It is a widely held view that God is a very good mathematician, because the 'rules' of the Universe can be expressed as mathematical equations.
It is also a view in many religions that God does not intend life for humans to be easy. God expects us to have to struggle with things, but also to overcome difficulties and be successful.
Putting these ideas together, I think this means that maths will be a struggle to understand but God would like us to try and that we can succeed.
Whatever, you have come to the right place. Here you can get help with understanding maths.
Bob
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Some of us were crazy even before we learnt any math.
Bob
]]>Welcome to the forum, jenny0!
]]>By the way, Here is a bunch of activities that could possibly help get over the math hatred.
]]>I realise that this is a bit abstract but you need to get into the mindset to apply that. For example if you have a schedule where you need to make sure that the tasks are evenly distributed among a number of people but some of these people may be available on fewer days you could try to do that with some linear equations etc.
]]>Welcome to the forum.
You have come to the right place. When you encounter a bit of algebra that you cannot understand, post the details here, and we will help you. I recommend you join as a member.
How are you with arithmetic? This might seem an odd thing to ask but it is relevant. The rules of algebra are the rules of arithmetic. When I'm teaching someone an algebraic topic I usually start by asking "How would we do this with numbers?"
There's also a wealth of pages plus practice questions here:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/index.html
Bob
]]>I'm trying to learn intermediate algebra at the age of 37
I started really trying to learn math at the ripe old age of 70, that was going on 27 years ago...
I actually ripped a math book in half because of pure frustration.
Well at least you are getting your exercise. You should feel privileged, most people can not tear a book in half. I suggest you start reading the Abramowitz Stegun book. Even a reppie can not tear that in half.
I have a D in the class right now.
A,B,C,D, E... you are in the top 5.
Algebra is the only class I had to take multiple times.
I took Algebra 11 times that I can remember. Nothing good ever comes from the first 10 tries.
When will Parabolas be useful in the degree I'm in?
Parabola's will never be useful, I just tried to use one, the day before yesterday, and it turned out the problem required a catenary instead.
I have a pathological hatred of this subject.
So do I, so what is the big deal? I hate it more than anyone and yet in all probability I am the best in the world at it. It is true that it is a very small probability and I did not mean this world.
God I hate math
God already knows that.
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