Mathematics, which means "mathematics", is a science that studies numbers, quantities and shapes, including "arithmetic, algebra, geometry" and other disciplines. Generally there is no article before it. Mathematics can write mathematics; In spoken English; Mathematics can be written as math in American spoken language.
Mathematics is isomorphic in singular and plural numbers, but when it refers to the branch of science or the subject of mathematics, the predicate verb in the sentence should be singular; If it is used to refer to the specific content or practical ability of mathematics in this subject, such as "mathematical ability", "mathematical achievement", "mathematical application", "computational ability" and "computational result", the verb should be in the plural form.
Mathematics is a subject in primary and secondary schools. China was called arithmetic in ancient times, and later it was called arithmetic. Mathematics was unified from September 65438 to September 0936. The contents of mathematics teaching in primary and secondary schools mainly include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, plane analytic geometry, calculus, statistics and probability. In order to meet the requirements of economic and social development in different periods and the changes of educational purposes and educational objects, it was changed.
The establishment of mathematics in China School began in the sixth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1867), when the Arithmetic Museum was added in Shi Jing Wentong Museum. In November of the 29th year of Guangxu (1904 65438+ 10), it was stipulated that elementary schools and higher schools set up arithmetic, while middle schools and higher schools (equivalent to high schools) set up arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry and calculus.
The benefits of learning mathematics
People who are good at math are relatively smart and savvy, and they can show their advantages in dealing with people. The faster you think, the more ways and ideas you have. Cambridge, majoring in financial mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, said that studying mathematics has brought her mental exercise and made me pay more attention to the rigor of thinking in my life.
Can manage money better than others. The application of mathematics in life is everywhere. Nowadays, the society is already an information society, and mathematical knowledge is used in financial management and computers. Warren Buffett is very powerful, but Buffett's power is also based on mathematics. Buffett's decision-making process is actually the method of using subjective probability.