Confused Math People

[S. Stormy she/her]

If you've ever been confused by a math problem, you belong here! Ask for help, or just discuss your confusion! Starting this thread because I stared at a problem for around ten minutes before I remembered that the Pythagorean Theorem existed. I felt very silly.

[Tea Leaf]

I will help those who are confused.

[Immortal Platypus]

12 minutes ago, Shallan Stormblessed said:

If you've ever been confused by a math problem, you belong here! Ask for help, or just discuss your confusion! Starting this thread because I stared at a problem for around ten minutes before I remembered that the Pythagorean Theorem existed. I felt very silly.

feel that  Stupid forgetfulness. I can also try to help, but I'm only in 10th grade math.

[Quantus he/him]

Ill do what I can to help. Im an engineer who is 20 years past my college courses so I might have literally forgotten more math than most people ever get exposed to. We'll have to see how much is left...

Edited May 5, 2023 by Quantus

[Edema Rue she/her]

I'm so storming bad at math. The other day I thought -2 + 1 was 3.

[Potato's Wit she/her]

1 hour ago, Edema Ruh said:

I'm so storming bad at math. The other day I thought -2 + 1 was 3.

That's rough.

[S. Stormy she/her]

Oh, also I use calculators for very basic math. And forget how to add fractions and whole numbers. I really need a refresher on fractions...

(yes, that was really long ago. I still know... sort of...)

[Immortal Platypus]

1 hour ago, S. Stormy said:

Oh, also I use calculators for very basic math. And forget how to add fractions and whole numbers. I really need a refresher on fractions...

(yes, that was really long ago. I still know... sort of...)

absolutely. that's what calculators are for! being lazy! IMPROPER FRACTIONS!! 

[Cash67]

Oh I can help a little with this! 

5 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

absolutely. that's what calculators are for! being lazy! IMPROPER FRACTIONS!! 

As a person who did calculus by hand for like an hour for physics then asked WolframAlpha what 2/3-1/4 was..... I AGREE WHOLEHEARTELDY

[Immortal Platypus]

1 hour ago, Cash67 said:

Oh I can help a little with this! 

As a person who did calculus by hand for like an hour for physics then asked WolframAlpha what 2/3-1/4 was..... I AGREE WHOLEHEARTELDY

2/3-1/4????

*shudders*

OH, THE HORROR!!!!

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

5/12

[Cash67]

On 5/6/2023 at 7:17 PM, Being of Cacophony said:

2/3-1/4????

*shudders*

OH, THE HORROR!!!!

INDEED THE HORROR

18 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

5/12

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=2%2F3-1%2F4

Indeed it is

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon he/him]

I’m about to be a nerd who can’t take a joke

But y’all are kidding about that being hard right?

[Edema Rue she/her]

Sort of.

[Immortal Platypus]

On 5/7/2023 at 7:16 PM, NerdyAarakocra said:

5/12

thank you

7 hours ago, TheAlpha929 said:

I’m about to be a nerd who can’t take a joke

But y’all are kidding about that being hard right?

mostly. but some fractions get really scary.

(-b+- sqrt(b^2-4ac))/2a

things are scary.

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon he/him]

(-b+-squidward(b^2-4ac))/2a

[Immortal Platypus]

26 minutes ago, TheAlpha929 said:

(-b+-squidward(b^2-4ac))/2a

NO!

(do you actually know what that formula is?)

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon he/him]

5 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

NO!

(do you actually know what that formula is?)

hehe nope! What is it ?

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

It's called the quadratic formula. It is used for finding the X values of a second degree polynomial when said polynomial cannot be factored.

[Immortal Platypus]

6 hours ago, TheAlpha929 said:

hehe nope! What is it ?

2 hours ago, The cheeseman said:

It's called the quadratic formula. It is used for finding the X values of a second degree polynomial when said polynomial cannot be factored.

Cheeseman is right, and it's also incredibly annoying  

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

If you think that's bad, wait until you learn how to complete the square.

[Edema Rue she/her]

I HATE MATH SO STORMING MUCH

I have 4 pages to do tonight on stuff that shouldn't be hard but is and a test on it in 2 days and literally there's like 2 weeks of school left AND WE'RE STILL DOING MATTHHHHH

Just had to get this slightly more on topic 

[Immortal Platypus]

3 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

If you think that's bad, wait until you learn how to complete the square.

I might have done that. when does one learn that?

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

7 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

I might have done that. when does one learn that?

In my state, Math II. It might be different where you live, but somewhere between Math I and Math II.

[Tea Leaf]

9 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

I might have done that. when does one learn that?

End of Algebra when you first hear of it, it enters frequent use in some units near the end of Geometry, but disappears around the end of Precal