Which is more useful: being able to read or do math?

Not everyone is going to be a Math Teacher when they grow up, it's very important to be able to read, you have to be able to read signs like A stop sign for example, you have to know how to read stop so that you can be safe, and lets say theres a bottle in front of you, math wont help you figure out if its poison or not, if you read the lable, it might say if its poison, or if your eating a type of food, you might want to read the ingredients to make sure nothing your allergic to is in their, reading is very helpful, it allows you to read the exit signs, know whether or not something is poisoned, or if something is medicine, and it allows you to read whether something is out dated or not, reading helps us with every day things, there are more ways reading can help you than I listed, but I think its much more important to read than to do math

While it really isn't a case of 'which is more important', I would rather be able to read. However, long before reading was common, things were passed on orally, and it was a full profession to tell stories, and that worked pretty well for people... It'd save trees and it'd be great and all, but I still love reading. What I'm trying to say is that, although we could manage without reading while we probably couldn't do without maths, personally, reading is the one for me.

You need to know how to read to do math

If you can't read the numbers, you can't do the maths.

totally reading

i never knew math but i get by in life just fine reading :)

There's this nifty little thing called a calculator to help me with all my mathematical needs. :)

Reading is very important for insructions and everyday life.I can,t do math anyway!LOL..

By far. The only math the average person will need in their daily lives is the core basics anyway. Compare it to reading; you'd need a lot more than just knowing the alphabet to get by in our society.

If you can't read, how are going to read the math problem?

An interesting question

Too many everyday tasks require reading--even just walking through town. Math is important, but I think that reading is more versatile and necessary.

Then read a book about math! Lol

Don't you have to read in order to do most complex math problems?
ie. If a train leaves Chicago heading east at 1:PM doing sixty miles per hour .....

There's way more reading in the world than math. Plus, what about word problems, or even just regular written formulas you have to read them to solve them.

I love to read and have little use for math. But I like to do both but reading to me is more important.

For almost everyone, and I mean everyone, reading is more important than math. Honestly, I read a thousand times more than doing math, and usually the math is pointless and just for fun.

you need to read first

You don't necessarily need math for a career, but ever career requires the ability to read. If you don't wanna be a hobo, you need to know how to read.

Reading can teach you math.

Reading is the basis of everything, even math. However, I'm a librarian, so I'm probably prejudiced in favor of reading.

You have to be able to read numbers to do math.

My careers are based on my knowledge of mathematics ..
number theory and the accumulation of data ..
(watching them flow .. and seeing where the troubles are)

Needless to say ..
I'm not able to 'see' like others do at this point in my life ..
so I have services .. apps .. that do that for me ..

...unless you had perfect memory and could apply profound math skills to winning in Vegas, perhaps. Still, I wouldn't give up my ability to read. It's the major source of my learning.

A lot of math requires reading.

Hell I know where to buy a calculator, and can READ the sign on the store too!

Most of mathematics cannot be done with a calculator, one needs a brain too.

The ability to read is fundamental to any understanding, not only because it allows you to ead words but it trains your brain to make the associations necessary for deductive insight. Reading IS math everything is math.

It is possible to do math without language and a form of communication. Most species of the genus Homo weren't believed to have invented their own language and lettering and communicate but they might have been able to do math, albeit simple.

The ability to read..Let's face truth here if you can't read then you ain't going to be very good at math either.

you cant do math without being able to read

read, couldn't do math otherwise

If one can read, and actually understand and learn from what they're reading, they can read about how any type of mathematics works.

because with reading you can also learn math.

The ability, and more importantly the desire, to read is critical to learning. Learning Math helps you think logically but it is narrowly focused while reading allows you to gain knowledge about everything.

Learn to read so you can read to learn.

I would like to know what I'm signing. The ability to do math is good when calculating my hours.

both are important but you use math everyday of ur liufe whther u read at any point or not--true knowledge very important lead by reading both are important...

Well, if you don't process information, (i.e. read and understand it), even math is of little value, but why would you expect a librarian to feel that math is more important than reading?

I wouldn't...however..I've never had to use reading every day of my life--dependent upon the past yes... you have to read numbers...BUT Math i've used EVERYDAY of me life. I use both. but are important...