Mathematics and Mathematical Thinking

From the first time I knew and also studied mathematics, all I knew, mathematics was numbers and calculations. I also always think that everything that contains multiple, plus, minus, and also a division in mathematics. When I started studying mathematics at Elementary School and Primary School, I became more convinced that the core of mathematics was counting. With a count that will be increasingly difficult to understand.

Now that I have studied mathematics again, mathematics is not just about counting. Mathematics is an abstraction of a way of thinking, which means mathematics is a way of thinking or simplifying the compound object. It also can be interpreted as an art; this is because both mathematics and art are both used to express something. Mathematics is a strategy to solve the problem. With all the things I have learned, I can conclude that mathematics is a problem-solving.

Then what is mathematical thinking? Mathematics is problem-solving; this means that mathematical thinking is a way of thinking to solve problems. Mathematics simplifies complicated things to make it easier to understand; mathematical thinking is a way of thinking to find the simplest solution to a problem.

Although many people say that mathematics is complicated and boring, however, when they know the real mathematics, they will know that mathematics is like a puzzle. The more we know, the more we want to try to know others.