Why bother about Maths?  Learn these few symbols  Writing Numbers in Words

Why bother about Maths?

Mathematics is counting and measuring the world around us and working things out from those measurements. Mathematics helps us make things and do things. For instance if we are going to make a tee-pee, we need to find a specific number of poles of a certain length. Then when we go to find the poles, we need to have an idea of how far we will have to go and how long it will take. This all involves simple mathematics. The bigger and more complicated the things we do, the more involved is the mathematics. For example to go to the moon requires some very serious calculations.

An easy way to start understanding the world of mathematics is to play with 10 (ten), if only for the reason we have 10 fingers and 10 toes upon which to count. (However the Hindu – Arabic numeration system which we use is "user base 10" in technical terms.)

Before you learn maths you need to learn the language of mathematics. This involves the numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and some mathematical symbols.

Learn these few symbols

Writing Numers in Words

Notice the first part of the written numbers in the shaded area are spelt the same.