<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheBlackMamba:</div><div class="quote_post">I find the 12 times tables so easy, I don't know why.</div> If you play a lot of first person shooters with pistols that have a 12 bullet magazines, it gets fairly easy to remember. By the way, I'm pretty decent at math, but I'm starting to find that I'm not as smart as I used to be.
Ehh I hate Math now. I used to think it was ok but studying it as an A-Level is pointless. I hate differentiation of functions and integration of trigonometric functions. It's real pointless.
Wait till you get to college math, i always sucked at math and now its like ten times worse. the teachers dont care whether you pass or fail.
Yeah, I've never done well in math. Basketball-related math like calculating percentages, subtraction, addition, and things like that I have no problems with, but algebra, trigonometry, even geometry I struggle with. I've always been solid with the reading/writing skills though.
i thought i was real smart in math, then i took honors geometry my sophmore year where i was just about to fail and i asked my guidance councler to change it and she agreed, even in a regular math class i wasn't doing as well as i usually do, this year i took algebra 2 and i got a 70 on my first test, but i was one of 3 kids to pass lol
I actually averaged 98% last year in AP Mathematics & Calculus...and i'm black (since people in this thread are associating race with mathematical skills). I guess i'm one of the lucky ones.
I'm in Geometry right now and I hate it too. We have a cool teacher though that is like 23. She knows math can be boring and tries to make it more fun for us. I still hate the loads of homework and it just gets so boring. Luckily though, when my teacher starts to see that we are getting bored or stressed she lets us take a break and she starts talking to us about football or something.
I hate trigonometric proofs! I want to study Economics at university and I have to do well in A-Level Math to get into the university I want to go to. Try to prove Sin(x + 30?) + (√3)cos(x + 30?) ≡ 2cosx
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Umair15:</div><div class="quote_post">^^^ What grade are you in? 9th grade right?</div> 10th grade.
I used to get 90's in elementary school in math....grade 9 came and I dropped to a 57 (I simply couldn't grasp the concept and I am honestly not good with numbers)...atleast I passed. Grade 10, I failed it with a 46 and had to take summer school where I got high 70's. So, instead of taking a high level math course in Grade 11, I realized I could just take a college level course and get my 3 needed math credits and not have to take it again. So that's what I did and I finished the college level course with an 84 (it was easy beyond easy can describe...we could use cheat sheets and everything on tests). Now I'm in Grade 12, with no Math at all so anything less then 85 this year will be a shame
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Junoon:</div><div class="quote_post">I used to get 90's in elementary school in math....grade 9 came and I dropped to a 57 (I simply couldn't grasp the concept and I am honestly not good with numbers)...atleast I passed. Grade 10, I failed it with a 46 and had to take summer school where I got high 70's. So, instead of taking a high level math course in Grade 11, I realized I could just take a college level course and get my 3 needed math credits and not have to take it again. So that's what I did and I finished the college level course with an 84 (it was easy beyond easy can describe...we could use cheat sheets and everything on tests). Now I'm in Grade 12, with no Math at all so anything less then 85 this year will be a shame </div> 57 is passing in your school? I thought it was 65 for all schools.
I had the worseeeee teacher ever in Grade 10 Math. I failed bad with a 32. I got my internet dissconencted, tv cable gone, got a tutor, but it didn't really work with my retard teacher, who can't teacher, speak enligsh, or mark properly. I did summerschool and ended up with an 81? Lastyear I understood math completely, but I would struggle and choke on tests due to my bad memorization skills in equations. I finished with a 44, took summer school, had 80 going into the exam, and then bombed the exam, knowing my mark didn't matter. I'm done with math forever (well in courses) now, unless business involves complex math. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> 57 is passing in your school? I thought it was 65 for all schools.</div> Well...In Peel atleast, it's 50+ to pass. Not sure about the rest of Canada.
I've always hated math. It's my worst subject by far..even failed it a couple times in High School. Equations with fractions are a royal pain in the arse too...and I haven't even got to calculus yet.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">57 is passing in your school? I thought it was 65 for all schools.</div> Wow, 65 and 70's are passes in the states? In Canada (atleast in Peel), 50's the standard pass. 50-59%= D-, D, D+, etc, 60-69%= C, 70-79%= B, 80-89%= A or A-, 90-100%= A+, A++, etc etc. They stop doing it as A B C D after elemntary but yeah. I believe 80-89% is a B in the States? Correct me if I'm wrong. If 70 was a pass around here then 80% (approx.) of my grade 10 math class would have failed that course...also, because of it's mathemetical tie-ins (which left me confused as hell), I ended up with a horrible mark of 66 (also a pass) in Chem while getting 80+ in every thing else that semester...the 66 dropped my overall average to a 79%...and I didn't even get on the honor roll. I hate math. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> who can't teacher, speak enligsh, or mark properly. </div> Was it an asian woman named Ms.Xu (pronounced Shoe)? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Lastyear I understood math completely, but I would struggle and choke on tests due to my bad memorization skills in equations. </div> Well, for me it was more of usually just taking notes in class without not understand anything, fooling around and talking in class (this was in Grade 10, the last time I took a high-level math course), studying minimally for tests and being disappointed when I failed every unit test, then promising my friend I'd get an above 80 mark on the following test and reverting back to my old habits after a week of solid studying. I just found it so god damn BORING...that was my problem. My dad is right...if you're not interested in something, your effort reflects your disinterest. I wasn't interested in math at all, so I wouldn't even try to get better, believing I was meant to be bad at it. It's not a matter of being good at it or not, it's a matter of dedication, determination and practice. I could do none of those things when it came to math and my marks easily reflected that.
I used to be the big daddy of math in 6th - 7th grades. I would get like above 95's on each test, and be the first to finish. But now, its like harder since im taking an advanced course. I'm in 11th grade, taking Pre-Cal. My teacher is really cool, he breaks it down easy. I just listen to him when he's giving out notes, jot down a bit of the hard part, ask friends couple of questions and I usually score 90-95 on my tests. I hate math, but im actually good at it.
