How much do we use numbers in our everyday lives?
There are things more important than numbers, of course, but without specific numbers, many parts of our lives would become very difficult.
That's what our reading is about.
What does it mean to make sence of something?
It means you finally come to understand it.
And by the way, the word FIGURE has more than one meaning.
Figure can be a verb, referring to thinking.
But figure can also be a noun, and it refers to numbers or costs.