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Is therre any point in teaching algebra in schools?
Some academic subjects typically taught in school have obvious life benefits - English, one or two foreign languages, arithmetic, geography. I appreciate having some education in physics and history, and I can see the point of giving children a chance to shine in chemistry though it has never been of use to me personally. But algebra? Does anyone other than a professional mathematician ever have a use for it? If not, why not teach it only at university to those who choose maths for their degree?
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
Algebra is important because it is considered to be one of the most important idea in mathematics, and is a base of all circles in mathematics. It is also important in everyday life in dealing with money, distance and more.
For example you buy different types of jeans, and you get a total of 120 dollar bill to pay, then when you reach home you calculate the money you spent today, now you bought three jeans blue, red and green. The amount paid for blue was 45 dollars and red was 55 dollars. But now you forgot the price of the green jeans you bought, now how will you determine the price of it, you use algebra.
Blue jeans = 45
Red jeans = 55
Green jeans = ?
Total Money = 120
Means if you add all the prices of jeans you get 120 dollars,
BJ + RJ + GJ = 120
55 + 45 + GJ = 120
GJ = 120 - 100
GJ = 20
Green jeans = 20
It means you just got the price of it, there are many examples which shows how important algebra is and it is taught in schools because it is used daily
