Why Teh Hell is Math so Hard?
Yes, Maths is hard but with focus, self-discipline and curiosity, you will find Maths easier than any subjects. I just remember how much I sucked at Maths especially when I was in Grade 4 to Grade 6. I just can't simplify fractions, can't convert fractions to decimals and decimals to percentages. I can't fully comprehend easy word problems involving multiplication and division and I just can't differentiate commutative property to associative property. But one day, my mom hired a Maths tutor to me and she really helped me explain basic arithmetic and since then I adore Maths but when I took Algebra, I just stuck again. I find Algebra as hard as fcuk but I took the initiative to find a new tutor to me and voila, I just passed Algebra with flying colors and since then, I love Maths and whenever I solve a certain problem involving Maths, I really feel happy about it. And now I'm very happy that I am still learning and loving Maths and I'm now teaching myself Differential and Integral Calculus, Physics(mostly Classical) and a little bit of Geometry. Love of work, lots of courage, curiosity, the thirst for learning and self-discipline are some keys to overcome your problems in Maths.
Why is math so hard for me?
Right now I have all A's and a C in math because I keep failing all the quizzes and tests because I just don't understand the subject. I stay after school, come before school, ask questions, do my homework, and I still don't understand. What's wrong with me? Will this effect my getting into college?
Why is math so hard??
Math is hard because you are learning a lot of things at once. Math has its on language, new words and context and arrangement. Math introduces us formally to logic. The investigation and classification of the structure of statements and arguments. It teaches us how to think and reason. For some of us this is the first time and it is hard. Math often is a non-tangible as it takes place entirely in the mind. and not out where we can put our hands on it. Math trains the mind. Just as we learned to walk it takes a long time and we have to go through beginning steps such as crawling and there are a lot of falls. If you understand now what you studied last year you are probably doing ok. Each piece of math is built upon what has gone before. Its hard because we are not taught to think or use logic normally.
Why is the math GED test so hard?
From my experience as a GED instructor, I noticed that most of my students struggled with the Math portion of the GED exam the most. The thing is, there are many reasons why an individual would struggle with this particular section; And you’ll be unique in that sense as well.The strategy I always recommend for my students when they are preparing for the math portion of the GED exam is to break down each topic that will be covered in the test and study it separately.The GED Math exam is broken down into the following topics:25% questions on number theory25% questions on algebra25% questions on geometry,25% on data analysis and statisticsIf you are completely lost on all of those topics above, try the below free resources to help get you started.Free Tutorial VideosGED BlogFree Practice TestsI hope that helps :)
Why is math hard for most people?
There are many reasons, but they all come to one: they have developed a prejudice about themselves, due to some misunderstanding. In mathematics, if you miss one lesson, or one step in a reasoning, then, very quickly, it will look like Chinese or Hebrew (as we say). Asking the good question at the right time could change this, but not all people dare, and sometimes the teacher might not be helpful. Mathematics is extraordinarily large, there is mathematics for all taste (classic, jazzy, romantic, cool, aesthetic, mystery, etc.), and some teacher concentrate the teaching around their taste, and very much dislike different motivations, and that can lead to conflict and being stuck on some matter. Some people like concrete things, and numerical examples, and cannot proceed if this is not presented. Other get lost in the numerical examples, and understand better when things are given in a clear abstract setting. Everyone can like a part of mathematics, but can lose interest in some other part. Some get lost in math because they were not told that it requires some amount of work. Sometimes, as a teacher, I realise that the students who understand the course very quickly, get easily bored, and don’t do the work of memorisation, ignoring that many simple things can get complex when you need them to solve a new problem. The ease they have to understand becomes a handicap to solidify their knowledge and do the work of memorising, and the management of the concept, where the more slow, and less confident students, will do, by necessity, the right amount of work. So, “having a hard time understanding math” might be part of the job in mathematics, and denying this will only make things more complex in the future. Also, a teacher of mathematics might forget his own hard time to get the idea, and be impatient. Students of mathematics are often asked to accept in one hour what the original mathematicians took centuries, if not millennia, to accept, like a famous comic illustrated so well (see below). A famous example is the divergence of the harmonic series 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + …
Why is math so hard for me to understand?
Math is one of those fields that keeps building on its foundation. If that base isn’t sound, each additional layer causes things to get more wobbly. There’s no way of stating for certain if this is your problem but it could be. You know adding and subtracting pretty well, possibly multiplication and division a bit less, the math associated with fractions even less well, etc. You get through the classes but have a bit less comprehension each time. Unfortunately, each succeeding class will require these skills and add to them. If you have problems dealing with subtracting mixed fractions or dividing them, what will it be like when throwing mixed fraction variables into the mix? And that’s the rub. Unlike some other subjects, math keeps going back to the well and forcing you to redraw some water. In history class, once you’re finished with Roman history, you’re off to medieval and you don’t face the Romans again. And then to the Renaissance and again, the Romans are in the past, ya-da-ya-da-ya-da. Or English where you learn parts of speech but as you go on, you graduate into literature and reading Austen, you don’t get quizzed on nouns or adverbs. But in math, you’re always led back to that well which has exponents and fractions and the rest of the stuff you learned earlier in life.This may not be your issue but it is certainly for some folks. I volunteer tutor at the community college and once source of the inability of students to keep up with the teacher is by spending too much time trying to work the basic mechanics of number manipulation, they aren’t paying attention to the new concepts being taught. All I can suggest is check and see if you’re really proficient and confident in the basics and if not, spend some spare time getting fluent in this area. It could be a grade saver.
Why are writing math proofs so hard?
I'm currently taking Real Analysis right now and it is by far the hardest math class I have EVER taken! I took Abstract Algebra and did really well in it (B or B+). It was one of the two I just can't remember. My proof writing has gotten somewhat better but my main concern is that I wanna do graduate school in math. All my other math grades are B and higher..but Real Analysis is worrying me very much. I don't know what keeps me from doing math proofs. Like I'll read the book and understand what the theorem says sentence by sentence, but when I go and solve problems, I don't know where to begin or how to end. I also don't know which theorem I can use in my proof or what previous corollary or lemma to use. Like if I see a theorem, I would ask myself "How can I relate it to this problem?" But I don't see the logic in it. If you guys can share your stories on how you dealt with this class and how your became fluent with writing with proofs I would appreciate it very much. I know proof writing takes practice of course, but I wanna be able to do them so I can do them like computational problems. Thanks very much.