Fora da sala de aula: a matemática aplicada em situações do cotidiano

Abstract

Mathematics, when it leaves the classroom and the pages of a book, becomes a true ally of people. Leaving the concept behind and finding real situations is a great challenge. Therefore, many students ask themselves “where am I going to use this?” This questioning is the fruit of systemic mathematics found in schools and universities. However, behind the shell of axioms and theorems, at the primordial core it is possible to find a mathematics focused on everyday life. The present study aims to identify situations in which mathematics is applied outside the classroom, to analyze mathematical calculation in everyday life and to study the history of mathematics. The work was carried out through field research and bibliographical consultations carried out in libraries and in the Scielo and Google Scholar databases. Aiming at a greater depth of research, a visit was made to the Pedra do Castelo Municipal Park, a place where there are archaeological records made by primitive peoples, visits were also made to some communities and conversations with popular people. At the end of the study, it was possible to observe that mathematics is innate in human beings, therefore, it exists outside the classroom and is used in different situations in everyday life.