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Imagine two ancient herdsmen bargaining with each other over an exchange of cattle. Who got the better deal would be a matter of poverty and riches. By representing concepts from the real world, such as ‘the size of a herd’, with mathematical ideas, such as ‘number’, our early ancestors were able to use mathematics to manage their environment.
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© 2001 Peter Kahn
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Kahn, P. (2001). Applying Mathematics. In: Studying Mathematics and its Applications. Palgrave Study Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10601-8_9
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