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Posted By: TK

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 784
math

every day, at 1:30PM, when i walk in the math classroom, i prepare for the worst. i suck at math. always have, always will.
here's a poem about me and math;

i hate math, math hates me
thats how its been, thats how it'll always be
dividing, angles, hypotenuse
i dont know if i spelled that right, math is still no use
just listening to things the teacher may say
will tear me up any day
math is worse that dragonmaster, oh its true
i hate math more than you
math is not my friend
that is how this poem ends.

that is how much i hate math.



Posted By: GirlUWant

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 783
RE: math

I used to think that I sucked at math, particularly Algebra and then I took an Elementary Algebra class at a junior college and had the highest grade in the class! I remember being upset because I made a 193 out of 200 on the final, which is actually an awesome score!

My secret to success was that when the teacher gave us the homework assignment to do problems 2, 4, 16, 18, 26, 32, 66, 72, 74, and 84, for instance, I did all problems 1-84!

I was able to understand the basic stuff and then build from that and actually enjoyed it!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Posted By: Joe

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 781
RE: math

I was in math honnors, all the way up to my last year of high school. Cheating dose help!

Posted By: SDE

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 774
RE: math

2+2=5?

New Math Right?

Posted By: GirlUWant

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 766
RE: math

Here on the Eastide, 2+2 still equals 4!

Posted By: observant

Posted On: Jan 9, 2005
Views: 761
RE: math

TK, if it makes you feel any better, Einstein hated math and did poorly with it in school.

The important thing about taking it in school is that if you're ever confronted with a tough math problem in your real life, you know where to look to figure out the answer

I always did well in math classes but retained very little of it from one grade to the next. I'm a chemist now and am very good with the math that I have to do everyday. Ask me a geometry question, I'll have to get back to you. I do know where to look it up though.

Posted By: Yodel

Posted On: Jan 10, 2005
Views: 735
RE: math

Yeah. Math is a tool and you only need to know enough to achieve your specific goal.

Posted By: Hmmm

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 713
RE: math

Here's some helpful hints:

Sin(u/2)=[(1-cos[u])/2]^1/2

cos(u/2)=[(1+cos[u])/2]^1/2

sin(2u)=2sin(u)cos(u)

Cos(2u)=cos^2(u)+sin^2(u)

Posted By: Hmmm

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 712
RE: math

By the way... ¿¿¿does anyone out there know how to make the small exponents using a keyboard instead of having to use a carrot every time you need to to have one???

Posted By: Matt

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 711
RE: math

Anybody stupid or bored enough to figure out this formula?

2+4+9-10+111-45+88x90-1000x3+9+9+9+9+9+9x2+987623-98x34+77-9x98+1+1+2+2+ 3+3+4+4+5+567-91 = ?

The answer is really funny!

Posted By: Hmmm

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 709
RE: math

¿What is so funny about 989032?
and i think that is an expression not a formula...

Posted By: Matt

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 703
RE: math

It's funny because I made you waste your time figuring it out.

Posted By: Hmmm

Posted On: Jan 11, 2005
Views: 699
RE: math

Touche

Posted By: Bob Dole

Posted On: Jan 14, 2005
Views: 674
RE: math

When I took number theory in college the first thing they thought us was to forget everything we ever learned. For example, you can factor prime numbers:

3 = (ã4 + 1) * (ã4 - 1)

I still think the hardest math class I ever took was Numerical Analysis. It was an entire class devoted to sequences and series. Taylor series, Fibonacci series, all kinds of stuff. Hard ****.