Being a senior, I had the wonderful oppurtunity to drop my math class. Despite all the grief by my teachers I did anyway. Having a open period is great and has actually helped me earn my pilots lisence very fast. However, math still comes up daily. Especially in a pilots life. One of the biggest math problems a pilot will do is compute ones weight and balance. In the end it gives a planes center of gravity, or CG. It will tell you if the center of gravity is "in range" to safely fly the aircraft. It is a very simple process. First you multiply the weight of an object or person by its arm. (the distance from the front of the plane) The product is called "moment". After this is all done you take the total moment and divide it by total weight and your givin the CG.
While going through flight training most instructors will make you figure out CG on a peice of paper. Doing it on the ground with a calculator make things easy as well. Another electronic alternative to aspects of flying is the electronic flight computer. It will compute fuel burn along with many other things with just a touch of a button.
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