Applications Of Everyday Addition
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines addition as: a part added, the act or process of adding; especially the operation of combining numbers so as to obtain an equivalent simple quantity.
Cooking, sports, gambling, finance, and forecasting are all everyday applications that apply the process of addition.
Summing the value of accounts, investments, credit limits, and risk through liability are some examples of how addition is applied in finance.
A simple example of financial addition is balancing a check book, in which one must add up all deposits to the initial balance, then add up all expenses, and subtract the expenses from the new balance to reach a determined amount of money available in the account.
Valuation and devaluation of stock in financial investing is factored through addition as well.
From money to cooking, an illustration of how to prepare a pot of rice can demonstrate how addition skills are used in cooking.
When preparing rice, addition must be applied as there is a proper ration of water to rice used, so that the food is not too crunchy or too mushy.
Timing is important in cooking and is also another great skill that uses the applications of addition as it is used to factor how many seconds, minutes, or hours from a designated time are needed to complete or begin a specific task.
Following a sporting event involves constant addition when one wishes to figure how many time-outs are left, fouls committed, yards ran, outs in an inning, or simply how many points have been scored.
This constant tally sheet is necessary in nearly every sport for both players and fans.
Figuring probability or chance is informative and entertaining, and would be impossible without addition.
An example of figuring probability is through a system of personal forecasting called numerology, which is a belief that numbers are connected to people by the exact day they were born.
Numerology assigns each number one through nine a list of attributes, which is then factored for each person through addition.
The numerical attribute is found through using addition to sum the numbers in a birthday, for example: October 1, 1934 would be 1+0+1+1+9+3+4=19=1+9=10=+1+0=1
The game blackjack, or 21, is another fun way to explore how addition is used through games of chance.
The goal of blackjack is to reach the number 21 or get closest to it without going over by placing a series of bets with playing cards.
Addition is in so many everyday applications for both necessity and fun.
Entertainment, trade, and education all prove that addition is a necessary in everyday life.
