"When are we going to use this?" Part 3 - For a particular career

Many parts of Mathematics are useful for particular careers. Often though, they are useful for quite a narrow career field or the maths required is not much past Year 7 or 8 Mathematics. There are some good examples on many careers websites.

However, telling a class that a Zoo Keeper uses ratios probably won't satisft many students as they will not necessarily want to be a Zoo Keeper.

http://www.mathscareers.org.au/ (by AMSI) is an excellent website that details how mathematics is used in a number of careers, including:

• Traffic Engineer


• Sports Statistician


• Guitar Marker


• Store Manager


• Travel Agent


• Motor Mechanic


• Personal Trainer


• Chef


• Zoo Keeper


• Builder


• Nurse


• Electrician


• Hairdresser


• Financial Analyst

In the next and final post in this series, I will give what I believe is a satisfactory answer 100% of the time.