Accounting vs. Actuary

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<p>Accounting requires (elementary) arithmetic, and not much more, maybe a little basic algerbra and statistics. Excel would do most of it (as far as mathematics is concerned). </p>

<p>I believe that Actuary does require you to take higher courses in math and statistics which require a degree of mathematic proficiency. Here is a sample question on the website ucbalumnus linked to

Here’s the solution
[News</a> & Resources | Be an Actuary](<a href=“http://www.beanactuary.com/news/?fa=view&id=1661]News”>http://www.beanactuary.com/news/?fa=view&id=1661)</p>

<p>See:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/873086-accounting-math-vs-engineering-math.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/873086-accounting-math-vs-engineering-math.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/1011975-math-accounting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/1011975-math-accounting.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/892148-how-good-math-do-accounting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/892148-how-good-math-do-accounting.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/776374-do-you-have-good-math-major-accounting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/776374-do-you-have-good-math-major-accounting.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In short, no, you don’t have to be good at math for accountancy. At all. But if you don’t enjoy elementary arithmetic (which is different from not enjoying mathematics) you won’t enjoy accountancy…</p>