why is math soooooooooo hard?
96834
Honestly - it is not.  The deal with math is that you have to take the time to work through problems so that you can see different applications of what you learn and get more experience solving them.  Like most things, practice makes perfect!
449502
There is NO easy way to grab Algebric Manipulation... make ur lazy a** try harder.
1072143
i just got done with geometry and i hated it i'm more of an algebra person.  but to survive geometry you have to take notes and study!  there are so many formulas its not even funny! ugh shapes we're not my best thing in the world. but ask questions when you don't understand because when you don't understand one thing you won't understand a lot of things that go with it.  i hate geometry proofs!!!!!!!!!   check ya later ♥
121829
because it is math..try going to this site \n\nhttp://www.quickmath.com/
427217
Math is about finding easier ways to solve more problems.  If it's still hard, you're not there yet.  Keep trying.
582369
its only hard if you make it hard\n\nbe prepared to be very good in math and physics..
280051
I'm no mathamatician myself but,\n\nMath is a subject that builds on itself, starting with simple addition and subtraction, then building on that for multiplication and division, then an understanding of fractions and decimals, then algebraic equations and trigonometry, then calculus etc etc etc…\n\nMy point is that often having trouble at one level in math, is the result of not having a good enough grasp of a lower level of math. Example small children who haven't learned their numbers cannot grasp the idea of addition, adding multi digit numbers is hard if you don't memorize addition tables (single digit addition) likewise multiplication is impossible without knowing addition, learning the multiplication tables is necessary to advance to higher forms of mathematics.\nAlso, most of math is memorization, and the best way to memorize anything is repetition. In order to memorize the multiplication (times) tables, you must either say or write them over and over again... regular daily quizzing yourself until the answers just come from memory, instead of having to think about them... it's the same with most of the basics in math.\nSo to answer your question, in general terms since I don't know what type of math is giving you difficulty, is to back up one step and be sure you have complete understanding of the lower level which will help alot with your current level.\nRemember, we are all born without an understanding of math, it is something that each of us have to work on.. Sure there are a few people born who seem to just be born with the skill, but most of us had to work to learn it :)\nYou can do this, just back up and study the basics, building on the basics with make the more complicated come easier.\n\nGood luck.
479897
Algebra is really very easy. Don’t get scared. You can teach yourself algebra\nAnd never tell yourself that you “are bad at math”. This nonsense, so many kids are afraid of math, or hate it, or think it is boring, simply because they never had a good teacher! Otherwise highschool math is really easy, simple! I have tutored a, supposedly ‘mathematically challenged” 7-grader, and after one year, she knew the whole highschool curriculum and passed GED math sample test!
27304
yes, i think that i have had that problem before.  You understand the general idea, but not the specifics.  Like, algebra for me is hard.  I know that you need to get rid of one thing on one side, and put it on the other.  I understand that, but not how to do the entire problem
1185586
this has happened to me before on my 89. it's usually when the expression is too complicated--that is, it would take the calculator more memory than it has to solve it. so i'd recommend trying to first simplify the expression and then enter it. For instance, don't leave things in terms like sin(2) when you can just get an approximate number for that. maybe that's it?
473929
sit there think of sums that are really hard or get somone to rite some down on some paper work them out and use a calculator to check your answers if you are correct well done if not read over them and work out wot you did wrong. thats preatty much what i do and i get good marks in maths (hope i helped a bit at least)
920625
I'm crap at maths because I'm numerically dyslexic (I think it's called dyscalcula), so i see numbers jumbled up and have no concept of mental arithmetics. It's not for want of trying! I tried 3 times to get my CSE (it was a long time ago) and got a grade 2 each time. One of the hardest days of my life was when I had to do a numeracy test in order to do teacher training - I just scraped through - after weeks of revision and testing myself. If I can do it, so can you!
223372
Statistics is not any harder than algebra.  It requires a little different sort of thinking, but once you get the hang of it, it's easy.  Go for it!  You'll do fine.
1038005
I have similar problems.  My problem is just being sloppy with calculations and numbers.  I just have difficulty paying attention.  If you continue with mathematics, you may never see a mumber larger than 30 or so after your sophmore year.  You will be dealing with proofs and theroms and the basic structures of math.\n\nMeanwhile, what has helped me is writing down every step, so my teacher can see what I tried to do, and give me partial credit.  After I am done, (or right away on multiple choice tests, or problems with lots of numbers),  I check my answer.  Devise little checks that make sense to you.  In equations, plug simple to solve numbers in the result.  In division, multiply things together.  It often takes less time to check an answer than solve it again.  Also, try to figure out exactly what mistakes you tend to make.  then you know where to focus your attention in checking work.  Solve things two different ways.  Perhaps by graphing and then algebraically.  (This may get you brownie points.)\n\nDon't worry too much.In college I have seen math teachers often make errors on the board, so they know how easy it is to do.  These same teachers will cut you some slack too.
1137888
Don't worry.  At least from what I've seen, GED math is not difficult or even tricky.\n\nCheck this out:\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/math/index.html\n\nand good luck.\n\nFor fun arithmetic,\nStart with any positive integer. Halve it if it is even; triple it and add 1 if it is odd. If you keep repeating this procedure, must you eventually reach the number 1? \n\nFor example, starting with the number 6, we get: 6, 3, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1.
945309
first of all don't get the feel that maths is hard.as  long as u think it is hard it will be hard no matter what.\nfirst read the chapter which u feel hard then try the sums related to what u read,if u still don't get it then ask your friend who is good at maths,ask him to explain it clearly,if u r still not confident then ask your teacher.\nif all above are done but still if u feel maths(or any other subject) is still hard then u dint keep your heart into the subject.\nremember u r reading for ur benefit not for others-if u wanna be good at studies then u should keep your full interest in that subject.
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you LIKE math????\n\nit takes a special kind of person i guess....lol