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People who have a strong propensity for mathematics are typically characterised by a love for the problem-solving process, using patterns, reasoning, and symbolic abstractions. Mathematics can be divided into two branches: applied and theoretical. It is the field of theoretical mathematics that builds theories and tests them with abstract logic, but it is the field of applied mathematics that encourages us to solve problems in the 'real world'. Both are essential contributors to our body of mathematical knowledge, but it is the applied mathematics that brings mathematics to life in the classroom. |