WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR MY CHILD TO LEARN MATH?
Math skills are important to a child’s success – both at school and in everyday life. Understanding math also builds confidence and opens the door to a range of career options.
In our everyday lives, understanding math enables us to:
· manage time and money, and handle everyday situations
· that involve numbers (for example, calculate how much
· time we need to get to work, how much food we need in
· order to feed our families, and how much money that food
· will cost)
· understand patterns in the world around us and make
· predictions based on patterns (for example, predict traffic
· patterns to decide on the best time to travel)
· solve problems and make sound decisions
· explain how we solved a problem and why we made a
· particular decision
· use technology (for example, calculators and computers )to help solve problems
In our everyday lives, understanding math enables us to:
· manage time and money, and handle everyday situations
· that involve numbers (for example, calculate how much
· time we need to get to work, how much food we need in
· order to feed our families, and how much money that food
· will cost)
· understand patterns in the world around us and make
· predictions based on patterns (for example, predict traffic
· patterns to decide on the best time to travel)
· solve problems and make sound decisions
· explain how we solved a problem and why we made a
· particular decision
· use technology (for example, calculators and computers )to help solve problems