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#1 2012-08-09 23:30:40

cool_jessica
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Registered: 2012-06-26
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Introduction

Hello Everybody,

I am new to this forum. As a kid I had maths phobia but with practice and time my phobia came to end. All I did was practice.


Thanks

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#2 2012-08-09 23:55:10

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Introduction

Hi cool_jessica,

Welcome to the forum!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#3 2012-08-10 00:05:10

MathsIsFun
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Registered: 2005-01-21
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Re: Introduction

Welcome Jessica,

Good point you make about practice!


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#4 2012-08-10 02:27:25

bobbym
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Posts: 109,606

Re: Introduction

Hi cool_jessica;

All I did was practice.

I started doing one hour of math every hour. Then 30 minutes every 30 minutes, then 15 minutes every 15 minutes, then...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2012-08-10 04:19:15

Bob
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Re: Introduction

hi cool_jessica

Welcome to the forum!

May others learn from your example;    thanks.  smile

Bob


Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob smile

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#6 2012-08-10 23:33:15

cool_jessica
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Re: Introduction

Thank you all for welcoming me.
Maths is a subject that needs practice but if you take it as a burden, you will never come out of the fear of numbers. Just make sure that you practice maths daily but too much of practice will also not be a good thing

All the best smile

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#7 2012-08-10 23:43:07

bobbym
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Re: Introduction

I could not agree more or less. I have been seriously thinking of only putting in .999999... times as much effort as I did in the past. This should allow me some time to relax.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#8 2012-08-12 22:24:57

cool_jessica
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Registered: 2012-06-26
Posts: 15

Re: Introduction

Hello,

As far as I know and what my experience say is that you should keep practicing mathematics to make the subject simpler. With practice you will learn some techniques and even your speed of calculation will improve. Practice means continuous practice, you cannot solve one problem then go for a walk and then come back after an hour that will be a really time taking and tough process. Make a time table and try to solve as many problems a s possible in that time.I assure you you will definitely start solving sums at a much higher speed.

Thanks.

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#9 2012-08-23 20:48:45

misrbinh
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Registered: 2012-08-23
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Re: Introduction

Hello cool_jessica.Nice to meet you.
Welcome.

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#10 2012-09-27 15:29:14

jennylee1203
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Registered: 2012-09-27
Posts: 11

Re: Introduction

Hehe,i'm a new user in this forum too,nice to meet you,what do you like or dislike? i like playinggames-for-kids,i like sleeping and watching tv,i dislike training.and you?

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#11 2012-09-27 16:25:31

Jai Ganesh
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Registered: 2005-06-28
Posts: 45,844

Re: Introduction

Hi jennylee1203,

I like watching TV, Games and browsing the net.

Welcome to the forum!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#12 2012-09-27 17:44:56

bobbym
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From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Introduction

Hi jennylee1203;

I like training, I hate sleeping and watching tv.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#13 2012-09-27 18:44:44

anonimnystefy
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Registered: 2011-05-23
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Re: Introduction

Hi jennylee1203

Welcome to the forum!

I like sleeping and doing math. I hate Terrans.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-09-27 18:45:33)


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#14 2012-10-16 10:05:46

ShivamS
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Re: Introduction

Hi. Forgot to say hello before.

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#15 2012-10-20 15:46:15

Calligar
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Posts: 272

Re: Introduction

Well, I haven't been on for about a week, but would like to say...

Welcome to the forum!...

to both cool_jessica and jennylee1203.

As for the practice part of it, I'd agree for the most part but not completely.

As for what I like, I love working on logic (strictly), math, science, computers, philosophy, and video games.  Unfortunately I do not work on them all the time, every day, but by far, those are the things I do the most work on (or arguably play if it comes to video games...).  What I work on the most is probably logic, and the least is probably science, but again, by far, I spend the most time on all of these things.  To clear things up, I'm kind of saying work in replace of what I like, because what I like almost always requires a lot of work, and it's easier to explain that way.


There are always other variables.  -[unknown]
But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end.  -Aristotle
Everything makes sense, one only needs to figure out how.  -[unknown]

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#16 2012-10-21 20:27:30

jennylee1203
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Registered: 2012-09-27
Posts: 11

Re: Introduction

In my opinion,math is a magic,i like math but i don't like do math exercises because it's hard for me,so i 'd better do some math games for kids more than some math practice exercises.

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#17 2012-10-22 16:05:39

Calligar
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Posts: 272

Re: Introduction

Hmm, well I can almost assure you math isn't magic, but it is great none the less.  As for math challenges, I honestly don't do them much myself because I'm busy studying...newer material, so I continue to learn and understand.  Though, once I get far enough, I'll probably start doing more exercises.  Though don't get me wrong, exercises can definitely help.  They can be good for challenging yourself which can help your understanding of stuff, finding new and better ways of doing things, speed, etc.  Of course, if there is something you don't know, that what things like this website is here for.


There are always other variables.  -[unknown]
But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end.  -Aristotle
Everything makes sense, one only needs to figure out how.  -[unknown]

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