How weak are you at maths?

tebowfan

or alternatively, how good are your math skills?

Tox56

What an oddly phrased question.

LETHAL LADY

Is this a test?

trollin trollin trollin

There are three types of people in the world,those who can count and those who can't.

Hasmunch

On a scale of 1 to 10, i like pi

Turtyturd

Meth skills are pretty good...it's the spelling that gets me.

Samich

I'm good I don't get how some people would be able to estimate in their heads, say, 20% of 180. 20% of 200 is 40 so gonna be less than 40. 30*5 = 150 so it's between 30 and 40, so roughly 35.

El Weirdo

tebowfan wrote: »

or alternatively, how good are your math skills?

Did you write the title over here and the post in America?

the keen edge

I'm real good at maths, check this....

OK think of a number, any number at all.

Right so, I bet you thought of the number Friday didn't you?
Haha....... people always pick Friday.

amacachi

Samich wrote: »

I'm good I don't get how some people would be able to estimate in their heads, say, 20% of 180. 20% of 200 is 40 so gonna be less than 40. 30*5 = 150 so it's between 30 and 40, so roughly 35.

20% is a fifth. A tenth just involves knocking off the zero so it's twice 18. No need for estimating.

LenaClaire

42

Novella

I'd say I'm average at Maths. I'm definitely a lot better when it comes to letters and words than numbers though.

Dudess

I assumed I was sh1t at maths when I was in school, as I always failed or barely passed. But then I actually did some work for leaving cert maths and got a B in ordinary level. So my sh1te-ness had just been laziness. I assume, given my leaving, that I'm mediocre at maths.

Inbox

e is a number too

derfderf

I'm like a male carol vorderman. Before she was sexy

mickdw

I love maths and am reasonably good. Numbers, not letters for me.

EuropeanSon

I'm awesome at Maths, but then, I do it at college (which isn't to say I wasn't awesome at maths before I came to college)

eyescreamcone

There are 10 types of people in the world!




Those that understand the binary system ...







... And those that don't !!!

The Internet Explorer

About three fiddy.

Chuck Stone

****ing useless at maths on paper but not too bad in my head. I'm better at words and stuff.

I think I might have pseudo dyscalculia - it's a disease so I should get pity and free treatment and money for it.

paky

my maths teacher was a psychotic c.unt. i liked maths but she made me hate it and everyone else too

Bad Panda

When I applied myself I was decent enough at maths, when I didn't, I was appalling.

I don't have a natural aptitude for it.

cocoshovel

I can hardly add or subtract in my head

BackScrub

This question again eh?

If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times, I'm brilliant at maths.

44leto

I am good at maths, love the subject as well, but ironically I am crap at calculations, so from 1 to 10 I estimate I am 12.

Canonfan

To answer OP's question: I am Chinese.:cool:

Zen65

Maths is a philosophical subject, so I found it easy all through school and college.


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snuggles09

i tried to work out the other day what 18% of 30,000,000 was ( a euro millions debate i was having with someone) and i nearly had a nosebleed..my brain didnt function right for at least an hour after

i've even tried a calculator and i still can't work it out properly..in summary, i'm thick at maths

FoxT

BackScrub wrote: »

This question again eh?

If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times, I'm brilliant at maths.

Actually, you are not being sufficiently precise. Did this happen on 2 separate occasions, for a total of 2n+1, or is the total just n+1?

Is n>0?

If n= -1, then you've contradicted yourself!

44leto

paky wrote: »

my maths teacher was a psychotic c.unt. i liked maths but she made me hate it and everyone else too

A mad mathematician, they don't exist in nature,

JerryHandbag

Pretty weak, and proud of it.

snuggles09

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Pretty weak, and proud of it.

yeah, give me pretty and weak over ugly and strong any day of the week and twice on a sunday

St.Spodo

I'm good at working out figures in my head in everyday situations. I was entirely mediocre in school, though. It was never one of my strongest subjects, probably my worst.

BackScrub

FoxT wrote: »

Actually, you are not being sufficiently precise. Did this happen on 2 separate occasions, for a total of 2n+1, or is the total just n+1?

Is n>0?

If n= -1, then you've contradicted yourself!

Probably!

senorwipesalot

Ever seen knackers(travellers) count money?
They"re like some kind of irish Pythagaros.

Colmo52

On a scale of 1 to to 10 with 1 being terrible and 10 being awesome, I'd say (2)(x+2) where x=3

BrianD3

Did my LC in the mid nineties and got a C3 in hons maths. Considered myself poor at maths and was fairly worried about failing the hons paper. Yet my C3 put me in about the top 5% in my year such was the terrible standard of maths teaching in my school.

Out of 150 students in my year approx 15 sat the hons paper and approx 8 got C3 or higher.

Bajingo

I love maths, i'm alright at it and I can do problems in my head fairly easily..i'm weird in that I look for little maths problems during the day and try and solve them in my head.

Badly Drunk Boy

I was always very good at Maths, and did it in college. The lack of numbers in college Maths (except Statistics) displeased me.

I'm not great at doing calculations if people call them out to me, but if I see a group of numbers written down, I can do great stuff. (Could I be slightly autistic?) I often used to get the numbers part of Countdown before the clock started. I suppose my brain works better visually.

Ficheall

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I'm awesome at Maths, but then, I do it at college

How's your Logic?

ukonline

FoxT wrote: »

Actually, you are not being sufficiently precise. Did this happen on 2 separate occasions, for a total of 2n+1, or is the total just n+1?

Is n>0?

If n= -1, then you've contradicted yourself!

I don't understand any of that, so I suppose I'm weak at maths.

amacachi

Colmo52 wrote: »

On a scale of 1 to to 10 with 1 being terrible and 10 being awesome, I'd say (2)(x+2) where x=3

That's the most exciting way you could represent 10? You do sound awesome at it.

I did some in college and use it every day so I'm not too bad. Well, the scientific calculator makes sure I'm not too bad!

FoxT

calculators are evil.

44leto

I am still trying to add up how good I am at maths as opposed to how weak I am. The equation must balance,

anhedonia

senorwipesalot wrote: »

Ever seen knackers(travellers) count money?
They"re like some kind of irish Pythagaros.

Na, they are like some kind of Irish Pythagaroi.

Clearly you've never studied ancient Greek. You disgust me.

bnt

The Boards moderators must love Maths, since they installed a LaTeX system that lets us put formulas in posts, like this:
[latex]\displaystyle{\psi}_n(x) = \frac{2^{1/4}}{\sqrt{n!}} \, e^{-\pi x^2}He_n(2x\sqrt{\pi})[/latex]

starviewadams

Very,very weak.I got an E in foundation maths on the leaving about 10 years ago,though in fairness I was hardly ever in school,and the odd time that I was the maths teacher just let us watch videos in his class instead of teaching us anything.

Giselle

I was quite good at maths in school with an average higher level C1 grade. Throughout university I've had to improve, as interpreting statistics is a small but crucial part of my work.

I've never liked it for its own sake, although I sometimes appreciate its elegance.

44leto

bnt wrote: »

The Boards moderators must love Maths, since they installed a LaTeX system that lets us put formulas in posts, like this:
[latex]\displaystyle{\psi}_n(x) = \frac{2^{1/4}}{\sqrt{n!}} \, e^{-\pi x^2}He_n(2x\sqrt{\pi})[/latex]

=42 or yore ma

howsyourtusk

There's a lot of people on here confused about the difference between mathematics and artihmetic...