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    Fundamentals of maths.

    Yes, maths is easy, all you need to do is understand a fee core concepts or rules. Maths is about expressing the problem in numbers. If someone tells you they want a square desk, you need to measure to see what the desk's angles should be, yes? If someone tells you they want a kilogram of apples then you need a scale to see how much a kilogram is, hey? If someone tells you they need a engine that exerts more pressure to the wheels than it takes energy or fuels, then you need a lot of numbers, oh yes!

    While maths is the use of numbers, and the goal is to get the right tools, service or products, the method is one of [B.O.D.M.A.S]. Basically, the system of brackets, of, divide, then multiply, add and subtract, make up the whole crux of maths. Without understanding this, you have no hope of every making it in maths! In fact I know of a few teachers that stress this rule!

    If you want to get to the answer, you need to understand each value or number is a 'object,' okay? Something you can touch. This is represented by number of apples, number of mini meters or even number of degrees set to over clock the the line. They are all something that is real, or, an idea that is applied to something that is real, okay?
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    With maths, we find that the answer lies in the numbers we are dealing with. If we were to multiply something, we would be taking the one set of numbers, and, multiply it by the other set of numbers, yes? This would be where the number or answer expands, and, the leads to the two numbers that we are working with making the new number, of course. This leads to the answer being based on the sum of the two numbers, by each other, that many times, so, you take one number and you add that amount to it each time of the other number, that is multiplication, basically.

    With division, we do the reverse. We see how many time the number goes into the other one, and, then there is a remainder, yes? Let's say the sum goes like this; [35 / 10]? This would obviously be equal to [3] remainder [5], yes? Then we could say that [5] goes into 10 twice, so, it would be half, and, half is equal to [0.5]. Basically, there is a sliding scale between [divisor] and [remainder], where we can easily, find the divisor into a hundred, and take the remainder by the same number, of course.
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    With maths, we can also find the answer to any problem with those things by using the divisor of [360] or degrees, okay? This would be for angles, where we could easily work out degrees of the "cross section" or cross section degrees, relating to each other, as if they were "angles," okay?

    That would mean we could easily find the degrees of any sum, put into calculus, by using the divisor of [360]. With trigonometry, the angles are triangular, so we would use [90] degrees or angle "divisor," okay?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett Nortje View Post
    Yes, maths is easy, all you need to do is understand a fee core concepts or rules. Maths is about expressing the problem in numbers. If someone tells you they want a square desk, you need to measure to see what the desk's angles should be, yes? If someone tells you they want a kilogram of apples then you need a scale to see how much a kilogram is, hey? If someone tells you they need a engine that exerts more pressure to the wheels than it takes energy or fuels, then you need a lot of numbers, oh yes!

    While maths is the use of numbers, and the goal is to get the right tools, service or products, the method is one of [B.O.D.M.A.S]. Basically, the system of brackets, of, divide, then multiply, add and subtract, make up the whole crux of maths. Without understanding this, you have no hope of every making it in maths! In fact I know of a few teachers that stress this rule!

    If you want to get to the answer, you need to understand each value or number is a 'object,' okay? Something you can touch. This is represented by number of apples, number of mini meters or even number of degrees set to over clock the the line. They are all something that is real, or, an idea that is applied to something that is real, okay?
    Hi Brett,
    This is a good post. If someone asks what math is good for, describing it as a useful tool is a great place to start. In fact, that is what I believe it is also. Something interesting happened to math that did not happen to other tools in the tool box; it became special.
    One day, from someone's mouth came the words - "laws of mathematics." We did not get any word on the "laws of the hammer," or the "laws of the screw driver." We got a lot of laws from physics books, and every one of them was described in terms of math.
    Thus, it is a great tool to use for solving, plus, you could also say it is a language assistant. Because all humans learn the same math, it can aid in communicating "meaning" between people. But it is not a language in itself - so back in the tool box you go Mr. Math.
    What about those laws? Is it a government? Does it govern the way nature behaves? Nope. But it is a great and useful way to describe how natural things behave.
    So, it is maybe, the crown jewel of our tool box. It can help you design, help you build, and help you describe what you built, help you communicate how much it costs, and keep track of how many you sell --- I don't know what we would have become (humans) without it.

    So now I have to ask myself, since math seems to permeate all dimensions of our activities, is it the primary framework for how we think? It might be.
    If so, then it is a very special thing, and perhaps now, Mr. Math can come out of the tool box. Nope. On his best day, Mr. Math can help us describe our perception of the primary framework for how we think, but cannot be that thing... its just symbols. Back in the box.

    So Brett, I enjoyed sharing with you. Perhaps in the future we could talk about the last sentence of your post. The part about objects, and being real, and things like that. Sometimes that conversation more closely resembles quick sand than a conversation, but its usually worth it.

    --LittleJohn

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    Quote Originally Posted by littlejohn View Post
    Hi Brett,
    This is a good post. If someone asks what math is good for, describing it as a useful tool is a great place to start. In fact, that is what I believe it is also. Something interesting happened to math that did not happen to other tools in the tool box; it became special.
    One day, from someone's mouth came the words - "laws of mathematics." We did not get any word on the "laws of the hammer," or the "laws of the screw driver." We got a lot of laws from physics books, and every one of them was described in terms of math.
    Thus, it is a great tool to use for solving, plus, you could also say it is a language assistant. Because all humans learn the same math, it can aid in communicating "meaning" between people. But it is not a language in itself - so back in the tool box you go Mr. Math.
    What about those laws? Is it a government? Does it govern the way nature behaves? Nope. But it is a great and useful way to describe how natural things behave.
    So, it is maybe, the crown jewel of our tool box. It can help you design, help you build, and help you describe what you built, help you communicate how much it costs, and keep track of how many you sell --- I don't know what we would have become (humans) without it.

    So now I have to ask myself, since math seems to permeate all dimensions of our activities, is it the primary framework for how we think? It might be.
    If so, then it is a very special thing, and perhaps now, Mr. Math can come out of the tool box. Nope. On his best day, Mr. Math can help us describe our perception of the primary framework for how we think, but cannot be that thing... its just symbols. Back in the box.

    So Brett, I enjoyed sharing with you. Perhaps in the future we could talk about the last sentence of your post. The part about objects, and being real, and things like that. Sometimes that conversation more closely resembles quick sand than a conversation, but its usually worth it.

    --LittleJohn
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