I've never been able to wrap my head around anything other than the simplest maths problems.
Long division is entirely beyond me, as is algebra.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:32, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I fucking loved algebra.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:33, Reply)

I'm considering a math A level part time this September.
I scraped a "c" in O Level, and would like to try something that I would find difficult, rather than something I'm good at, or find easy.
Differentiation had me bollocksed.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:36, Reply)

Or you could just get a job

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:37, Reply)

Too busy mate.
College, part time business, just bought a new btl and am doing it up. The idea of sitting in an office or something, is a nono.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:39, Reply)

They normally put the letters in this order
BLT...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:44, Reply)

Actually a BLT sounds all good.
Lunch?
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:57, Reply)

It's no fun unless you bite :(

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:45, Reply)

What's a btl?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:52, Reply)

Buy To Let

( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:53, Reply)

Buy-to-let

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:54, Reply)

bacon tomato and lettuce

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:55, Reply)

Basically it's Bear Pookie's fault that there is no affordable housing available for you.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:59, Reply)

Bunch of cunts innit.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:00, Reply)

Oi, Vey, always the blame.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:01, Reply)

A level maths is pretty easy to be honest.
But, it takes a lot of work, hours and hours of doing the same types of questions again and again. My A level maths teacher described it as like learning a language.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:38, Reply)

I do like the idea of being to write formula quite cool tbh.
It's like a foreign language to me presently.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Maths is fucking dull without context.
Working out how much flour you need for your cake is one thing, because you're gonna get cake. Working out how much server-space you need for your project is great, because you're going to get to launch a project...... but working out Blah Times Blah Devided By Blah is dull.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:51, Reply)

My aspergers side gets significant pleasure from answering a page of maths questions.
And knowing that they're all right.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:53, Reply)

I was doing this "Online quiz" thing with PHP (my main language), and I got a run of like 25 correct questions in a row until they asked what PHP Stands for, and I got it wrong.
Story of my life, that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:57, Reply)

I remember Pie.
The round ones.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:34, Reply)

I'd much rather do advanced calculus or algebra than tell you what 16*7 is.
I don't get arithmetic, but generally pretty good at maths.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:37, Reply)

I simply don't have the head for it.
Spatial stuff I'm pretty good at, logic puzzles too. I just don't get maths.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:40, Reply)

Always a word problem too
"Tommy has 26 packs of 48 apples. He leaves 13 packs in the sun and half the apples inside the packs perish. How many apples is Tommy left with"

ARGH!
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:40, Reply)

936
I can do stuff like that in my head.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Yeah, I think Jason's suggestion that he might just be a bit thick is a reasonable one.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:43, Reply)

I consider that sort of problem more as a spatial problem than a maths problem
because you can break it down into "shapes" (for want of a better term, I'm not a synaesthete). Thinking of it like that rather than trying to find 48x13 suddenly makes it much easier.

10x48 = 480, 3x50-6=144 etc
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:46, Reply)

I agree, this sounds more like autism than synaesthesia.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:47, Reply)

I'm on the internet, obviously I'm autistic.

( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:48, Reply)

Smells nice though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:54, Reply)

Yeah smells really orange

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

I was never a maths person.
Still managed a c at GCSE mind. All A* to C grades

So nerr.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:02, Reply)

Cider.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:42, Reply)