ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Geomathematics

Geomathematics is like playing with shapes and numbers together! Remember when you played with puzzle pieces, fitting them together to make a picture? Well, this is like that but with more math involved!

Let's start with shapes. Do you remember what a square looks like? It has four sides, all the same length, and all the corners are right angles. Now let's add math to it. We can measure the length of the sides and the angle at each corner. This is called geometry.

But what if we want to do more with our square? We might want to know how much area it covers or how long the diagonal is. This is where math comes in to help us! We can use formulas to find these things out.

Geomathematics goes beyond just squares, though. We can play with all sorts of shapes and figures, like triangles, circles, and even three-dimensional objects like cubes and spheres. We can use all sorts of math, like addition, multiplication, and even some fancy things like calculus and trigonometry, to help us figure things out.

So, in summary, geomathematics is like playing with shapes and numbers together to help us figure out cool things about those shapes.