2 Math

These lessons will help students understand how classroom lessons about numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, data analysis and probability, and algebra are applicable to future careers.

The lessons address the following questions:

• Lesson #1: How do law enforcement professionals use basic math operations on the job?
• Lesson #2: Why is it important for successful caterers to know how to perform operations with fractions?
• Lesson #3: How are sales commissions calculated in retail and service careers?
• Lesson #4: Why would a meteorologist need to understand integers, graphs, and spreadsheets?
• Lesson #5: How does math relate to art and architecture?
• Lesson #6: How do toymakers and marketing professionals use scale drawings?
• Lesson #7: How do biologists use diagrams and Punnett squares to calculate probability?
• Lesson #8: Why are probabilities important to doctors and other medical professionals?
• Lesson #9: How are calculations of area useful when repairing and renovating homes?
• Lesson #10: How do general contractors calculate the area of plane figures to build a house?

Lessons and relevant careers