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Student: I enjoy doing maths a bit.
Student: I think maths is good.
Student: Basically, you can't get out of using maths.
It's a very helpful skill to have.
Everything basically involves maths.
Student: Not a subject that I enjoy much.
Student: I don't really enjoy studying maths.
Student: I think it's pretty good.
You can use it in your lifestyle a lot.
Student: Like, if you work, you will have to use it.
Student: I like solving problems.
And I find it interesting.
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Joel Spencer: As a graphic designer I would use proportion and angles, especially at the concept stage.
It's kind of sitting down and thinking about the overall picture and working out, say, for example, a page layout.
You work with shapes and kind of work at that part.
So, reassemble the page, photos, text and just as blocks.
And then once you kind of get around to that level, then you're happy with that, then you'll work down to the next level, which is more a
detail where then you'll break down those proportions again and kind of work within that proportion and work out, you know, balanced,
layout for text, headings and work out a hierarchy.
And then, hopefully from there it works out.
When you're designing in print everything is dimensioned in one way and designing for web is just totally different.
Basically, you know, you've got to make sure the images are the right resolution.
When you talk to web designers you've got to talk about it in pixels, not centimetres or millimetres, whereas in print all the images have to be high resolution.
So when you're working with a project where you've got both, you've got to kind of basically save everything for the right formats.
Student: I've got a job outside of school.
Like, I work at a shopping centre and you have to count money when the customers come.
Instead of wasting time you just, like, you just count it in your head.
It's easier.
Student: I guess you use math every day.
I mean, even if you're working in retail or if you're an engineer, either way you're going to use a bit of maths.
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Alison Gallagher: Often I have to use mental arithmetic just day to day.
Like when I go to get change, roughly how many fifty-dollar notes, how many twenty-dollar notes I'm going to need when I go to the bank.
Another example of using maths in the workplace would be measuring things like herbal teas and raw ingredients like cocoa butter, beeswax, different clays.
So we generally sell a fifty-gram bag.
In order to make sure that's accurate we have some scales.
So we have a little plastic bag, we fill it up with exactly fifty grams, tape it up, label it and then give it to the customer.
A customer might walk in and come in with a specific budget, so I'll just work out in my head roughly what group of maybe three products will cost fifty dollars.
Student: I would certainly use maths when I leave school.
Student: You can use it in life and it's the same in every country.
Student: Maths is a very vital part of life.
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Angie Tate: In my marketing role I guess the main thing is for budgets for projects.
So we manage our budgets completely.
We track how much money a client's spending, how much money they want to spend and how we've gone over.
So it's sort of managing all the different items in a project from start to finish and then also reconciling the budget at the end of the job.
So figuring out where we went over, where we went under and if there's any refunds for the client or if they have to pay us more.
We also use Excel for projections and billings, so we always look at each month as a company, as a whole company, how much we're
billing each client, and how much we've projected to bill for the whole year to make sure that we're meeting our targets each month.
Student: I use maths when I'm working because I work in a bakery.
And to check when people give me change.
Student: It's things like when you go to the shops and it has fifty per cent off and things like that, you can calculate it yourself and then you can tell if they're ripping you off.
Student: Fractions can sometimes be very boring. And the decimal points.
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Alison: Another example of using maths is our conversion rate.
Say we have a hundred people come into the store and fifty of those people buy something-buy something for a gift or something for
themselves-so we will calculate a figure called the conversion rate.
And the way we would do that would be divide fifty, which is the number of customers, by one hundred, which is the number of people
who've walked into the store, and that will give us 0.5 on a calculator and that then needs to be converted into fifty per cent.
So that's just a bit of maths that you're converting a decimal into a percentage, but it's a really important tool for the store and for the company.
Student: As a physio I think I'd use maths in keeping charge of the calendar.
Student: In case I try to pursue a career which I'd need maths for, like architecture or accounting; engineering.
Joel: If I was a young person setting up a business, which I have done, there is a lot to consider in terms of quantities.
And there's a lot of research as well.
So you've got to sit down and work out your office rent, your expenses-so stationery, internet connection, cost to host a website-set down
a marketing budget so you can print all your documentation.
And then from there you can kind of work out your hourly rates from that.
And also take time sheets and so you add that into that as well, so make sure you put hours to each project and then that comes off the budget.
So that way you can maintain and make sure that you're making money.
Student: I want to be in the navy.
Or customs.
So I'm going to have to use maths in that. I guess with navigation I have to, like, use numbers and all that.
Student: I'm most likely going to do a trade-plumber, carpenter or locksmith.
I'll be using maths to calculate my timber, the size of timber I might need in carpentry.
Student: If I were a zoologist I would use maths in it because I would use the measurements for the animals.
Student: I'm not sure what I'm going to do after school so I'm really not sure if I'll use it or not. Maybe.
Student: I don't think pi is that important for something I want to do.
Student: In my future career-it depends on what I do-I'll probably use maths.
If I become a mathematician I'll obviously use all sorts of maths.
And if I don't then I'll just use it in, like, daily shopping and stuff like that.
Student: I use maths subconsciously, I guess.
Like trying to add up things in the supermarket and just going out with friends.
And maybe when I'm older when I have to do taxes and stuff.
Student: I probably will use some element of maths in my future career, yeah.