Math everywhere, students told

Students who participated in this year’s Jaycees Barbados Math Fanatics have been urged to see maths in their everyday lives, with the former Jaycee president insisting that students are already using it in their daily lives.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony on Sunday at the Courtyard by Marriot, former president Sheldon Marshall challenged the students to rethink their idea of mathematics, telling them that the subject extends far beyond numbers and equations.

“Math is not just numbers. Math is not just equations. Math is not just something your teacher puts on your board or the chalkboard and then somehow expects you to understand what it is you need to do,” he explained that mathematics involves patterns, logic, planning, measurement and figuring things out.