I really would love to become a charted accountant but i have problems with maths. I'm 14 and alreadly totally lost, i'm scared that if i don't understand the basic levels i'll be lost forever. Our current teacher sucks and i don't know what to do, please give me some advice?
P.s. This is not a joke please give reasonable answers.
2006-08-17 05:35:07 · 10 answers · asked by rosey 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Accounting is not as much being good at math as being very organized and detailed. Accounting math doesn't go beyond simple arithmetic and perhaps simple algebra. Key to accounting is meticulous and thorough understanding of numbers and where they belong and how they add up.
2006-08-17 05:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by Natasha 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being an accountant is not about adding numbers. It is about following the accounting rules. Also known as pronouncements.
Gone are the days of the person who has to sit there and add long columns of numbers up. Gone are the days of the accountant figureing depreciation by dividing this number by that number.
Calculators, the PC and Excel have wipped all that out over the past 10 years.
So don't sweat the math stuff. Sweat whether you are really interested in becoming an accountant.
2006-08-17 07:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by mikeae 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Move to another school. If your parents believe in you they will make it happpen.
2. Get into an after school tutoring program like Sylvan Learning Center or Huntington.
3. Ask them to buy you some math tutoring software.
4. See if you can get transferred out of that math class. Make something up like he is biased against girls. Don't do this unless 1-3 fail.
Good Luck with that.
2006-08-17 05:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by want it bad 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Best thing to do would be to find a tutor. Fortunately accounting doesn't take any really 'advanced' math beyond high-school algebra, so you shouldn't have to take things like calclueless (or calculost
Doug
2006-08-17 05:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can be an accountant, even if you aren't an math scholar.
Since you are starting so young, you have plenty of time to brush up on you mathematical skills, for the most part formulas. You can always borrow math books from you local library and do practice problems.
If you are really serious about improving your math skills, there is also a mathematic website, www.highed.aleks.com, you can subcribe to for about "$19.95 per student, per month, or only $99.95 for six months", that will definately keep you on your toes when it comes to math. I'm a sophomore in college now, but when i was a freshman we actually used it to do our math assignments, and it really helps.
Hope you find my advice helpful, good luck and chou!
2006-08-17 05:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy kid 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you don't like math, what makes you want to be an acountant? I'm afraid at age 14 you're most likely not a good judge as to whether or not your teacher "sucks." Ask for extra help if you need it.
2006-08-17 05:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by makeup lady 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some teachers do honestly suck at explaining things, and people learn in different ways. I say find a good tutor, one that you think explains things clearly.
2006-08-17 05:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by James P 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You obviously have access to the internet, so if your teacher "sucks", start researching your problem areas online and practice working on basic math skills.
2006-08-17 05:44:13 · answer #8 · answered by jbbrant1 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
go ask your parents if you can get a math tutor to teach you out of school
2006-08-17 05:40:39 · answer #9 · answered by RaphaelDeLaGhetto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't worry me myself i hated math the same feeling that i have like yours i graduated business school and i hated myself when i thought that it was'nt that bad just practice basic math and when you go college is'nt that hard to continue just think easy
2006-08-17 05:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by renzo06 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋