• Question: Maths or science

    Asked by 987putk28 to Jake on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by tumblebum.
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      Jake Langham answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      Maths! Wait no, science. Can I only pick one?

      Ok, this is actually a difficult question to answer.

      Science is about observing and making predictions about the world so we can understand it better.

      Some people think that maths is a sort of science, because you *can* use it as a tool to make predictions and theories about things in the world. (Like how there’s an equation describes gravity.) But some people say it’s not really a type of science because you don’t do any experiments in maths. (Is 2+2=4 really a fact about the world?)

      So what do you think? Is maths a part of science? Or is it its own separate thing?

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