Can you learn C++ with bad math skills?

Question

The reason I ask this question is that while for years now I have want to learn a computer programing language, primarily C++ but almost failed college alegebra.

Answer 1

Yes. I did.
Good luck.

Cheers :-)

Answer 2

Programming in any language does not require a great deal of skill in math.

The only reason math is so heavily pushed into the computer science degree is to try to teach students logic.

If you have logic skills, you can code with no math skills.

Guess our education system hasn't learned that you can't teach logic, must be born that way.

Answer 3

In most business applications, the formulas are known....it is most likely the same formulas they have been using for quite some time What you will be doing is putting a value to your variable from a datasource. then using the business rules that are already established. In some cases, you will need to formulate your own calculations.........but ONLY the formula, you are programming because you want the COMPUTER to do the math.

I suck at math. This is precisely why I became a programmer.

Answer 4

You can learn the language - sure .
However quite a lot of programming requires a certain degree of maths skills and -- writing efficient code will be much easier with good maths skills.

I suggest a quick maths brush up

Answer 5

Yeah, you need a C In College Algebra.

I am bad in math and am struggling in Calculus 1.

I have taken:
Col Alg
Pre-Cal
Trig
Cal 1

What I need to take still:
Cal 2
Physics 1
Physics 2
Discreet Math
Analyzing Algorithms
and like 3 other high level math courses I can't remember atm.

Answer 6

Yes you can ace a programming language even you do pis$-poor on math.

I failed Calculus 3 in my second year in U Toronto. As in gotten an F, I manage to pass it with a C in my third try.

Answer 7

yes you can, you can do complex application with c++ without even refering to math.

but anyway it depends on what is your applications, for example, image processing and digital signal processing, you have no chance if you don't know some advanced math.

any way don't give up, there is some math cources and books for programming, lets say you want to do an image processing algorithm, these books will teach you only what you need to get it done, like teach you only little matrix and little foriour transforms.

math is not easy for me, but when time come and i need a specific topic, surprisingly i can understand math!

by the way i prefere if you start first with C, only when you master it with pointers, then start with C++, its the easy way to be expert in c++.
wish you good luck

Answer 8

You actually won't need any math skills for most of the programs, unless you are making them to do equations and such. Otherwise, you will be fine in learning C++.

Answer 9

You could learn it without math skills, but probably not get a job as a game programmer without.

Answer 10

You'll only have problems if the program you're creating requires complex mathematical calculations.
Most of the time, you won't be using anything outside or regular addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Answer 11

Yes Sure By Practicising Again and again...u should think that u have bad math skills...