#arithmatic

[postersbykeith]

[sickviking-fr]

I don't normally make posts like this but it's been on my mind for a very long time so hope you'll all forgive me.

But I just want to say for any of my younger followers, especially any of you still in school: Do work hard in your maths classes! Study hard! Even if you have dyscalculia or another learning disorder, it is possible to overcome with diligent work and proper guidance. I know it's a very common thing even for neurotypicals to ask teachers "When will we ever need this crap in real life?" And I can tell you without a moment hesitation that the answer is nearly every single day of our lives.

It's not really noticable when you do understand maths, or when the subject comes easy to you, but when you don't? It's so painfully aparent how important it is. If all you can do is the basics of addition and subtraction, maybe a little multiplication, it makes life so much easier. Especially if you at least know when and where to use certain formulas even if you need a calculator or Google to do the actual legwork.

I learned the hard way how absolutely vital math is in your day to day life. Not just fun things like dragon neopets, but managing money, figuring out how much a basket of groceries will cost, knowing how much money is in your wallet and whether that amount is more or less that the price of those cool socks you want. It helps with time management, estimating distance or time-frames, hell telling time!

I stuggle to hold down even the most mundane jobs, and I have to pass up on some of the most abundant and available jobs like being a waiter or running a cash register because I can't count money. I've had to completely give up on my dreams of being a marine biologist or a veterinarian because you have to take advanced mathmatics just to go to school for those things, and I can't even read the face of a clock or a price tag. When I was a kid, there wasn't a system in place to help me. But there is for you! Take advantage of it!

Study and absorb as much of it as you can, and if you think you might have a learning disorder specifically with maths, reach out to someone in your school! Unlike when I was in school, there are now ways and methods of helping people with those conditions learn in spite of it! Don't give it up as a bad job or say you're too stupid to learn. Because you are not stupid!

Dont skimp on math, even though it's hard. Don't give up on yourself. It can open so many doors for you.

[retrocgads]

USA 1987

[whcottonsiu]

Ecuaciones de repaso! #bujo #teachersiu #guidesiu #wimblesiu #teachingmath #operation #arithmatic #numbers #arithmetics #sugarmath #math #middleschool #algebra #equations

[retrocgads]

USA 1987

[sciencesolutions]

[themontessoriacademyofarlington]

Upper Elementary - Squares and Square Roots

As the Upper Elementary students approach middle school age, they are introduced to algebraic concepts like square roots, balancing equations, and polynomials. Through the Montessori approach, they can visualize these concepts by manipulating concrete materials that will help them more fully grasp the concepts. This student is very focused, using the Square Root Peg Board to build the square of 27 in single units (green pegs), and then exchanging them with the blue pegs, which represent ten units each. Once she has exchanged it, she will be able to clearly see the root. This material helps students understand more complex math concepts thoroughly before transitioning to working through them more abstractly on pen and paper.

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The base ten number notation we find so convenient for arithmetic dates back only to around AD 700, when the Hindus took the first great strides toward making that subject a powerful tool. The abbreviations for plus and minus didn’t come until the fifteenth century. And neither the equal sign nor clocks that could measure times to the second existed before the sixteenth century.

The Grand Design, Stephen W. Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow