[Elena]

You may have dyscalculia like me, or just happen to be stronger in other area. Keep trying different methods and maybe get a tutor, go at your own pace from the basics upwards.

[LiveNotOnEvil]

I've never heard that INTJ = good at maths.
I'm not good at maths at all, but then again I never really tried very hard in it, nor did I take advanced math classes, so I'm not familiar with many advanced maths concepts. I can do calcs fine though.
However, I have a masters in comp sci and don't find that too difficult. Comp sci isn't necessarily about maths, but you do have to understand mathematical concepts such as set theory, logarithms, exponentials, factorials, modulo and occasionally bigO notation (for computational complexity). But none of the aforementional are highly difficult and you don't have to learn calculus or anything else to do computing.

[Monte314]

	Originally Posted by Dubious To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I think most math is actually applicable and practical, the vast majority of math is abstract, but that does not necessarily mean that it is not applicable. Math is not boring or pointless, but most people aren't engineers either. Math intimidates many people and scares them off because of its stigma that it's difficult.

You seem to understand all this math stuff. How should I go about improving my math skills? Or, is there no hope for an innocent dog?

[Tactical Panda]

I am not pro at maths.

/hides in shame

[Hobo]

I'm pretty much the same, I've always been horrible at math, although when I was about 15 I started to get the hang of it, I'm still either at least average or below average though.

[Monte314]

	Originally Posted by Hobo To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	...I'm still either at least average or below average though.

"At least below average"...

FLASH: Dog is left speechless. News at 11...

[Awesome]

Growing up in Arizona made love math. Top 1% in the nation according to their standardized tests. I had the opportunity to skip a grade.

Skip to 9-12 in Utah. They had no clue how to translate my accomplishments over. So they put me in basic algebra. Coupled with a very religious teachers, who did not like my atheism, I stopped giving a damn and paying attention.

I would no longer call myself great at math.
Maybe just because I have been out of school for so long. Maybe.

I think with the right teacher most anyone can be great with numbers.

[Hobo]

	Originally Posted by Monte314 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	"At least below average"... FLASH: Dog is left speechless. News at 11...

Oh ho ho
But yeah, I suck at math.

[The Dan Keizer]

My daughter is more of an artistic type, she doesn't really have the mind for no boring-assed math and this year (4th grade) it started showing in that she wasn't keeping up with the assignments and was losing ground. Up until this point she has been able to kind of coast along, she doesn't care for math but she is pretty smart.

I just started drilling her on her fundamentals: Memorizing the multiplication table, and adding and subtracting small digits. I told her, "Kayla, no matter how complicated math gets, it will always consist of adding, subtracting, multiplication and division. If you know these by heart and can do, '8 times 7 is 56' off the top of your head, math will never be hard."

So over the course of a couple months we worked on that and her work got better, she did her homework in less time and needed less help.

I think when people don't have to put their minds to the basics in math and they can focus on the actual processes involved, it isn't so scary and they don't get so frustrated by it.

[warweasel]

I'm horrible at math. Horrible. And it annoys me, as I think I should be better at it, I'm just not.

[ModernLit]

it's not so much as i was "bad" at math as it just takes total concentration and lots and lots of time and patience that i don't have. i hate it, so the fear breeds anxiety and avoidance. there are so many good books i could be reading instead of solving math problems...

i can read sheet music, though. but scales were sort of my weakest part of music theory.

i'm not terrible at science, but that also takes concentration. and lots of note taking. i would write out math formulas and definitions in a notebook in school... gahh.

[MecEngFTW]

Originally Posted by bluesunchild To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I used to be bad at math. Then i realised it just needs more practise. Even if your teachers can't teach you math, (and it's probably just me, but I'm strongly convinced that there is no such thing as too hard when it comes to school material) just sit down, calm and relaxed and read through your notes or schoolbooks. Remember to be focused and look for the patterns. Most things in maths have a pattern. There is always something repetitive. Also, to find the pattern you need to examine enough math problems with their solutions. My school teacher always told us that solving math problems and studying the solutions of already solved problems are equally important. And, you've probably heard that, but in Geometry you should use everything that's stated in the condition. Another thing to remember is that everything in math is connected. So make sure you have the basics before you jump in the serious stuff. I've found that the best way to learn maths is to study at home on your own, spend a lot of time on it and go to your teacher if there is something you don't understand.

This is true. You have to just practice, practice, practice at the problems. What I did when I had my calc classes, was just find a corner in the library and just do the problems over and over again. Eventually I got to the point where I began to memorize the problems, but that helped me because the step are usually the same with most problems in what ever section. What I also did when I couldn't figure out a problem, I'd put the beginning of the problem on top and the answer on the bottom and try to work both forward and backwards to see if I could meet in the middle somehow. Sometimes it worked, other times it left me very frustrated.