How weak are you at maths?

snuggles09 · 17-03-2012 12:41AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:42AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:43AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:45AM

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

Colmo52 · 17-03-2012 12:47AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:48AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:52AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:57AM

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 · 17-03-2012 12:57AM

EuropeanSon wrote: »

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

How's your Logic?

ukonline · 17-03-2012 01:02AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:13AM

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.

17-03-2012 01:15AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:17AM

calculators are evil.

44leto · 17-03-2012 01:20AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:23AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:33AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:38AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:46AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:48AM

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 · 17-03-2012 01:51AM

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

Jev/N · 17-03-2012 02:11AM

It was pretty much my best subject in school for test/exam purposes etc. but use it rarely now, so have forgotten most of it.

Generally took me awhile to get my head around topics but once I did, it was grand. As a subject, it more about understanding rather than rote-learning

TeddyTedson · 17-03-2012 02:46AM

howsyourtusk wrote: »

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

Yup was just going to post that myself :cool:

I have a friend who is awful at maths but is absolutely unbelievable with arithmetic.

I was quite good (that's bull**** actually, a bit above average I'd say really) at Maths, it's just that I've now forgotten it all:P

policarp · 17-03-2012 04:50AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I was quite good (that's bull**** actually, a bit above average I'd say really) at Maths, it's just that I've now forgotten it all:P

So, to sum it all up, mathematics causes amnesia. . .

CrazyRabbit · 17-03-2012 05:26AM

I'm good enough to know that i isn't real.

But I haven't a clue what F(s) = ℒ{f (t)} is.

CrazyRabbit · 17-03-2012 05:28AM

howsyourtusk wrote: »

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

+1

Ficheall · 17-03-2012 05:36AM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I'm good enough to know that i isn't real.

But I haven't a clue what F(s) = ℒ{f (t)} is.

http://www.rapidtables.com/math/calculus/laplace_transform.htm

Davidius · 17-03-2012 05:44AM

Good enough for people who are not good at maths to think of me as a genius.

I am quite slow at mental arithmetic so I avoid being asked to calculate things in order to keep people believing I'm a genius.

ToddyDoody · 17-03-2012 05:50AM

Not great really. Probability and Statistics are my main concerns. Better than i used to be, but once a formula or problem gets too complicated i'm fecked. Also if its an area i havent dealt with before i'm particularly fecked

Captain Graphite · 17-03-2012 06:14AM

I have a BSc in Mathematical Science and Physics. I'm going to be doing an MSc in Mathematical Medicine & Biology in September. So on paper my maths skills should be fairly good. Yet I still feel like I'm crap at it.

I did enjoy studying mathematics at college but it always took a lot longer for the material to sink into my head than it did for others in my course. I never had a natural aptitude for maths and I was always better with letters and words. Yet I never really liked English as a subject in school, despite being really good at it, and I really enjoyed maths, despite being pretty average at it. Go figure.

Oh and I'm rubbish at mental arithmetic.

Napper Hawkins · 17-03-2012 06:39AM

I have a BS in Astrophysics.

How weak are you at maths?

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