Are you good at math?

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Dyscalculia
My 12 year old son is better at math than me

He has an uncluttered mind. Most of the best mathematicians showed their brilliance before age 25.

ruveyn

I tested at somewhere around 95th percent (really high)in learning concepts and 5th percent(really low) in processing speed. It makes for a highly interesting combination. I struggle a little in classes that move fast, but so far have done well.

I had figured out factorials on my own, but only to a point. There is only one way to order one object, but a second object can be in front of or behind it. A third object can be in front of, in between the other two, or after. Adding more increases the number of "in betweens". When the topic was taught to me, there were n places to put the first object, n - 1 spots for the 2nd, down to 2 spots for the penultimate object and the last one goes into the last slot. That model could handle combinations which mine couldn't.

I like set theory is sort of fun.

Calculus is sort of easy although mutlivarible got sort of tedious.

No one has mentioned stochastic processes yet.

O.K. Stochastic Processes.. Are you happy now?

ruveyn

In primary school (age 7-11) I was very strong at maths, way ahead of all the other kids there. A couple of the teachers encouraged me with it and allowed me to work on my own at a higher level. I had pretty much covered all the high school maths by age 11. I used to find maths fascinating. When I left that school, high school didn't have any flexibility and I was supposed to cover all the things that I had already done. This caused me to lose interest, although I was still pretty good at it. Since I left school, a combination of not using it and depression probably makes me a bit above average. I feel like I've wasted the only talent I ever had. At some point I will hopefully pick it back up again, but at the moment I feel really stupid and can't concentrate.

Up until middle school started; yes. But then things became complicated for my understanding. Now I can't even focus on anything!

Math is not one thing, but several distinct aptitudes. Some Im good at some, others not.

At higher like upper division university math becomes justifying your steps becomes an important aptitude when doing proofs but is not that necessary in high school math from my experience. It is not sufficient though you still need to understand the concepts.

Sin b/tan b = Bill Cosby

I've never really been good at any aspect of math. But I'm not bad at it. I don't like it, but if I apply myself and something interesting to me depends on it I can learn what I need to (though I forget it just as easily and have to refresh myself when I need it again). I'm content with that.

Only if Bill = 1.

ruveyn

istill dont understand it lol. op if you are struggling with multivariable calculus you arent bad at math..... i had to drop pre calc lol.

What if Bill=1/y then it would also be true. y not equal to zero.