I use algebra in daily life, when I want to figure out an unknown. Examples include
-How much things you can buy (If x and y are the prices of what you want to buy for $10 and one is half the price of the other the equation would be x+y=10, 2y=x)
I can also use algebra for rates, here is an example of a rate:
- If a person finishes a task, like folding 90 papers in 30 minutes, I can use algebra to figure out the rate and estimate how much time it would take to do another task.If y is the rate, the equation would be..
90
------ = y To solve it you would do 90/30 which is 3, so this person folds 3 pages per minute
30
The other rate would be similar.