how do i make math more interesting to me?

Question

i get bored over math that i fall asleep over my notebook...i find it tedious...but are there any ways to make it more fun and interesting...i am 16

Answer 1

Ha ha. Make sure that there is a cute guy in your class and enjoy your time there. Hopefully you still have enough attention to give to your teacher. If you have a cute guy teacher, he can do.


Ha ha ha.

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Answer 2

No matter where you're from, the math taught in high school is not the best representation of mathematics. It is best to call it "arithmetics". Unfortunately, arithmetics is tedious and there is no way out of it. In order for you to find your classes in math to be more interesting you could try to solve some of the problems/exercises that you haven't been assigned, the ones that are not as straight-forward as the ones due, i.e. the ones that don't require you to apply directly a certain formula or method learned. You probably already know that solving some math problems can be rather challenging or hard but the satisfaction gained from its eventual solution is beyond description. Once you tackle a few problems, your level of understanding in the particular chapter/section will have increased significantly enough that getting back to your "tedious" homework you'll feel like a sudoku champion solving a 6x6 game.
Good luck

Answer 3

I am a math enthusiast
Things that makes me interested in math are the ff:
I make the smallest thing related to math as interesting
1) I am eager to learn to add and subtract numbers, although I find it hard to multiply and divide(until now).
example . . . . 100 + 10 . . . . . 16 - 5 . . . . . 100 - 41
I make sure that my answers are correct
2) later I learn the fraction..
example . . . . 1/4 + 2/4 . . . . . . 3/4 - 1/4 . . . . . 4/5 - 1/2
later the mixed fraction . . . 1 1/2 + 1/2 . . . . . . 3 1/4 + 1/2
later . . . . . 3 1/2 ( 1/4 ) . . . . (1/4 ) / (2/3 ) . . . . . 1/3 / (4 1/2 )
later I make equation . . . a number is twice the other

If you don't understand still the above operation then you have to ask for a friend. Ask for help. Don't let this simple thing over burdened you. It will not take you a day to learn the above things.
Get a book a simple one.
remember it takes only a day or two to learn. Its a promise.

Answer 4

The single most important thing that will determine the quality of your life is money, and money revolves around math.

Math is not only THE management tool for your day to day use of money, it’s a pretty good indicator of how much money you will make. A guy flipping burgers at MacDonald's does not need much math. The owner/manager on the other hand, who does inventory, accounting, payroll, taxes, etc., needs math big time. Who do you think gets paid more?

As a kid, most of your money needs are met, so it’s hard for you to emotionally connect with how much math is going to affect you as an adult.

There are two things that will make math interesting, application and play.

A child’s approach is play. Math games. The average kid pays no attention to driving directions, but if they play “Simpson's Road Rage” they know the streets of Springfield.

The adult approach is application. Start doing stuff that requires math. Open a bank account, start buying and selling on Ebay. Build something that requires math, whether it’s designing a dress or building a robot. Determine what it would cost to put on a school play, and how much you would make depending on attendances.

OR

You can hope your Algebra teacher is really good looking.
(Thank you Miss A, for my Engineering career ;-)

Answer 5

This is an excellent question. I am a math teacher and I wish I knew the answer because I see a lot of students who don't care for math at all. I like math because I see it as a puzzle (which is why I like this Yahoo feature). I like working on problems that I think I can solve, even if it requires quite a bit of effort, and I have found that satisfying for as long as I can remember. I have always enjoyed studying a math book with exercises and problems that have answers in the book. Then I can check my answers to see if I'm right. That gives me the satisfaction of knowing that I am right or pointing the way to getting the problem right. As my knowledge and confidence increased, I could work on more difficult problems which I found interesting. (This attitude, developed in childhood, has led to my life's work.)
Maybe finding material which you basically know yet which is just challenging enough to make you think might help. Make sure you have answers available so that you can experience the feeling of "Got it!"
One of the other "answerers" for this question mentions the social side of math and that is talking about your math with someone else. I think that is also a good way to make the subject more interesting, that is, of course, if you can find someone who is willing to talk about math. Even if you show someone what you have been able to do, and they just nod patiently and say, "Uh huh," that might be helpful to you.
I try to use these ideas with my students to make math more enjoyable for them. I honestly don't know if they succeed, but at least I am hopeful.
At any rate (a math term), good luck with your study of math. It is important. You sound persistent and like you care enough to study something that you don't necessarily like. Good for you. Keep it up.

Answer 6

For those of us (like me) who don't have a natural, brilliant gift for math ( again, like me), math IS boring. However, it's also fundamental to know your math in life and as you get older.

Here's what I did: Variety Puzzle Books, can be found at any store for about 5$. They have interesting games related to math, logic problems and word games. My grades went up in school because I started seeing the potential fun in solving math problems.

Hopes this helps.

Answer 7

I used to have the same feeling when I wuz in school. Try solvin math problems with other kids who are just as bored as you. Make friends with student who like it and ask them to show you why they like it. You could also try creating number games or playing with a calculator. Buy books which make math look interesting.

Answer 8

i ought to apply my ideas i do somewhat some errors for the time of fixing issues i take advantage of be tensoned by the subject concerns , after fixing it i exchange into chuffed i study a trend from issues situation is going on an user-friendly way and can be solved by widespread innovations i choose no longer ought to write somewhat some theoritical answer english isn't mandatory for that it somewhat is practicle in any experience of existence for above reason i like math

Answer 9

Try to use it to do sneaky things. I used to make hill ciphers using matrices to encode messages. Liven it up by trying to use it to do things that you think are neat. Codes and ciphers were the ticket for me. Some modern physics I also liked, but most of that was too advanced. But the key is somehow to make it useful or fun.

Answer 10

Remember that:
Mathematics is a simple game dealing with symbols.
...im 16 also ^^