How can math help me manage my money?

For starters, just being good at math and mastering the basics allows us to better understand our income.

In addition, it also helps us better manage the resources we have to avoid reaching a critical situation (an overdraft in the account, for example) and correctly manage our budget.

On the other hand, mathematics can take us away from the dependence on gambling or games of chance that we are so obsessed with at times. In fact, a polytechnic school in Milan has launched a training course to avoid addiction to gambling through mathematics. His goal is for students to understand the odds of winning and how difficult it is to be solvent following that lifestyle.

And since we are talking about money and winning, did you know that thanks to mathematics you could win a million dollars?

The Clay Mathematics Institute of Massachusetts offers 7 prizes of one million euros for those who can solve 7 of the greatest mathematical problems ever solved. How can math help me manage my money?