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Asked by lilyc on 23 Nov 2025. This question was also asked by cook534amen93, fate534huck86, scar534beak95, true534send69.
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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.
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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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Karen Edwards answered on 4 Dec 2025:
I use statistics a lot in my work to compare model output to data and decide if my models are valid – the models are then used in predicting potential impacts of a discharge from industry to the marine environment.
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Tony Ganner answered on 10 Mar 2026:
When working with hazardous chemicals it is important to be able to calculate & understand how quickly solvent evaporate or how quickly toxic particulates/ substances build up in the air. Then you can calculate if engineering controls (eg ventilation) are required to protect the workforce.
Exactly the same applies when considering pollution discharges from society, industrial processes and processes like farming to the environment. Consider recent news items on the pollution impact from cars and industry on children in our big cities.
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CIARA HURLEY answered on 10 Mar 2026:
Great question! So many ways. My first job was as a waitress when I was younger, so I had to do a lot of mental maths (checking the bill, counting out change, etc.), then I used it throughout university when I took a side job as a maths tutor. This one’s self explanatory – I was basically repeating everything you guys learn at GCSE/A-Level. When I graduates, I worked in a hospital in the Medical Physics department – we used maths in software a lot, as well as calculations on radiation dosage, drug calculations, etc… Finally, I became an engineer, where I calculate things every day! Electrical engineers use maths in software called AmTech or Trimble, to help them decide what wire lengths, materials and thicknesses (CSA) to use. Control and Instrumentation Engineers (me!) are a little more varied: we use software to help us calculate fluid viscosities (thickness), velocities (speeds), control table lengths, communication times for a signal to travel, the list goes on. In summary, you’ll use it in most jobs even if you don’t realise!
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Jenna Matthews answered on 12 Mar 2026:
In my job as a Product Owner, I use maths every day to help make good decisions. I look at numbers to see how many people are using our product and whether they like it. I compare different ideas by adding, subtracting, and working out which one will help the most people. Sometimes I use charts and graphs to spot patterns, just like you might do in school. Maths helps me plan what our team should build next so we can make the product better and easier for everyone to use!
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Ryan E commented on :
In my job I help companies that are making new medicines to show that those new medicines are safe, and that they work. To test these medicines, hundreds of people volunteer to take the medicine in a study called a clinical trial. When you look at the results of clinical, you have to use maths to see if the results could have happened by accident, or if they show that the medicine really works.
fate534huck86 commented on :
How does maths help you in the future