How many times have you heard a school-age child talking about how much they hate math and how they are never going to use it when they are out of school? In fact, the exact opposite is true. Math is probably the one subject that you continue to use in your everyday life after leaving school. Math is definitely important and everyone should make it a point to learn at least basic addition and subtraction.

When you wake up in the morning, do you check the clock to see what time it is? Where did you learn to tell time? If you are like the rest of us, you probably learned in math class. Do you start your day off with a cup of coffee? When you figure the coffee to water ratio, you are doing math. Do you measure your flour for your pancakes and biscuits? Measuring is math. Do you leave for work at a certain time every morning so you will make it to work on time? You probably used a math problem to figure out what time you need to leave.

Maybe you do not make your own coffee at home; maybe you buy it from a local coffee shop. You are wrong if you think that means they do all the math. That is right; you have to pay for the coffee. First, you know the difference between a quarter and a dime because you learned it in math class. Then, you make sure you get the correct change by doing more math.

You definitely use math every day.