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Orlovska Lasma 11IB Essay #4 Is Mathematics a Tool or a Toy? There is barely any person in the world who has never been in touch with mathematical knowledge. Most of the children become aware of the term "mathematics" itself in the nursery or at the elementary school, where a subject called Mathematics is introduced. Actually Mathematics is a compulsory subject at elementary school as well as at secondary school and is considered to be one of the most essential fields of study. Some of the knowledge obtained during the Math's course is directly related to reality and can be practically applied, but the rest remains an abstract knowledge, with actually no functional use, thus the meaningfulness of the mathematical knowledge can be argued. First of all, in reality people have to study in order to reach goals set by themselves or some other authorities and in discovering areas of knowledge other...

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