Introduction
As our world becomes increasingly more invested in the idea of taking charge over
your own life and ensuring that you are living it how you want, students are starting
to question their teachers more than ever. The questions of "Why does this matter?"
and "e;How is this going to help me in the future?" are being asked by students every
day and in every class. Mathematics is often a subject that is said to have little
implications in the real world, and that as long as you know how to use a calculator
you may never have to do math again once your education is done. This however is far
from the truth, and the moment adulthood hits and there are groceries to buy, bills
to pay, and budgets to follow, one would be increasingly more prepared if the
mathematics they learned in middle school and high school were stored in their mind.
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