I have trouble with math how do i make it better?

Question

im in 7th grade and i hate math i never understand it and i fail my tests what can i do to make it better?

Answer 1

The most significant reason why people have difficulty learning math or "hate" math is directly related to lousy teaching, lousy educational methods, and lousy curriculums. I teach math to dying children. The reason WHY I teach math to dying children is because they want to know as much about this world as they can before they leave it. So, when I ask them what do they want to know, the vast majority of say "all the math and science that you can possiblity teach me in the time I have." Why do they ask that, when so many people in the U.S. have been made to hate math? It's because, in order to comprehend the meaning, the beauty, the secrets of our existence, we need to be able to see the world objectively. Math is one of mankind's greatest tools for learning how to perceive the world objectively. Math can be like a boat that one takes to get across an ocean. Once you get on the otherside, you can leave the boat behind and continue on your jouney. But, trust me, you will never get across that ocean of our life's quest for comprehension without that boat. The very BEST way, actually, to learn math is through self-study. Get on the internet and start exploring math. Also, go to the elementary school in your neighborhood and check out the book used to teach First Grade math. Take it home and do every single page of work. Everything, at your own pace. Then, turn it back in and get the Second Grade book and do all of that work. Keep going. It goes VERY quickly and once you start self-study from the beginning, when you reach higher levels of math, like where you are now, it CONTINUES to go quickly. YOU direct your own math education. Now hear this last statement very clearly. The global economy is driving a global job market. That global job market is driving international standard tests for employment. To get a job, you must pass those new tests. In the very near future, in order to get a job that pays enough to live like middle-class does now, you will have to be able to pass calculus, physics and chemistry, just to be a janitor. The rest of the developed world has MUCH better math and science scores than we do. Americans are not going to be able to compete. We will be washing toilets and never having the money to go on vacation. I saw the research. No matter what you think as a young person about math, get VERY serious about this. SELF-STUDY just a little bit every day, as though your life depends upon it, at least, the kind of life that you will be able to give your children.

Answer 2

You can make it better if you get some tutoring for your math class, from another good student, or your teacher. Talk to you teacher and see if they can recommend someone to help tutor you. Teachers know the best tutors, not all smart and good students are good at tutoring. Now is the grade level to seek help and understand your school work it will help you in the next grade levels, in high school and college. Good Luck and Best Wishes!

Answer 3

It's difficult for someone else who doesn't have personal experience with this to give advice to someone who's struggling. But my advice would be to study hard, and maybe make a game out of study sessions, such as flashcards. Find a strategy that works for your kind of learning and go from there. That's about the best advice you can get for trying to learn something at your own pace, in your own way.
Hope that helps.