Answer:
Mathematics is a methodical application of matter. ... Mathematics makes our life orderly and prevents chaos. Certain qualities that are nurtured by mathematics are power of reasoning, creativity, abstract or spatial thinking, critical thinking, problem-solving ability and even effective communication skills
When Bostein clearly stated that ' the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life ' he apparently meant that the social-scale in a stereotypical high school is considered fake and has no purpose whatsoever in the outside world. Meaning that appearance and athletic status will not apply or be necessary to any sort of work in the 'real world'.
The following sentence best paraphrases the passage:
"Swift maintains that, if asked, people who have lived in poverty their entire lives would say that they would rather have been sold for food at one year of age."
Answer: why Annie made the changes she did
Explanation:
The first sentence stated that "Finally, on June 25, 1894, she was off". The sentence along with the second sentence doesn't give information regarding the reason for Annie made the changes that she made.
The sentence three stated that "It had taken her three months to travel approximately 1,300 miles, and she had more than 20,000 miles left to cover".
Without the writer not including the statistic in sentence 3, it'll have been unclear why Annie made the changes she did.