Math is a powerful tool for brain development in general and thinking in particular. There are professions in which knowledge of this subject will be of direct use, and there are those in which your children will succeed simply because their brains are particularly well-developed.
We've chosen professions that are especially in demand in Canada and diluted them with those in which math doesn't seem to play an important role. We will tell you about them, and you tell it to your children.
Software Developer. Mathematics helps to think logically and abstractly, to invent and develop algorithms. Salary: $45,000 to $120,000 a year. Here and below salaries are taken from the jobbank website for 2021.
Accountant. Based on mathematical methods, the accountant calculates indicators of the company's financial condition, sales volumes, salary by the hour with allowances and bonuses. Salary: from 39 to 100 thousand dollars a year.
Nurse. Knowing math, you can calculate drug volume per pound of weight, figure out dosages, and estimate IV time without error. Salary: $20-$48 per hour or up to $79,000 per year.
Cook, pastry chef. Without math, it is difficult to calculate the volume and quantity of ingredients, baking time, volume of cream and other important points. Salary: 14-25 dollars per hour.
Engineer. When you have to make calculations for material consumption, production time, sustainability and building life, you can't do without math. Salary from 74 to 92 thousand dollars.
Business Analyst. Analytics is about logic, numbers and the relationships between them. A business analyst needs to be able to manage finances, which means calculating profits, revenue, calculating economics, costs, resources, and so on. Salary: from 73 to 87 thousand dollars.
Musician. If a child dreams of starting his own rock band, he may wonder about the need for math. But it's true - you need math to build melody and harmony. Proportions, tacts, symmetry are easier to understand if you know math. Income: depends on the particular class. A music teacher receives from 20 to 30 thousand dollars a year, top musicians - hundreds of thousands.
Entrepreneur. When starting a business, you need to be able to plan, calculate, analyze and forecast. These skills are developed through math.
