A knowledge of maths is not important for most jobs nowadays. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Mathematics is an incredibly useful subject

that is

learned by almost everyone on the planet to some degree. Is

maths

,

however

, a useful tool for most

jobs

, especially with the advent of modern technology? In my view, I would tend to agree that it is no longer a vital part of most

jobs

,

although

it clearly remains critical for some industries. There is now a growing number of professions where

maths

is no longer important on a day-to-day basis at

work

. Employees no longer need to perform calculations

such

as adding up bills or calculating percentages

while

at

work

. These

jobs

are performed by technologies

such

as tills and computers which automate the entire process. Once upon a time, retail employees would need to manually calculate the final sales total, but

this

process has been replaced, first by calculators and more recently by electronic tills. Other companies, which would have once had to issue invoices or calculate future sales forecasts, no longer require employees to manually calculate these since they have a variety of computer programs to complete

this

work

. As we have a growing number of people working in these fields, it is safe

to conclude

that an increasing proportion of the population does not require basic

maths

to perform their duties. Despite

this

, it is important to note that there is, and will always be, a subsection of the population that will probably always be required to rely on their

maths

skills. Health professionals,

such

as doctors and dentists, very often have to calculate doses of medicines manually,

while

researchers in various fields have to calculate statistics and probabilities of events.

Finally

, there are, of course, those people who

work

in accounting, auditing or actuarial services who will always need mathematics. The increased prevalence of technology within workplaces has, in my view, led to

maths

becoming less important for most

jobs

nowadays. There will always remain,

however

, people in society who will rely on

this

subject to perform their

jobs

.