I wish I had a good answer for you, I'm 46 years old, retired and decided to go back to college, I just finished my first year and I still don't get what the heck letters are doing in math problems! Kidding, just study hard and you will get it. Good Luck!
2006-06-17 13:49:58
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answered by basscatcher 4
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As with everything else... the only way to become "good" at math is to practice, practice, practice...
As far as becoming "intelligent", well.....I can't help you there...maybe if you ask Santa..hehehe...
There are many ways to approach math that can help you learn it easier...
1. As I said before..practice over and over again..
2. Relate to something you already know. For example..if you know how to add, but can figure out how to multiply, then add the same number over, and over again until you get the result (I.E.: 2+3=5, 2x3=? 2+2+2=6, therefore 2x3=6)
3. The third one is to forget what the teacher told you, and look for shortcuts (warning! Not EVERYTHNG has a shortcut!). For example in the multiplication table, any number multiplied by 9 equals one number lower, and addition to nine (8x9=? One number lower than 8, 7, and 7+2=9, so answer is 72. 5x9=? One number lower than 5 is 4, and 4+5=9, so 45).
EVERY other math can be simplified to a addition, or substraction. Is THAT easy!
2006-06-17 13:53:58
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answered by Player 3
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Go check out a book on the history of math and read it. Then you will know why these techniques you are forced to learn are important and useful. I'm serious. The history of math is so much more interesting than actually doing math.
Next, just do as many problems as you can. I teach logic and sometimes doing well in these subjects comes down to just getting the right habits in place so that you can figure out the problem.
2006-06-17 13:47:14
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answered by viking_transplant 3
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I always tell people to try and think of math like a big puzzle game. You have to learn the rules of the game....which means learning the rules of basic math and each rule as you progress. Follow these rules, as they never change and work your way through the problems.I know it sounds over simplified but it is a good way to do math and pass.
2006-06-17 13:49:48
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answered by Surfgirl2go 3
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I only have time to teach you your 9 times tables!
In the (first column you add one) each time you multiply by 9, while in the (second column you subtract one):
1x9= 9
2x9=18
3x9=27
4x9=36
5x9=45
6x9=54
7x9=63
8x9=72
9x9=81
and10x9=90
I'm sorry, but you didn't specify what grade you're in, or what you are having problems with in particular.
2006-06-17 13:57:40
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answered by aaron 1
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I use to hate math until I practiced like hell and now I love it and it is my favorite subject. Practice a lot
2006-06-17 13:45:27
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answered by likeskansas 5
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Learn to play an instrument. It has been proven that reading music and playing an instrument helps with math.
2006-06-17 13:46:23
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answered by girlonline64 5
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My appropriate recommendation to you may to be inquisitive approximately researching. particular, i comprehend, sounds stupid, yet once you're exciting in how issues originate and how issues artwork, then you particularly will discover out approximately them and for this reason grow to be greater knowledgeable. by no ability settle for issues as "it is basically how they are". continually decide the "why and how" at the back of any project you experience attracted to. yet another tip i can bestow upon you would be to study continually. study something you have an interest in. it is the appropriate thank you to for sure boost your vocabulary. As for persons who use huge vocabularies, they could no longer be as clever as they seem. basically because of the fact human beings use those words would not propose their ideas are worth of benefit. lots of people who seem clever are basically basically cloning persons's ideas. you could desire to decide for to earnings issues for your self and make up your very own recommendations. as an occasion, think of roughly why mankind created faith. think of roughly why we've self assurance in God, heaven and hell, why we behave particular techniques, the chemistry and purposes of the two residing and non-residing issues etc. matters which includes those could stimulate your thinking-technique. truly think of complicated approximately why something is the way it is.
2016-12-08 10:06:49
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answered by ? 3
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first you must not be afraid of math. second you must tell yourself you are good at it and psychologically it will become true and eventually willl yield good results in the subject.
2006-06-17 13:45:10
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answered by Joe 5
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by going to school and taking math classes..
2006-06-17 13:43:34
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answered by kenyankid 1
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