Many of us have had a lot of experience with math and yet we still don't apply it correctly in everyday life. Does the phrase "give 110%" ring a bell? That saying has come to mean "give your best effort". Sayings like that don't make any sense from a mathematical standpoint and yet they are used often in everyday life. How does something like this come to be? I personally have theory that the saying was repeated from person to person incorrectly or was simply heard wrong, making it so everyone thought it was the true saying. (Similar to how I spent most of my life thinking it was a "doggie dog world" instead of dog eat dog world). Another explanation for this saying would be due to the lack of appreciation or application of mathematics in everyday life. The U.S. is behind other countries in math and science and was ranked number 27 out of 34 for math performance by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. A lot of other countries put more emphasis on mathematics in school and life, but the U.S. doesn't seem to do so. This lack of emphasis leads to saying and ideas in everyday life that aren't actually mathematically correct.
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