Originally Posted by
tessagin
My cousin's daughter's math teacher also teaches science and Home-Ec. Small/medium sized town where those classes have 100% attendance rate. They are also involved in 4H,FHA, and FFA.
Math, science, and home-ec actually do go together.
My Mom frequently referred to her recipes as "formulas" -
There have been a lot of math related questions on this board - so that shows that there is/was a need/use for knowing math.
Calculators are helpful and useful - but one still needs to know which buttons to press to get a reasonable answer.