Monday 8 October 2012

Understanding maths!

Today I was helping Imogen with division problems. We got to a question which was something like 24465 divided by 40. I worked through it with Immy, checked the answer and we were out by the power of 10!

Aaaarrrggghh!

No way could I figure out what had gone wrong, and I got an 'A' level in Pure maths! Then came the question of whether to leave a remainder or not. I'm sure I had read a Carol Vorderman book, where it said you shouldn't leave a remainder and should leave a decimal/fraction answer...

HEADACHE

Skinny latte time :)

I wish Tom Lehrer was our neighbour...





The question bugged me all day, Geoff came home and spotted the mistake straight away.

At last I could relax...

Maybe we'll have a non-mathematical day tomorrow.

15 comments:

  1. Thanks for stopping by!

    Hope you’re having a great week and look forward to seeing you again next time!

    Visiting from Alphabe-Thursday

    PS Love Derbyshire below, too!

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  2. I am a complete idiot when it comes to math, it's just too hard for me!

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  3. Great post and video ~ different math world now ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  4. Oh, how frustrating! Yep, tomorrow should be an un-math day. :)

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  5. Solution to your problem is easy - calculator!

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  6. ah math...it's a tricky deal. One bad teacher and it all goes by the wayside.

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  7. Thank goodness for calculators!!! That video was truly funny!

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  8. Hate when something that should be straightforward isn't. Thanks for joining the blogring, good to have you, and looking forward to getting to know you :)

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  9. I dread having to do this with my son.

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  10. It's amazing how much of the math we forget when we don't use it every day.

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  11. Math was my nemesis as a child. I dreaded math time in class, struggled over math homework, and usually bombed math tests.
    Anitamomanita - in junior high school (grade 7/8/9) I had the same hideous math teacher 3 years in a row and had him for homework teacher 2 years. He put the final touches on my life long hatred of math. So you are 100% correct - one bad teacher can totally wreck it all!

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  12. haha, i understand! i love math, but there's always that one question that gets me stumped.

    Zia
    singing-blue.blogspot.ca

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  13. I can't do math -- and my brain MRI proves the connection is blocked!

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  14. Hands shaking.

    Cold sweat here.

    Gulp.

    Gulp.

    Breathing into a paper bag.

    Okay.

    My anxiety passed.

    Kinda.

    Sorta.

    Math has always given me the heebie jeebies!

    I applaud your bravery!

    Thanks for the smile!

    A+

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