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Essay / The Importance of Mathematics - 1020
A mathematics curriculum focused on real-world problems would still expose students to the abstract tools of mathematics, particularly the manipulation of unknown quantities. But there is a world of difference between teaching "pure" mathematics, without context, and teaching relevant problems that will lead students to understand how a mathematical formula models and clarifies real-world situations. The first is the way polynomial math classes are going on now – introducing the confusing variable x, which many students struggle to get. In terms of complexity, a context-oriented methodology, in the style of all expected researchers, would present recipes using condensations for simple quantities — for example, Einstein's famous mathematical statement E=mc2, where E represents the vitality, m the mass and c for the speed of