It’s a common stance to take pride on not being good at mathematics. Around the world, a lot of people are unable to tell whether 1/3 is larger or smaller than 2/5, for example. This is a really big issue, especially now when, in order to be successful at school and to embrace many careers, math abilities became practically a must. So, the measure announced recently by Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals to strengthen math teaching in Grades 1-8 is a wise step on the way to improve students’ level in numeracy.

Of course, more time devoted to math learning may come at the expense of other subjects, feeding to the old debate between the importance of science versus arts. A misdirected controversy. Research has shown that increased math skills – like better reading skills – help the learning of other key subjects. Last year, the six following math-related professions were ranked in the top 10 by CareerCast.com: actuary, mathematician, statistician, data scientist, software engineer and computer systems analyst.

Orbital meachanics (Wikipedia)

READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE