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Author:  DairyMaid [ November 18th, 2012, 1:10 am ]
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I know, I know. :roll: This be a writing site, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway for any of you who want to discuss, solve and get better at that thing I'm sure most people would cringe at:

That's right! MATH.

M.A.T.H, I've heard it stands for "Mental Abuse To Humans". :rofl: To some, it may be just that. o.O

Here you can post your math problems, get help, discuss what kind of math you like best, etc, etc.

E.T.C - "End of Thinking Capacity".

I'm just starting to enjoy math ever since we started a new program called Saxon. :D

Anyway, have fun! :D

Er... well, - I hope you will, anyway. o.O

God bless,
DairyMaid ><>
Author:  Riniel Jasmina [ November 18th, 2012, 1:56 am ]
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*hugs the maths* I love all of them. They are my friends and they help me when I am sad about non-math things. :D
Author:  Aragorn [ November 18th, 2012, 3:20 am ]
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DairyMaid wrote:
Anyway, have fun! :D

Er... well, - I hope you will, anyway. o.O

Those who wouldn't will probably stay away from this thread. ;)
Author:  Elly [ November 18th, 2012, 10:02 am ]
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Well, I like working on math problems with my mom. Besides that, I don't like math. A couple years ago, I tried Saxon and didn't like it. At all. It didn't explain very well, and was very dry. :P I did, however, like the Key to Decimals & Key to Percents by the "Key To" company. :D
Author:  Varon [ November 18th, 2012, 3:11 pm ]
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I liked geometry and the bit of trigonometry I've done, and I'm starting to like algebra 2.
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ November 18th, 2012, 3:16 pm ]
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Oh my goodness, I h.a.t.e.d. math. :P Algebra killed me, Geometry dug the hole, and Chemistry buried me. *Headdesk*
Author:  BushMaid [ November 18th, 2012, 6:24 pm ]
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Math attempted to eat me, but I tasted so bad it spat me back out. ;) Math as a whole is my weakest point in life, methinks. :roll:
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 18th, 2012, 9:27 pm ]
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Jonathan Garner wrote:
DairyMaid wrote:
Anyway, have fun!

Er... well, - I hope you will, anyway.

Those who wouldn't will probably stay away from this thread. ;)

There are quite a few people who said they hate math, and it seems they haven't stayed away. ;)
Elly Keaton wrote:
A couple years ago, I tried Saxon and didn't like it. At all. It didn't explain very well, and was very dry.

Which Saxon book did you try out on? Because they all weren't written by John Saxon.
Varon wrote:
I liked geometry and the bit of trigonometry I've done, and I'm starting to like Algebra 2.

I'm on Algebra 1/2. I'll be finishing it soon, and hopefully moving on to Algebra 1. I would really like to get up to Advanced Mathematics and Chemistry. :)
Calista Beth Mimetes wrote:
Algebra killed me, Geometry dug the hole, and Chemistry buried me. *Headdesk*

Oh my. o.O
BushMaid wrote:
Math attempted to eat me, but I tasted so bad it spat me back out.

:rofl: :P
Author:  Varon [ November 18th, 2012, 10:11 pm ]
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Okay.

Chemistry, so far, hasn't been bad. It's mostly been measurements and shifting between units.
Author:  Lady Elanor [ November 19th, 2012, 7:22 am ]
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Yea, Saxon maths is awful, Elly. I agree!

I hate maths so much though, and I've never been able to get my head around Algebra. :P It doesn't make sense to me at all.
Author:  Idril Aravis Mimetes [ November 19th, 2012, 8:15 am ]
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I don't mind math in general. I just prefer other subjects. :D
Author:  Arien [ November 19th, 2012, 8:33 am ]
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Math is easy. ;)
Author:  Elly [ November 19th, 2012, 9:34 am ]
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I think it was Saxon 6/5, the original hardback one.
Author:  Aratrea [ November 19th, 2012, 11:45 am ]
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I hated Saxon but liked Math a lot better once I ditched Saxon for Jacobs in Algebra and started competing in the MathCounts competition. :) Then I liked it a lot better :P
Author:  Lady Carliss [ November 19th, 2012, 12:54 pm ]
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My dad's a math proffessor at Grove City! I like math but I'm not as gungho as Dad is. :rofl:
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 19th, 2012, 9:25 pm ]
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Elly Keaton wrote:
I think it was Saxon 6/5, the original hardback one.

Ah, ok. That one was written by Stephen Hake, I think, not John Saxon - I think he only wrote the ones from 7/8 and up. Not completely sure though. :)
Arien Mimetes wrote:
Math is easy. ;)

What kind of math did you do? :D
Author:  Lord Tarin [ November 19th, 2012, 11:47 pm ]
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Calista Beth Mimetes wrote:
Oh my goodness, I h.a.t.e.d. math. :P Algebra killed me, Geometry dug the hole, and Chemistry buried me. *Headdesk*

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Math, I am convinced, is the bane of my life. Well, not really. If I get it, I don't mind, but it's the getting part that's hard, thus my dislike. But I'm writing now, so I'm happy. :D

I don't mind statistics at all, but I'm not sure if that qualifies.
Author:  Captain Nemo Marlene [ November 20th, 2012, 1:54 pm ]
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Varon wrote:
Okay.

Chemistry, so far, hasn't been bad. It's mostly been measurements and shifting between units.


Just wait until you get to the Mole concept. O.O You may not like measurements and units after that... o.O

I'm okay with math, but I don't like how long it takes. I tend to rush through it and make mistakes. I know the concepts, but I don't want to take the time to walk through them. One site I have found very useful is Khan Academy. It's an online "school" sort of thing... basically it's a collection of youtube videos on maaaaaannny different subjects. I do Art History and Geometry with it right now.

Here's the link: http://www.khanacademy.org/ I don't think there's anything bad on the site, but as usual, use caution when going to a new website. ;)

So I'm kind of meh with math right now... but once I get back into the groove of it soon, I think I may do better. *shrugs*
Author:  Arien [ November 20th, 2012, 4:16 pm ]
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DairyMaid wrote:
Arien Mimetes wrote:
Math is easy. ;)

What kind of math did you do? :D

Well, I'm currently taking Calculus III (not sure what that will mean to everyone, but that's what I'd call it...).

Or if you meant like what program, Saxon, up until college.
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ November 20th, 2012, 8:20 pm ]
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Oi, Calculus? :P Saxon? >.< *Hated Saxon math with a passion*
Author:  Amy [ November 20th, 2012, 11:24 pm ]
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I don't enjoy math very much at all, unless I have a super understanding of what I'm doing...which is rather rare. I did appreciate having used Saxon math once I got into college math...
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 20th, 2012, 11:56 pm ]
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Arien Mimetes wrote:
DairyMaid wrote:
Arien Mimetes wrote:
Math is easy. ;)

What kind of math did you do? :D

Well, I'm currently taking Calculus III (not sure what that will mean to everyone, but that's what I'd call it...).

Or if you meant like what program, Saxon, up until college.

Yay, another Saxoner. ^_^
Calista Beth Mimetes wrote:
Saxon? >.< *Hated Saxon math with a passion*

:( *likes Saxon math* Have you ever heard of Art Reed?
Lady Nicole Mimetes wrote:
I don't enjoy math very much at all, unless I have a super understanding of what I'm doing...which is rather rare. I did appreciate having used Saxon math once I got into college math...

I suppose it makes it easier if you really understand it. :) That's what I like so much about Saxon. :D I absolutely hated fractions, decimals and percents when I was doing UM, but when I did Saxon, it made it sooo much easier to understand! :D
Author:  Lord Tarin [ November 21st, 2012, 12:04 am ]
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I did like logarithms...
Author:  Amy [ November 21st, 2012, 12:12 am ]
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Lord Tarin wrote:
I did like logarithms...


:0
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 21st, 2012, 12:44 am ]
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Lord Tarin wrote:
I did like logarithms...

What's a... logarithm? :/
Author:  Lord Tarin [ November 21st, 2012, 12:51 am ]
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Definition of a logarithm, taken from an online dictionary:

The exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log 10 100).

Edit: The 10 should be subscript but I don't know how to change it. :P
Author:  Amy [ November 21st, 2012, 12:54 am ]
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Lord Tarin wrote:
Definition of a logarithm, taken from an online dictionary:

The exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log 10 100).


*blinks*

Don't ask how I survived college math last semester....
Author:  Lord Tarin [ November 21st, 2012, 12:57 am ]
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I have no idea what it means, either. :P I just know how to do it because the book told me and it was fairly straightforward once I knew what I was doing.

*is glad his sister survived college math since life would be dull if the greedy math monster had eaten her, never to be seen again*
Author:  Amy [ November 21st, 2012, 1:00 am ]
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Lord Tarin wrote:
I have no idea what it means, either. :P I just know how to do it because the book told me and it was fairly straightforward once I knew what I was doing.

*is glad his sister survived college math since life would be dull if the greedy math monster had eaten her, never to be seen again*


I know I did it, too, but I don't know what it means, and I don't remember how to do it anymore. XD

*shudders at the thought of being eaten by the greedy math monster* D:

....My apologies if I'm derailing the thread here. :/
Author:  Arien [ November 21st, 2012, 8:25 am ]
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Logarithms are the inverse of exponents. The base x logarithm of y is the power x should be raised to to get y. If that makes sense. It's a little easier to explain if you can write them down properly.

Another attempt to explain it: 10^2 (ten squared) is 100. The base ten logarithm of 100 is 2.
Author:  Elly [ November 21st, 2012, 9:07 am ]
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*blinks at logarithm explanation* o.O

@Milly- Yay, I'm not the only person who didn't like Saxon! ;)
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ November 21st, 2012, 3:31 pm ]
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DairyMaid wrote:
:( *likes Saxon math* Have you ever heard of Art Reed?

No.... Heh, I haven't heard of most things. :rofl:
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 21st, 2012, 9:07 pm ]
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Arien Mimetes wrote:
Logarithms are the inverse of exponents. The base x logarithm of y is the power x should be raised to to get y. If that makes sense. It's a little easier to explain if you can write them down properly.

Another attempt to explain it: 10^2 (ten squared) is 100. The base ten logarithm of 100 is 2.

Ahh... I think I get it... Would the logarithm of 144 be 2 as well? :?
Calista Beth Mimetes wrote:
DairyMaid wrote:
:( *likes Saxon math* Have you ever heard of Art Reed?

No.... Heh, I haven't heard of most things. :rofl:

;)
Well, Art Reed is a mathematician who teaches from... 7/8 Saxon, I think, all the way up to the rest of the books. :D Linky. ^_^ http://usingsaxon.com/
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ November 21st, 2012, 10:01 pm ]
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Ah, okay. :D
Author:  Arien [ November 22nd, 2012, 11:29 am ]
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DairyMaid wrote:
Arien Mimetes wrote:
Logarithms are the inverse of exponents. The base x logarithm of y is the power x should be raised to to get y. If that makes sense. It's a little easier to explain if you can write them down properly.

Another attempt to explain it: 10^2 (ten squared) is 100. The base ten logarithm of 100 is 2.

Ahh... I think I get it... Would the logarithm of 144 be 2 as well? :?

Well, the base 12 logarithm of 144 would be 2. The base ten logarithm would be something more more complicated. But if you take that answer and raise ten to that power, you'd get 144. Does that make sense?
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 22nd, 2012, 9:18 pm ]
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Arien Mimetes wrote:
DairyMaid wrote:
Arien Mimetes wrote:
Logarithms are the inverse of exponents. The base x logarithm of y is the power x should be raised to to get y. If that makes sense. It's a little easier to explain if you can write them down properly.

Another attempt to explain it: 10^2 (ten squared) is 100. The base ten logarithm of 100 is 2.

Ahh... I think I get it... Would the logarithm of 144 be 2 as well? :?

Well, the base 12 logarithm of 144 would be 2. The base ten logarithm would be something more more complicated. But if you take that answer and raise ten to that power, you'd get 144. Does that make sense?

So-ort of... :? Let me try again. I know it's hard for you to explain it in words, it'd probably be easier for you to show me. :P
The base 3 of 9 is 2 - the base 4 of 64 is 3?
Author:  Arien [ November 22nd, 2012, 9:57 pm ]
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Yeah, that's it.

And yeah, explaining math this way is always harder. In person, preferably with a piece of paper, it goes a lot better. Although logarithms seem to just be hard to grasp in the first place. I know it took me a long time to properly understand them, at least.
Author:  Varon [ November 22nd, 2012, 11:39 pm ]
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Logarithms are pretty fun. I made a sextant to use logarithms with in a class I took from semi-retired college professors who homeschooled their kids.
Author:  DairyMaid [ November 23rd, 2012, 3:05 am ]
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Arien Mimetes wrote:
Yeah, that's it.

And yeah, explaining math this way is always harder. In person, preferably with a piece of paper, it goes a lot better. Although logarithms seem to just be hard to grasp in the first place. I know it took me a long time to properly understand them, at least.

Yay, I got one! ^_^

I haven't had logarithms mentioned anywhere in my math, yet. It must come in in the next book. :)

Varon wrote:
I made a sextant to use logarithms with in a class I took from semi-retired college professors who homeschooled their kids.

Cool. :cool: :D
Author:  Amy [ November 24th, 2012, 12:42 pm ]
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*is thoroughly lost* o.O :rofl:
Author:  Lord Tarin [ November 24th, 2012, 9:44 pm ]
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I'm lost too, and I started this... o.O :beg:
Author:  DairyMaid [ December 5th, 2012, 3:39 am ]
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Lord Tarin wrote:
I'm lost too, and I started this... o.O :beg:

:rofl: :P

In today's math lesson, I learned about permutation (e.g., 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1). :D I am just starting to get the hang of it. ^_^
Author:  Jessie Quill [ December 7th, 2012, 9:38 pm ]
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Permutation! That looks neat, I never really played around it though. :-/

Thought I posted on this thread before. o.O
I used to stink at math, and for a while there I was a couple of years behind. But then I started using this website called Khan Academy, and it really made me enjoy it. Now I'm looking around at all of my friends who hate math or are totally behind in it and I wanna help em. So feel free to PM me or whatever if you need help! :rofl:



Someone mentioned Logarithms earlier on this thread? Here is link that should help: http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/logarithms
Author:  Amy [ December 7th, 2012, 11:15 pm ]
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Ah, yes. Khan Academy videos, which Jessie shared a link to, are a great resource for studying math!!
Author:  Aratrea [ December 8th, 2012, 9:56 pm ]
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Yes. Khan Academy was essential for me to be able to understand Calculus. Good stuff there.
Author:  DairyMaid [ December 10th, 2012, 8:53 pm ]
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I haven't heard of Khan Academy. *clicks link* :D
Author:  Aldara [ January 29th, 2013, 2:20 pm ]
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I find it difficult to focus on Math for a long period of time, especially when they want you to show every step of how you got your answer and it's way easier to do it in your head. My teacher didn't believe that I was factoring expressions in my head and thought that I had copied my homework answers from the back of the book.

I like expressions in fractions, because it takes concentration but it's really easy, and I enjoy factoring. My favourite part of math this year, though, was absolute value.

But I hate math tests because I don't do well on them. I think I understand, and I think I've done well, but then I haven't. This tendency seems to have transferred to my Physics class, and I hate it.

I totally think I understand the logarithms. Which is awesome.
Author:  DairyMaid [ January 29th, 2013, 9:07 pm ]
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Aldara Mimetes wrote:
I find it difficult to focus on Math for a long period of time, especially when they want you to show every step of how you got your answer and it's way easier to do it in your head. My teacher didn't believe that I was factoring expressions in my head and thought that I had copied my homework answers from the back of the book.

Ugh, it would drive me crazy having to explain every step I took to answering a question! *likes to try and do most of her math in her head*
Uh-oh, how did you explain that? :/
Aldara Mimetes wrote:
My favourite part of math this year, though, was absolute value.

Yes! I just learned about absolute value a couple of weeks ago, and now I love it.
Aldara Mimetes wrote:
But I hate math tests because I don't do well on them. I think I understand, and I think I've done well, but then I haven't. This tendency seems to have transferred to my Physics class, and I hate it.

:P Same. I don't do that great on math tests, probably because I know that I have to get more than 80%, and if I don't, I fail. :? But I seem to get more than 95%'s in my lessons, so I don't know what the go with me is. :roll:
Aldara Mimetes wrote:
I totally think I understand the logarithms. Which is awesome.

:cool:
Author:  Sir J. Sandefur [ January 29th, 2013, 9:45 pm ]
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*Pokes head in* Ok, I must reply here because I would be unjust if I didn't. I not only enjoy math, but I teach it. :shock: What's even more interesting (for those of you who hate this specific material) is that I teach Saxon for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. :book:

I also recommend Khan Academy which I have seen listed here as well! Such a great tool.

*Pokes back out*
Author:  Green Mist [ February 1st, 2013, 12:59 pm ]
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*reads thread title*

EW EW EW EWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P :P


I used to be good at math and love it until I started Pre-Algebra last year, and now Algebra... oy. :P

I'll be steering clear of this thread, thank you very much. XD
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