This presentation discusses how math is used in many aspects of everyday life without people realizing it. Some examples provided include using math to calculate sleep times to get to work or school on time, figuring out the trajectory of a basketball shot using parabolas and quadratic functions, and engineering bridges through calculating distance, stabilization, and weight capacity. The document argues that many conveniences of modern life like rollercoasters, airplanes, and advanced medical care rely on mathematical calculations and would not be possible without the contributions of math.

1. MATH IN
REAL LIFE!
SHAMIM AHMED (152-15-5515)

2. BUT WHERE?
This presentation will show you just some
of the contributions that math education
has helped change the world, create new
ideas, or when we are using math in the
real world without even realizing it!

3. Starting right when we
wake up, many of us
have trouble getting
out of bed. Some of us
even keep track of how
many hours or minutes
we can still sleep, and
still get to school or
work on time. That is a
perfect example of
using mental math in
our every day lives!
ALARM CLOCKS

4. When shooting a
basketball, we must
figure out the correct arc
used in order to get the
ball into the basket. From
the point when the ball
leaves your hands, to the
time the ball lands either
on the floor or in an
opponent’s hands, we are
able to calculate where
that ball will land and
how long it will take to
get there by using
parabolas or quadratic
functions!
BASKETBALL

5. Bridges have been used
through out history to
help humans travel over
something that has kept
many civilizations
separated. Bridges are
used over water,
canyons, or any other
dangerous terrain in
order to make travel safe.
By calculating distance,
stabilization and weight
capacity, people have
been able to evolve from
a simple piece of wood as
a bridge, to giant and
beautiful pieces of
architecture.
BRIDGES

6. From measuring ingredients,
keeping track of an inventory,
or telling how long something
needs to be cooked for, math
is used to help us do one of
our favorite past times – EAT!
Measurements like cups or
liters, ounces or pounds,
minutes or seconds, etc. are
all mathematic terms that can
help in making a delicious
meal that everyone can enjoy!
No matter what culture you are
from, food and how things are
cooked is an important part of
our daily lives and culture.
COOKING

7. ALL amusement parks
would not be possible
without math! Roller
coasters are the way for
many of us to let our
adrenaline race through
our veins and challenge
our fears of heights and
speed! Without the
properties of physics and
mathematics, amazing
amusements like roller
coasters would not be
possible. How exciting!!
ROLLER COASTERS

8. “Money makes the world
go round.” It also is what
drives most of us to work
hard. It may not seem that
money is a very important
thing in our lives, but it is
the way that we can
purchase things that we
need or want. Money gives
us status in the society
that we live in. It may not
make you the person that
you are, but there are
people that would do a lot
for the all mighty dollar!
From the house you live in,
to the taxes you pay daily
money is involved whether
you realize it or not.
MONEY

9. Your height, weight, clothing
size and how far you can run
have one thing in common –
they are all given by
measurements! As we get
older, it is nice to be able to
see how much we grow. Math
allows us to use numbers as
symbols to represent sizes, to
give us distances and to make
us realize what is healthy and
unhealthy! We can use it to
help decide what size portions
to eat, figure out how far a mile
really is, or how tall you must
be to ride an amusement ride.
MEASURING

10. From the time a person is
born to the time they die,
they go through points in
life where they are in need
of medical attention. The
medical field uses math to
measure medications,
keep track of heart beats
and blood pressure
(ratios), make
conversions, and to
determine a time line for
treatment. Being involved
in the medical field means
that you need to pay extra
attention to the numbers
that you are seeing all the
time! Someone’s life
depends on it!!
HEALTH CARE

11. Have you ever thought
about what it would be like
without having an air plane
as an option of
transportation? Without
the correct mathematical
calculations from the
balance of the wings, and
measuring the wind. Also
forecasting what the
weather is like, or to
measure the distance
between locations or from
the plane location to the
ground, we wouldn’t be
able to get to our desired
locations as fast as we
would without aviation
technology!
AIR PLANES

12. IN CONCLUSION…
These were just some of the wonderful ways that
we see math in our lives without even realizing it;
from a commercial airline to a famous baseball
player. So next time you think about how
“unimportant” math is – think of all of the
important things in life that we take for granted
every day because people that were able to
develop their ideas using MATH!