Table of Contents. We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today … Free Teacher Program. Tools-NCES Kids' Zone. Create A Graph. Math in Daily Life. When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles.
People have been using these same principles for thousands of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done. How can math be so universal? First, human beings didn't invent math concepts; we discovered them.