Originally Posted by supastveo

Math is very important in life. It is often used to calculate how much weight the truss in your house can withstand.
People don't just slap a beam here and there yeah there are regulations to go by. Which is why an architect will draw up your plans and have everyone and their mother look at it so they make sure his calculations are right and your house doesn't collapse in on itself.

Originally Posted by HASSAN2000

Predicting the rise and decline of the stock market value is one of the most important uses of maths - among the many many crucial uses - that there are. There is an uncountable amount of people that are rich just because of it, not just the people that make the predictions (Actuareal Scientists) but more than 80% of regular people that make investments, gain money purely from the fact that they have a relatively good knowledge of stock value and how it will change thanks to statistics, calculus and data prediction; all of which at an incredible high level.