why students fail maths?
97112
One reason that i can say for sure is lack of understanding on the concept.....\n\nOnce you understand the concept, application is very simple ... all your problems are applications of the concepts..\n\nhttp://www.schoolingkids.com/\nhttp://www.futureaccountant.com/
992440
because most likely it was the parents who failed those kids  not the teachers.  Who by the way arent paid enough to baby sit the little crack addicted monsters.
478736
math teaches you to think properly and with out it you will not be able to be a brain surgent
1092168
Practice is important, but it isn't all that matters.  Mathematicians on the cutting edge of the field must be creative and intelligent to succeed.  The best mathematicians also have a great deal of imagination as well.  Math is also a hell of a lot of work sometimes.\n\nMathematics evolves to suit the application required of it, and it requires a certain kind of intelligence to develop new theories.  It isn't as if someone woke up one day and invented math out of thin air.  It was created to help model real phenomena.  There is some memorization involved in nearly all mathematics, because it would be utterly exhausting to rediscover every theorem and fact required to solve a problem on the spot.  Generally, more advanced math cannot be done without a lot of thinking though.
241911
I love math!\n\nFirstly, it takes a lot less memorization than most subjects. Sure you have to remember a few formulas, and trig values, but compare that to the massive amounts of facts in history or law and bow down to the simplicity of math ;)\n\nSecondly, I'm good at it. That's a good enough reason.\n\nI also like how some problems look ridiculously simple, but solving them is really hard, sometimes near impossible (Goldbach's conjecture, for example, can be stated in one simple sentence, and a middle schooler could understand it. But it hasn't been proven for hundreds of years).\n\nAnd yeah, I hate tests and homework like any sane student. If that's how they teach math at a young age here, we'll have to surrender to India and China soon. The way that I got interested in math was through the use of math games (those rubber band thingies with the geoboard thingy!) and competitions. \n\nI remember in 5th grade, every week, we had a multiplication table contest. Whoever could fill out the table (from 1 to 12, I think) fastest would win some sort of prize. Do that nowadays, and you'll have parents whining to the teachers about how their kid always loses.
15032
you might have learning differents. You could be tested to see if you are then you could find help.  You could get a tutor or ask a teacher for help with math.
225316
I honestly do not think so. if they did then I think that they would make it a little bit easier. the average student really does not do very well on it. I failed the math section when I took it 6 years ago. I think that it is bs that at least in our school district, you have to pass all aspects of the wasl in order to graduate. and I do not think that it is right that the teachers have to teach outside of their curriculum just to give the students the information that they need to pass it. I know of several teachers who say " forget everything that you have been taught, and do it this way just for this year" and then expect the kids to do just that and then bounce back to what they had learned previous years afterwards. IT'S WRONG!!!!!!
471416
simply because they are very lazy to do their own homeworks.\n\nalso, they didnt listen to their teachers that's why they don't know how to answer their homeworks on their own.\n\nsad but true this days when there are a lot of distractions like tv, and the internet.\n\ni bet most of the kids today don't even visit their school libraries to do their assignments / papers.  they just rely on the internet mentality of cut and paste.\n\nhope this is the best answer :)
1082315
I had poor marks for mathematics in the 10 th std.But still I chose mathematics because I didn't like biology.Turned out to be the best decision I made.Because there was this fabulous teacher in 11th who explained everything about maths.I got full marks for math in 11th and 12th.(she gave tutions)So I think it totally depends on the teachers.They can make you hate or love the subject.Make sure you have good teachers or get good tution on the subject you choose.
345802
Students change school systems and face new requirements (testing...).\nAlso the language factor. Some schools work very well with students from different countries and in some areas they don't know what to do.\nAnother problem is that some students come from very poor areas and they didn't have good schooling. Students with good schooling learn English earlier and better.
946225
You sound like my nephew.  He is 13 and just this year I've started home schooling him.  I couldn't believe it when I learned that he failed math every year since he was in 2nd grade.  What a system we have.?!  There is nothing wrong with you just as there is nothing wrong with my nephew.  It really comes down to the basics and once you master them then you can do just about anything.  No matter how old you are it is never too late.  It is not your fault that you are having trouble as long as you are trying.  It's easy to give up when you feel stupid or like you just can't solve the problems.  I wish I could help you but we are probably too far away to make it work.  Please swallow your pride even though it is nothing to be ashamed of.  They failed you.  You have not failed yourself.... And seek a tutor or go back to the beginning on your own.  I started my nephew on the math work of a preschooler.  He felt silly at first but I made it fun.  He is thanking me now because he is doing Algebra with ease and we've only been working a short while.  Don't worry what others think of you now.  Worry about the future when your kids need a little help with their math homework.  You'll want to be able to help them ... won't you?  Sorry if I've rambled.  If you cheat your way now you'll be cheating yourself for the future.  I also have taught and tutored illiterate adults.  Every one of them said they wished they'd learned to read earlier in their lives but felt too ashamed to ask for help.  Don't be like them.  You've got it in you to get it right!  I have faith in you!!!  Have a wonderful day!
263289
I had a math teacher, I actually felt sorry for him. He could not control the class at all. He would write on the board and there would be spit wads all over the board and in his hair. It was impossible to learn anything in his class. Some people just don't belong in the teaching profession.
267960
It's a combination of things. Some who fail to preform in school are actually refusing to preform--because they refuse to conform--in which case someone needs to sell them on school and school needs to be differentiated for them.\nGet that these kids already have issues.  They are bored, delinquency looks fun.  \n\nOthers who struggle and fail may become delinquent due to self esteem. Traditionally, schools are set up to be so competative and even when kids like these make strides their success is diminished by their peers who do better.\nAgain, kids like this would do better if education was differentiated and we didn't force him to be compared to others but to his own milestones.
121158
Well, there's either something wrong with them, or something wrong with the test.  If there's something wrong with them, it may be their fault or not.\n\nWith math specifically, I think the fault is the school's.  Math has no cultural bias: 2+2=4 no matter where you go or who you are.  But teachers in public schools are largely union members, there on the basis of seniority, and may or may not be good at teaching.  Statistically, blacks rely more heavily on the public school system than whites.  Indeed, the biggest boom in private and parochial schools in this country came just after the most significant of the Supreme Court decisions regarding integration.  (They were largely white, of course.)  There are, however, excellent prep schools that are primarily black, and I'm sure more will be created in the future, as the black middle class recognizes the necessity and black teachers abandon the safety of the teachers union for the challenge involved.\n\nStandardized tests clearly do have a cultural bias, and that has been proved to be a bias against blacks.  Black people have a difficult time for a variety of reasons, some of their own doing and some due to external forces.  For example, many black people use a non-standard English, not because they cannot learn better, but because it is "cool."  That may be fine for their social life, but does not do well on standardized tests.  Many develop attitude problems wherein they experience real discrimination occasionally, and come to expect it all the time.  This is called "a chip on one's shoulder," and does more harm than good to the person holding the chip.  I think that metaphor was created because you cannot move naturally, and must hold yourself very stiffly, in order to keep a chip (of wood, presumably) balanced on your shoulder.\n\nIt is definitly true that in order to do well on standardized tests, a black American must learn about the white world's standards.  The tests are, almost exclusively, written by whites.  You could argue for improved test designs, but the fact is, you will be competing in a white world in most of the schools you attend, jobs you take, etc.  All very well and good to know and be proud of your own heritage, but you must decide for yourself whether isolation is worth the lost opportunities.\n\nOf course, it is quite possible to live very well keeping your distance from mass culture and the white-dominated institutions in this country, if that is your choice.  And if that is your choice, the standardized tests don't mean much to you anyway.
1113110
In math, most teachers will expect you to show your work so that you can prove how you got to your answer.  Teachers' editions only have the answers for the assignments, not the steps needed to get the answers.\n\nYou'll lose points, your teacher will know that you did not do the work, and your grade will suffer.  It's easier to just learn the math.
301194
If your are poor in maths, that is not the fault of maths: maybe your, your teacher, your school or some others fault.\n\nSTART from start. I mean start from BASICS. Take as much as time is possible and practise and try to learn the basics of maths. If the BASIC is strong then everything will be ok afterward. Take it as a challenge. Practise maths with those people who are good at maths. Revise previous maths you have solved. Try from easy maths, then go to hard and harder.\n\nDont go fast.\n\nGive time to improve.\n\nOne day you will realise, you are doing maths and its not that hard. Its only challenging and exciting to solve mathematical problems. And you will learn more and more and you will be stronger.\n\nNo one is good or bad at maths. Its just they dont know how to do it or they just dont practice and forgot the technics.\n\n\nGoodLuck. Take it easy. Start from the beginning. ok! i understand. START again then....
266981
first in studying math you should interpret the rules/problem in terms in which you can understand. Most math problems are practical problems, never mind the formulas that you have to follow, don't be limited by that. As long as you understand it in your own way, you can solve it, & believe me, you can answer math problem even if you do not follow the formulas given by the book or d teacher. \n\nMany people find studying math very hard coz they are already terrified just hearing the word math.Simple rules in solving math problem or any problem-be calm, when u are calm u can think clearly; and think that it is only a problem, it  s called problem because it can be solve and ur going to find it, before u know it ur inner self is guiding u 2 d answer