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Asked by Daisy on 9 Dec 2025. This question was also asked by doze534chay36, wert534wack57, oath534fehs53, agon534fehs53, rads534eyes22, gray534amen93.
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Ryan Ellison answered on 9 Dec 2025:
I use maths the most in my daily life when baking! For a lot of baking recepies, the amount of ingredients you use specifically doesn’t matter, so much as the ratio between the ingredients. For example, when making shortbread, you want a ratio of 3 parts flour to 2 parts butter to one part sugar, by weight. So if I accidentally add too much sugar, I can just scale the rest of the ingredients up to match!
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Caroline Roche answered on 11 Dec 2025:
In daily life it’s usually working out which product is actually cheaper in the shops e.g. £2.50 for 500g of flour or £3.50 for 1kg (It can get more complicated when they use different units).
In work life, it’s similar making conversions from an electrical signal into readable units e.g. 4..20mA to a temperature reading or working out how long until all the data we record uses all the space in the computers memory – most of the time it is just simple calculations, but you have to work out the best way to calculate things – that takes the longest time. -
Allyson McIntyre answered on 6 Jan 2026:
As previous answers have suggested simple maths is used on a daily basis both in and out of work. Working in a chemistry department some of our scientists can use more complex mathematical equations to understand things about the chemistry. For example understanding the mixing properties within a reaction to understand which order to add the chemicals to get the most efficient experiment. This can involve using equations and rearranging those equations. There are a lot of software’s available that help with the calculations, however, its always useful to understand what is happening so you can ensure its working properly.
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Jenna Matthews answered on 11 Mar 2026:
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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Alex Hunt commented on :
At work I often need to estimate the quantities of materials that will be used and how long construction will take. I also need to use maths to estimate things like how much embodied carbon or money could be saved by doing things a different way, such as substituting a certain material or adding reinforcement to existing materials instead of replacing it all.