And for math fanatic and BYU math education professor Doug Corey, Pi Day is the perfect day to celebrate the real-life application of math.

Parents and teachers have heard this question in many forums, “Will I use this math in “real” life?” This is a question that math teachers and parents alike hear annually from students who ...

Nearly every ordinary activity in life demands math skills, he said. A trip to the commissary, for example, requires familiarity with unit pricing, weights and measures in the produce department.