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omg...I just got a 36/100 on my test. Ouuuuch.

I get two more attempts, but I got SO MANY wrong, and a few of them I just guessed, and three I left blank with no clue how to solve them; I'll post some of them in a bit.

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I can't add up large numbers in my head, really. Not with random numbers anyway, like the example you gave.

YWS-is-King posted...

Isnt that PEMDAS?

It is, but I'm starting from the bottom of the barrel and PEMDAS hasn't been covered yet.

For a bit of background on my education: I was homeschooled by my aunt and grandmother, and they were both terrible at math and eventually kind of gave up on it.

The last two problems on this practice test involve order of operations, which I have not learned yet; think that comes later in the class. Wtf.

Mistere Man posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILvch5cSor4

Damn, that helped a lot. I have no clue why this method works, but I got all of the problems on that video right on my first try.

viewmaster_pi posted...

lol allllll those monster varieties suck, huh? damn

reign's alright. it's getting a reignbow sherbet flavor

I haven't tried the Rehab ones or anything like that. Coffee Monsters are good though. I just love Reign too much. Monster and Bang both have taurine in them which makes my anxiety explode, so I try to avoid them.

Monster sucks, Reign is where it's at. Plus no taurine.

YWS-is-King posted...

multiply the denominators together.

For example:

3/4 compared to 7/8.

multiply 4 x 8 which is 32 (common denominator)

Now multiply 3 x 8 which is 24.

Multiply 7 x 4 which is 28.

Now you have 24/32 compared to 28/32.

28 is more than 24.

7/8 is the bigger fraction.

You multiplied the denominators, but then you seemed to have multiplied the first numerator with the second denominator, then the second numerator with the first denominator. Why?

What's an easy way to compare fractions? Going to do my test today and I'm expecting that to be on there.

Like "Is this fraction greater or less than this other one"

Is it the Winchesters?

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, under the very original username "HarvestMoon person". I got banned for being underaged lol.

We are having a Valentines getaway as soon as we can, hopefully next week or the week after. But neither of us will be in a position to afford a wedding any time soon; I'm okay with being engaged indefinitely, but if I know her, she'll try to make it happen as fast as she can...and I don't want her being the only one saving up for it. We agreed that I would graduate school before committing to any kind of long term job (for multiple reasons).

She does want to marry though. We've talked about it a lot. And she has told me she's too scared to propose because her first marriage was a disaster. Our relationship is, mostly, really good and there's a lot of love. I have a great way to propose to her if I want to do it (not a ring, that'll come later, and she seemed to be okay with that when I mentioned something about it in passing). It's also not a perfect relationship, but what relationship even is? We've been together for a year and five months, and lived together for two.

So how do I know when it's "the right time" vs when it's just me being too hasty?

Pop some LSD while playing it.

Hambo the Hog posted...

Kinda seems like a waste of the system they've carried on for decades. I haven't played a traditional game in a while because I have grown bored of them, but they do have a lot more complexity with a larger and more diverse move pool plus abilities. Of course, I'm sure that's more or less what you mean by building upon the Legends battle system, but completely abandoning the old ways would be weird.

I'm not terribly far into it but so far, the battle system doesn't seem that much different to me.

Lol @ all the people on their moral high horses.

Fuck the rich. Steal from Walmart all you want, I encourage it.

A few years before COVID I would get sick on a monthly basis. Since I moved from my family's apartment, which had a bathroom full of black mold, I rarely get sick, and ironically I've only been sick like...twice since the pandemic started in 2020.

Mistere Man posted...

Yeah I messed up sorry.

Lol no problem.

YWS-is-King posted...

1 = 9/9

So multiply 104 x 9, which is 936.

936 divided by 8, answer is 117.

Huh, that is an interesting way of doing it. Maybe I'll start trying to learn them that way.

Appreciate all the help/advice given so far.

Here's another one. I always forget the intuition behind word problems. I know they're just fancier ways of writing out expressions.

A baby's t-shirt requires 8/9 yards of fabric. How many t-shirts can be made from 104 yards?

Mistere Man posted...

You have three whole ones and 4/6 of another so 3 4/6 or 3 2/3 reduced.

I could be mistaken though.

Yeah my ex is also helping me, and now it's completely obvious. This is what I mean, this kinda thing happens to me so often with math. It accepted 3 4/6.

cardgum posted...

Can you type out an example question of something you find difficult? I want to know what level you're at.

@cardgum here's one that I skipped earlier. I've studied this before, but my brain completely shuts down when I look at this, and I don't remember ever having to write an answer from something like this as a mixed number (in this class).https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/8/9/AADqOLAAC61p.jpg

It should really be the new standard for the mainline games. Pokemon's formula is stale, Game Freak should take Arceus' gameplay and expand upon it for Gen 9.

Sariana21 posted...

Have you ever been tested for dyscalculia? Its a real condition, and if you have it, getting the right support could make a huge difference for you. No reason to struggle so much with methods that arent beneficial to you.

I haven't, but I know of it. I'm not quite convinced I need to get tested for it yet, but I'm not against it if it comes down to it.

YWS-is-King posted...

Math is literally easy as fuck.

The rules never change and there is no grey area at all.

It may be easy once you actually know what you're doing and why you're doing it, but getting to that point is the hard part.

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Makes sense.

WarfireX posted...

the way u ask it, like "why in gods name would u go on a DATE?" yes, ur clearly chastising him.

like i get it, u havent left ur parents basement in 3 years. not every1 leans that hard into the CE life style

I think you're misunderstanding my intentions. He said he wasn't looking forward to it. Why go on a date you don't even want?

Also, I live with my gf but nice try

WarfireX posted...

why r u chastising him for leaving the house with a member of the opposite sex?

seriously, this is even more cringe than a dude posting on ce during his date.

u people have no idea how to live life.

Asking a question is chastising now? Lol

Slaya4 posted...

As someone who had to take the very bottom level of math in college and worked myself up to finishing my engineering degree next semester, I completely agree with you.

Unfortunately, math is a language and sometimes you'll do so many problems and not understand any of it. Sometimes understanding comes later.

Like English, the only way to get better is to continue to practice. The good news is that math follows a specific formula and as you continue to practice that formula it gets dummy easy.

Download Anki and throw your problems on there and study it everyday. I owe Professor Leonard and Anki my academic career.

Anki is a good idea actually; I used it all the time to learn/memorize kanji back in the day. And my brother has repeatedly told me Professor Leonard is excellent, but his videos are apparently really long.

Why are you on a date you weren't looking forward to? I mean I get you want the practice, but if you're not feeling it, is it worth it?

Inferno Dive Dragoon posted...

Being bad at math is why it took years for me to get my GED, and even then I barely passed.

Oddly enough, I did better on my GED math test than I did the science one. I was not expecting that.

College math is a lot more daunting, and these are just remedials.

YWS-is-King posted...

Crazy how people love video games but hate math.

Video games wouldnt exist without math.

That has no bearing at all on whether or not someone likes math. Wut?

tremain07 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/8/1/AAPa_qAAC6z9.jpg

That's thinking like a hectogram .All you gotta do is experiment constantly til you hit the right vector and suddenly all those complicated integers will be as simple as the trash those zeptograms keep adding to the mix everyday.

lol I had Sho in mind when I made this thread.

cardgum posted...

Can you type out an example question of something you find difficult? I want to know what level you're at.

Yeah I'll report back later.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Simplifying a fraction like 68/12? This is more of a logic problem than just typical math, as there isnt just a brain dead process to get the right answer, you have to actually think:
-What is the largest multiple of 12 that is less than 68?
Then
-What is the largest number that goes into both the numerator and denominator in order to simplify?

My advice would be to just practice. Get a list of 100 different improper fractions and go through them. Also dont check if you got the right answer after every problem. Do like 10 in a row, and then check your answers.

That is a good idea, but nearly impossible while I'm juggling between two classes. It already takes me a few hours a day just to stay caught up on my math class, and that has significantly less problems than 100. Not to mention, if I study for any longer than like, 2 and a half hours on the same thing (math in this case), my brain starts to fog and I have to take a break for a few hours.

Mistere Man posted...

What kind of math?

Lots of fractions-related stuff. For example, I frequently forget how to convert an improper fraction into a mixed number, even after looking it up a million times. Another example is simplifying fractions; I usually end up not simplifying them to their lowest terms, and I'm just like...wtf.

I've always been bad with math. Even after going over the same concepts in multiple problems, multiple times, there's always a crucial step I miss or forget no matter how many times I repeat it.

I'm taking college classes online and I'm really struggling even with just remedial math. I have a 50 question, proctored test this weekend and I'm nervous as hell because I always have to keep googling the same concepts, but I can't do that when I'm being proctored. If I don't have my hand held through problems, I almost always get them wrong.

I just don't know how to commit certain things to memory. My mind goes blank. Anyone else relate and/or have any advice?