Why maths are important in eng?

Answer 1

The important of Math to language is the same as Math to Language. In particular to English.

First Math is just a method of conveying thoughts, it's another language. Sometimes, regular words cannot be used to describe things (how much money your earned today? I earned "k" dollars), we need to use a different language, namely Math. Same vice versa (Hey, what's are you typing on? 5 + 9 = 14!) It's a tool.

secondly, not as important or as obvious, is that Math is a practice of critical thinking. While it certainly won't help you write a better article right away (use induction to prove your essay!), it will help you think critically on what to write about and how to make it better (logically speaking, we cannot "assume" A, but we can easily see that the author's choice of word here "implies" it)*.

* "assume" and "implies" are commonly used math language in analysis and abstract math. THey are basically logic courses with balls instead of events.