voyagerwitch said: some of the more obscure trig identities i had to memorize probably
areyoshi said: Algebra……
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gauntletspirit said: My issue with math was: they had us memorize equations without explaining how/WHY they work, or why they are useful. They taught us long, complicated equations for finding percent instead of teaching us 5 x 0.25 = 1.25
mooeena said: logarithms
kavukamari said: i struggle with complex numbers but that’s not a branch of math that’s part of precalc, so I guess precalc
fullofdoodles-blog said: Algebra in general. I always did better with geometry, because I like seeing what I’m working with. Algebra feels like chemistry, you know? It’s all theory and tough to see for a very visual brain.
dragon-noises said: Umm… algebra? statistics? Probably algebra. There was a saying in my school that if you sucked at algebra you’d be good at geometry and that held true for me I loved geometry
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ilikebadmusic said: oh, seconding probability. that was taught more half-assedly than trig
mallowninja said: trigonometry. basically just trigonometry in general. it was a huge slog not aided by a poor teacher and i hated it so much.
linkapics said: Probability was probably my worst area in highschool classes.
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dear tumblr
what is the math thing you struggled with the most (preferably before calculus, definitely before multivar calculus)
this is vitally important for reasons that may be obvious…