Realising the presence...

Mathematics is considered as an abstract subject. Students find it dull and boring. There are so many on this planet who always say " Mathematics is not my cup of tea". Do you know the reason for this indifferent attitude towards Mathematics ?

Have you ever realised the presence of Mathematics around. One thing which is very interesting to note is...the people who say that they are afraid of Math or they hate Math or they try to run away from Math are using/applying it in daily life.

Aren't these people managing house budgets ?

Aren't they not paying bills for their dinner in a restaurant ?

Aren't all of them not using number manipulations, mathematical operations etc?

Aren't they not seeing/observing beauty of geometry all around?

There is not even a single place where the knowledge of Mathematics is not applied. It is very important to make students realise the presence of Mathematics around and how important the subject is in our daily life?

I have created a blog Exploring Mathematics Around where you can find pictures from daily life depicting the presence of Math everywhere.

Importance of Mathematics in daily life

Mathematics, Maths, Math...You say this in front of anybody , he/she would like to add something about it. Mathematics is an integral part of our life. Believe it or not " THERE IS NO ESCAPE"
Yesterday I floated this question on my twitter network."Where have you used Mathematics today?? One use...quick response will be appreciated

1.  mcarls@rashkath Ouch, balanced my bank account online (double checked it) after vacation! Also checked about delicious math tags after your tweet 
2. crthibodeaux@rashkath to calculate pages read by students in my classes. 
3. MariaDroujkova@rashkath Not counting the Great Circles workshop, I had to approximate my trip there (on foot and by bus) - a bit of logistics today.
4.  prodev@rashkath Making breakfast for my kids I measureed & then cut food into geometric shapes. Then I shared a % of My orange w/the dog
5.  malinkaiva@rashkath Where have I used Mathematics today?? ...in Computer Graphics too: http://tinyurl.com/cyfkgl
6.  malinkaiva@rashkath Hi Rash! Where have I used Mathematics today?? ... for example in device simulations:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUF1JudNS8&fe
7.  elemtech@rashkath I've used math to calculate how many hours of spring break we still have left this week.
8.  kolson29@rashkath in my daily life, used to calculate calories - in school used in math lesson on division and fractions!
9.  JohnSW35@rashkath Looking around. Do you have any interest in Summer Math Reading? What does that include?
10.  mrmackenzie@rashkath used maths to put numbers into standard form to save using a calculator
11.  mrstucke@rashkath Calculating how many songs I could fit on a new hard-drive
12.  Holtsman@rashkath Counting money at a drive through.
13.  josepicardo@rashkath I used mathematics to realise I had been short changed at the sweet shop!
14.  kaferico@rashkath I used math today when I made coffee this morning. The amount of coffee (ounces) I used was proportional to the amount of water.
15.  jdwilliams@rashkath We looked at AZ Cardinals drive summaries from last season and added negative and positive integers. So in math class...
16.  mikeheth@rashkath Figuring change for buying 2 coffees / 1 gal. of milk. Needed to estimate so I knew the change was right. No calculus involved :)
17. njtechteacher  Use math today to estimate how much money I needed to give my sons to get groceries from the store.
18.   teachernz@rashkath Hi thanks for following me. Where in India are you so i can stick a pin in my map?
19.  langwitches@rashkath Google Earth Tour around our town. Students are looking for Geometric shapes in buildings & measuring distances in yards & meters
20.  Fouss@rashkath figuring out easiest way to make change for $7 when I have $23.
21.  lekahe@rashkath I have a day off and was shopping, so I added up how much I spent today :)
22.  sgauthier@rashkath I used math in calculating my calories and fat in my breakfast
23.   dmcordell@rashkath I used Math to estimate how much money to pre-pay at the gas station (tank capacity, % left, cost per gallon)
24.  capohanka@rashkath I used math today when I checked to see how much time I had left on my laptop battery and decided I needed to plug in the charger.
25.  dianadell@mcarls @rashkath I used math today to add check amounts together for a bank deposit.
26.  glassbeed@rashkath I used math today thinking about temperatures and what I was going to wear for outer clothing (spring here is slow coming).
27.  greenskunk@mcarls @rashkath Used #math for Spreadsheet calculations, Web Statistics, Timesheet and Web Design
28.  teachernz@rashkath Had to take my son to his friends for the first time.. needed to look at postboxes to find the house-1311,1313,1315,1317,1319 Yay!
29.  LParisi@rashkath How I used math today: I estimated how much milk I had left to decide if I had enough for a bowl of cereal. (I had just enough.)
30.  NeilAdam@digitalmaverick @rashkath checking train timetables and when I need to leave the house
31.  mrthomson@rashkath In calculating time for Kutcher / CNN to win battle to 1 million followers. Also rejigged finances, use of Excel/maths there!

Thanks to all those who participated.