5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions....

[silkieluver_07]

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Just kidding. Can you teach my kids? LOL

High school algebra is easy compared to college algebra....now THAT'S hard!!

I bet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AngieChick]

I am a major fan of math and use it all the time. In gradeschool my favorites were story problems. I did get up through Calculus, but it's been so long that I can't really help my son with his Advanced PreCalc. If I were taking the class with him, it would come back. I'm relearning Algebra and Geometry with my 8th grader. I remember it for the most part, but here and there I do have to refresh my mind.

My math skills have made it possible for me to build 2 chicken coops without guidance, figure out exactly how much fencing we need for each of our projects, and now I am building a greenhouse. I have no training, but my math skills allow me to measure accurately and design with confidence.

I also weave, and math is an integral part of it. When I was sewing for the theatre I could make costuming without the use of patterns, also because of my math skills.

I bet those who say they are terrible at math are really using it all the time without realizing it. It's just being used in an applied way instead of in a classroom setting.

Although, I'm kind of tempted to go back and relearn some of my higher math classes just for fun

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

I aure am glad there are people out there who love math!!!




Now who wants to help me with my chemistry?

 

[missfitch]

shhhhh it's just fractions, I dont know why I stink at them....

 

[djackjr]

I was doing fine in math for my age

then in my game programming math they come up with a Z axis!!!??? I was fine with they x and y axis,, 3D math ugh!!!

 

[ivan3]

One of the reasons math is painful for many is owing to our insistence on `worshiping' the `goods sold by weight' zombie, AKA, the avoirdupois system.

Almost every child knows how to count money. Our daughters knew just how much I'd pull from my pocket, before I had a chance to check, not long after they started to walk. Decimal systems are easy to get down cold in a hurry ( have .70 of a dollar well, where's the other .30?).

The metric system (SI) is a decimal system.

Compare: 1000 m = 1 km vs. 1760 yd. = 1 mile (or 8 furlongs or 320 rods, and each rod made up of 5 1/2 yd.). So, kids get to learn how to lick at and tickle (so to speak) the `king's foot' in all units of measure/dimension and only then are introduced to SI. It should be the other way around and the latter only encountered in history class as a footnote.

For parents and particularly students having troubles with the whole subject I'd suggest running down all of Isaac Asimov's series on math (Realm of Numbers/Algebra/Measure) and his Understanding Physics (compilation of three volumes). He wrote clearly and with a sense of humor, gives straight forward examples and you should be able to find used copies cheap.

well, that's a `partial fraction' of my opinion

 

[buck-wild-chick]

I hate fractions but Algebra is just plain useless, unless we plan on becoming rocket scientist

 

[redhen]

Math is my absolute worst subject..

 

[chic little]

Math and I always disgree.

As long as the check book balances
and more eggs hatch.
Life is sweet with Dh and the clan.

 

[karl lutz]

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I disagree parabala equasions perhaps ,but finding the unknown sum has proved very benficial to me all of my career in industry. Ratios, surface feet to rpm ,charting rise and run of angles.all things everyone should know to better improve their positions in life