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You know those subjects in school certain kids click to like biology or art? For me, mathematics was the polar opposite. I have NEVER been able to understand math, which is pretty weird considering my whole family ADORES it. I even have two friends who are math geniuses because they find it fun! It gets my feathers in a bunch because they state that it’s simple, but my brain is left struggling through equations that seem college level to me. To this day I’m not sure why the subject is so difficult

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learned in MATH 124To begin with, I have to say that I learned a lot of math problems, math methods, and math formulas in MATH 124 this semester. The math study in this semester not only improved my knowledge in math, but also taught me many life principles. How can you learned life principles by studying math people will ask. That’s not hard to answer, because if people think more during math study they will learned many other things besides math. The first thing I learned in MATH 124 is that

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how to do math and solve problems and to get them thinking problems through. Everyone knows that a world without math is impossible. You need math with almost everything in life.There are many arguments about if math was created or discovered. Some say that math was discovered because math has always been out there, then there are some people that say math was invented because you can’t discover something if someone didn’t invent it. I agree that math was invented but I also agree that math was discovered

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right off the top of my head, it sometimes hits me at odd times, or it has to be in the flow. My biggest struggle is math, especially in math I

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In his essay “Dehumanized: When Math and Science Rule the School” published in Harper’s Magazine, Mark Slouka argues that mathematics and science are overshadowing important humanity studies throughout schools all over the United States. Slouka’s use of emotional and ethical appeals through personal experiences and extensive observation offer insight into what he believes is a problem in our modern society: Math and Science studies receiving more focus and importance than the humanities. Slouka’s

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could compose rhyming poems and stories, who could draw beautiful pictures, or who could sing and dance effortlessly and I also wanted these skills, but it was impossible. Later, I found out, I was creative too. I enjoyed the challenges problems in math and science classes. And thinking to solve a problem in various ways is also being a creative. Hence, creativity can be learned in the fields that you are curious in and not from sitting in a lecture, but by learning and applying creative thinking

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I use math at work when i ring up the customers items and i see it all around the world. The world without currency, numbers and equations would be stupid because no one would know anything. How would people be able to sale stuff or see buy clothes, food and many other things? The world would not have any restaurants, grocery stores, or clothing stores because no one would know how much stuff cost. We wouldn’t have any technology because we need math to make a laptop or Math has impacted my life

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I have always loved and excelled at math. Whenever I took a standardized test I was always in the 99th percentile. That love of numbers and equations has carried over to my senior year. Next quarter I will be taking the highest math class offered by my school (multivariable calculus) as well as a statistics class and also tutoring math students for 2 periods in both algebra and calculus. With this passion for math I knew that I wanted to major in something math related. Up until this year I wasn’t

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Module XI: 8 Math Practice StandardsMeeting the Common Core State Standards, as well as the preparation of students for math related jobs of the 21st century, is a challenge and opportunity for all math teachers. The challenge begins in elementary school, where teachers face students with both math anxiety and the misconception that math is a difficult subject. Today’s teachers are taught to incorporate new teaching strategies which place the student’s mind at ease and teach math by using “real-world”

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known many people that question what purpose does learning math serve for real life, and I have been one of them. Especially complex or abstract math. Until actually spending some time reflecting on it, I never realized how many forms of math, even at its most basic, are and have been utilized in life. It seems that without knowing the basics of math it would be difficult to manage many aspects of life. That includes routine tasks where math is done automatically, without awareness or thought, to instances

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