Common Core: High School - Number and Quantity

This subject covers the foundational concepts of number and quantity, focusing on real numbers, complex numbers, and their applications in various mathematical contexts.

Practical Applications

Engineering and Science: Complex Numbers in Action

How Complex Numbers Power Technology

Complex numbers are used in engineering, physics, and technology to solve real-world problems.

Where You'll Find Them

  • Electrical engineering (analyzing circuits)
  • Computer graphics (rotations and transformations)
  • Physics (wave equations and quantum mechanics)

Why Use Complex Numbers?

They let engineers and scientists represent signals that change over time, model waves, and solve equations that real numbers can't handle.

Cool Fact

Even though they’re called "imaginary," complex numbers have very real uses!

Examples

  • Using complex numbers to describe the voltage in an AC circuit.

  • Modeling the movement of sound or light waves.