The maths in guitar making involves measurement and understanding curves and angles. An appreciation of the connection between music and mathematics helps in the design process. Every guitar is [...]
I use maths every day, though mostly I’m not aware of it. I measure threads on engine parts, engine sizes and capacity of engines for oil. I do a lot of unit conversion from imperial to [...]
A traffic engineer looks at the number and the severity of road accidents to determine if the accident rate is higher than it should be for a particular section of road. I use mathematical [...]
Mathematics is used by a chef in many different ways and the demand for maths increases the further you go in the business. Doing maths in my work isn’t the chore it was at school, I use maths [...]
I’m the head statistician at a company that collects statistics from AFL matches. At the end of a game I get a file that contains everything that happened during the game event by event. My [...]
My speciality is severe weather forecasting. I forecast the weather for the Emergency Services and produce warnings for critical fire weather days or severe thunderstorms. Weather is ever [...]
Being a zoo keeper, I use maths every day. From dietary preparation and enclosure design, to monitoring growth and giving medication, maths is very much part of my routine. It is extremely [...]
I am doing an apprenticeship as a builder and carpenter so that one day I’ll be able to step up and co‑ordinate a multi‑million dollar building project. Construction demands a lot of you [...]
There is maths in feeding a horse. Feed requirements and medication doses are based on the horse’s weight. Estimating the weight of a horse is a maths equation – it is approximately equal to the [...]
It is the basics, percentages and fractions, that are used constantly in nursing. Most universities require mathematics as a prerequisite to get into a nursing course so you really do need to [...]
