• Question: How does maths help you in your job?

    Asked by lilyc on 23 Nov 2025.
    • Photo: Lucy Rycroft-Smith

      Lucy Rycroft-Smith answered on 23 Nov 2025:

      I use counting, categorising, measuring, finding the centre of things, finding averages, and keeping track often in both my job and my everyday life. For example, I use finding the centre very often when making mathematical art in my work. I use maths to keep track of new medications I am trying and if they work, and to check if I might be able to get a better deal on my mobile phone plan.

    • Photo: Emily Walls

      Emily Walls answered on 24 Nov 2025:

      Maths helps me when looking at how to fit and model different stars in my work. Ensuring I use the best parameters involves messing around with a lot of different numbers to ensure I get the most accurate fit! Also analysing numbers from different data sets and comparing them together to see if there are any trends uses a lot of maths.

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