earned in jobs

Budgeting personal finances

Ignoring statistics and quantitative studies

Arts, A/V Technology & Communications

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Architecture & Construction

Business Management & Administration

Calculating loads buildings will have to support

Developing designs for functional, safe and economical buildings

Drawing to scale and reading scale drawings

Painting murals on buildings

Designing effective layouts for publications

Analyzing and reporting on statistical studies

Presenting data through graphs and charts

Teaching math skills

Scheduling client meetings

Forecasting sales

Teaching math skills

Analyzing risk

Teachers

School counselors

Administrators

All of the above

Managing funds

Tracking interest rates

Cooking meals

Estimating the value of assets

Calculating medication dosages

Measuring ingredients for recipes

Recording and analyzing medical statistics

Interpreting equipment readings

Managing reservations

Determining the need for and ordering products and supplies

Designing amusement park rides

Managing seasonal fluctuations in business

Scheduling client meetings

Helping clients find cost-effective solutions

Measuring clients’ progress

Managing seasonal fluctuations in business

Calculating network bandwidth

Measuring for product mixtures

Analyzing crime rates

Creating algorithms

Understanding binary and hexadecimal

Calculating bandwidth and latency

Managing appointments

Subnetting and supernetting