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    Are you good at math?

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    • Posts: 1,719 Member
      I'm an electrical engineer and I used to teach calculus. I pretty much remember all the calculus I learned, single and multivariable. I remember linear equations pretty well and differential equations. The only math I probably forgot a lot of was probability.
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      Borrowed this from a FB friend:

      Here's a simple arithmetic question: A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

      5 cents :)
    • Posts: 659 Member
      math is evil O.o

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrFZ_1xCrIQ (can skip to 2min)
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      5 cents :)


      see this is what i'm talking about! how is it 5 and not 10cent? -,-
    • Posts: 44 Member
      Me. I'm a math nerd.
      It's funny ... I can do complex equations but I still have to think hard about my multiplication facts. I just hated the thought of memorizing those stupid things!

      That's totally me - well maybe not going as far as to say I was a math nerd. I do love math and I am good at it, but I could never work in a numbers job :noway:
    • Posts: 391 Member
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      see this is what i'm talking about! how is it 5 and not 10cent? -,-

      If the ball cost 10cents then the bat would cost $1.10 which means the total would be $1.20.

      The ball costs 5cents which would make the bat $1.05 so the total is $1.10.



      Oh and I too enjoy math and learning new and more difficult variations of it. I only studied up to Calculus I in college but I'm going to continue to pursue it.
    • Posts: 6,800 Member
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      I :heart: PDE's too. :)
      Omg how could I forget. <3

      To the engineers: how can you truely say you are good at math if your constantly rounding to 3 sig figs :laugh: (I kid)
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      see this is what i'm talking about! how is it 5 and not 10cent? -,-

      If the ball was 10c then the bat would have to be $1.10 which would make the total cost $1.20.
      x(bat) +y(ball) = 1.10
      x = y+1
      replace x with the y formula: y +1 +y = 1.10
      combine like items: 2y +1 = 1.10
      isolate the varible: 2y = 1.10-1
      Do the math: 2y = .10
      Reduce to get the answer: y = .05

      Ok, maybe I do rank up there with the math nerds :tongue:
    • Posts: 381 Member
      I love math! Calculus was my favorite class in high school, and I plan on taking tons of math courses in college next year :)
    • Posts: 276 Member
      I balance the checkbook every month, does that count?

      I keep a cheat sheet for my trig formulas in my calculator. After that I have a few reference books in my toolbox to do a few other things. I am always told to utilize programmers at work since that is their job and they have the necessary CAD/CAM software to spit out programs. Unfortunately, most times, I can whip a program out myself quicker than these programmers that have expensive software backing them up. I don't think I am THAT great so it must be something on their end.
    • Posts: 1,759 Member
      I'm not shabby at it. Many moons ago, I got my B.S. in chemistry with a math minor. The more complex it got, the better I understood it. If that makes sense.
    • Posts: 4,251 Member
      I am currently taking intermediate algebra. I love it. It's fun.
    • Posts: 297 Member
      I love math but I'm terrible at it so I married a math teacher
    • Posts: 10
      Yay - I love math :)
      I taught various middle and high school math classes for the last 10 years and it was a blast! I kind of miss it now that I'm a stay at home mom. I was a computer science major in college though.
    • Posts: 331 Member
      I'm the one who circles X and says "here it is" if the problem is asking me to find X...... :embarassed:
    • Posts: 1,298 Member
      I'm the one who circles X and says "here it is" if the problem is asking me to find X...... :embarassed:

      X marks the spot ;)
    • Posts: 1,134 Member
      I can handle a slide rule...does that answer your question?:laugh:
    • Posts: 2,009 Member
      I balance the checkbook every month, does that count?

      Are there really people out there who use an actual cheque book?!?!? Wow.

      Sorry if I'm sounding judgmental, but I thought these things went the way of the old passbooks, and the dodo.
    • Posts: 300 Member
      Math? What's that?
    • Posts: 177 Member
      I have contemplated getting the quadratic formula tattooed on me. it is my faaaaaavorite!
    • Posts: 775 Member
      algebra :grumble:

      have to take it in college this fall, maybe they can help me understand that crap
    • Posts: 522 Member
      i have a B.S. in Engineering Management.
      i would hope i that i was good at math.
    • Posts: 574
      how I feel:
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    • Posts: 331 Member
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      X marks the spot ;)

      :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: LOLOLOLOL!!!
    • Posts: 89 Member
      As I am a trained bookkeeper, I am proud to say I passed on my love of all things logical and mathematical to two of my sons...one has his Bachelors in Math/Comp Science w/ Studies in Statistics....and the other is heading into the Math field soon as he is done high school. I ask them for assistance in Calcullus and Algebra.
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      If the ball was 10c then the bat would have to be $1.10 which would make the total cost $1.20.
      x(bat) +y(ball) = 1.10
      x = y+1
      replace x with the y formula: y +1 +y = 1.10
      combine like items: 2y +1 = 1.10
      isolate the varible: 2y = 1.10-1
      Do the math: 2y = .10
      Reduce to get the answer: y = .05

      Ok, maybe I do rank up there with the math nerds :tongue:

      Math is stupid, and this is the exact reason why…
      p.s. I'm going back to school and currently have 90% in both chem and bio, ended up with 65% in advanced functions. Math is balls, and makes NO SENSE!
      p.p.s. I actually applaud people who understand formulas, and the such.
    • Posts: 1,757 Member
      I am decent at math but it's definitely not my strongest subject. I took up to Calc. 2 in high school but I certainly don't remember any of it now and I had a really good teacher so I ended up with a B.

      I'm a lot better in English and writing.
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      or this
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    • Posts: 884 Member
      great at geometry, algerbra, and trig. in fact I used to enjoy being in math class and got put in advanced ones.

      cant multiply by nines without using my fingers

      fail
    • Posts: 2,475 Member
      I loooove math, but never took anything beyond statistics because I didn't have to for my degree and I'm lazy. No calculus for me! Though part of me thinks I'd really enjoy it...
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