Unlocking the power of numbers: why power study mathematics? / Siti Zaharah Mohd Ruslan

• Main Author: Mohd Ruslan, Siti Zaharah
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2024
• Subjects: Collections of general literature
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94690/1/94690.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94690/

With what calculations were the Pyramids constructed? Suspension bridges: how do they work? How is it feasible to land on the moon? There is a mathematically based answer to each of these problems. Using the power of mathematics, curious minds have been utilising seemingly unachievable achievements like setting foot on the moon or constructing the tallest tower are made possible by mathematics. Today, mathematics is a broad field that works with data from surveys, scientific research, inference, reasoning and evidence that the huge amount of data can be applied to numerical simulations of social systems, natural events and human behaviour [1]. The definition of mathematics is literally "things which can be counted." You may now realize how important numbers are to our daily existence. Without mathematics, how would we be able to count on our family members, the number of students in a class, the amount of money we have in our pockets or the number of days in a week, month or year? You must be able to depend on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on a basic level [2].