Cannot get a handle on math

It's so frustrating. How do you get a handle on math? It just confuses me.

I'm an excellent tutor. And explainer.

Could you explain inequalities to me?

Math... Uck, luckily my college courses doesn't require anything too complicated math wise, but in school I got some tutoring to get my marks up, look into it, there's nothing wrong with help

Sure. Do you have like a problem to solve? You can pm me or write it here, and I'll get you started. I'm thinking like a = b + 3

It can be any problem. I just want an example

Solving Inequalities

Hi Poppy,

I had math issues too. Wish I could be of help.

Have you checked out Khan Academy's site? Their videos explain everything really well.

Another site that might help you is WolframAplha.

Good luck!

i have a really bad time when it comes to maths

1 +1, my tables and takeaway is all i can really do.. and for my age, that's actually really embarrasing- seeing as numbers are a big part of daily life.

I would see if I could get some sort of assessment of "where" I am in maths and see if I could work on the basics in the areas under where I've got problems. For example, I know I cannot do computer programming easily because of my lack of college algebra. If I still cared, I would take college algebra, etc.

I would also look at whatever maths I am struggling with and see how I "felt" about them. We can cause ourselves difficulties by thinking we can/cannot understand something. The term "inequalities" jumped out at me and I emotionally shied away, for example. It reminds me of seeing a bug and needing to deal with the bug but being afraid of it so not being able to deal with it effectively

inequalities are just like regular equations, you're just replacing the = with < or >

take 3+x>4 (or think of it like 3+x=4)
solve for x
so x>4-3 (x=4-3)
x>1 (x=1)

The equals signs are not "correct" but just a way of showing how to work the problems.

Check out purplemath . com They have awesome step by step instructions for everything. Also, mathway . com has a great tool for finding the answer to any problem you put in (you'll have to pay to see how it's done though)

i still watch numberjacks- i mean how bad is that?

trying to learn from animated numbers- which is a show for like 2 or 3 year olds

I'm trying to practice for GED. I'm just really messing up though

Look at khanacademy too. They have a webpage and a free mobile app. I wouldn't be getting through calculus without it!

hmm i guess i'll just always be hopeless at maths

can't even do the activities on funbrain.. an those are like, meant to be really easy

It's not hopeless! You just have to find the learning tool that works for you.

thanks for the confidence,

but i don't see myself getting any better at it...

Geez, my blurry late night eyes thought this thread was "cannot get a handle on Meth"

Glad that your problem is less daunting than a meth addiction!

Khan Academy:

Khan Academy

lol,

i am so easily miss led

looked at the post and thought... well why is it in the study section?

does this site only handle 1 asspect of math?

or everything

Look at it to see what it covers.