Some of us may find mathematics difficult where others of us a passion. Mathematics can be found in our everyday lives and is a subject which we cannot avoid: in our purchases, in cooking ingredients, when making automobiles, the stock market – every time anything is given a value, measured or calculated. Its practical application is indisputable. So what is mathematics after all?

Mathematics is a science of numbers, equations, functions and graphs and its most important components are the individual, purely mathematical fields, such as arithmetic, algebra, mathematical analyses and geometry.

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