Crunching numbers with purpose: Real world math at MSU solves community problems Contact: Kaitlyn Yeatman STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Instructor II Kim Walters is using her Math in Your World ...

Connecting math to real-world problems gives students a more sophisticated understanding of how math works.

Complex numbers are numbers that consist of two parts — a real number and an imaginary number. They are the building blocks of more intricate math, such as algebra.

In the 1970s mathematicians found a simple way to create all numbers, from the infinitely small to infinitely large ...

While it is not a real number — that is, it cannot be quantified on the number line — imaginary numbers are "real" in the sense that they exist and are used in math.