Numbers, one of the most unique symbols of expression of quantity that mankind has ever created. Ever since their invention, numbers have been exhaustively used for quantifying data and have also greatly benefitted the scheme and system of calculation. Today's 10 digit system is an attribution of the Indian "0".

And when it comes to today's era of globalization and new commerce and commercial trends such as e-commerce, numbers have become even more indispensable. Add to this accountants look at the numbers which is interesting and their perspective is a must- study. A student of account management is required to have a solid background in the maths. He will be involved in the preparation of various data reports and scheduling, and their construction and plotting on graphs.

Once a student specializes in accountancy, he becomes capable of the various activities related to auditing, bookkeeping, cost and revenue returns, profit scales among others, and their subsequent listing and tabulation. All this involves an interchange and interplay of numbers on charts and their clear and accurate presentation.

Account auditors also have to forecast financial conditions of a body corporate and prepare annual financial statements and budgets. This again requires a substantial amount of calculation and a number of mathematical operations involving the skill and knowledge of different mathematical formulae. Commerce subject, therefore, and for that matter accountancy, requires the knowledge and skills to work with numbers. For an accountant, therefore, numbers are what he has to deal with throughout the length and breadth of his career.