how do you make people appreciate math?
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Depends on each person. Try to find out more about the person's interests and work it out from there. (Well, this actually requires a lot of experience, but basically is about putting yourself in their shoes and trying to see how math is involved in their favorite domain or can help them further their talents.)\n\nFirst of all don't forget to value their talents and say it's ok if they don't learn math after all, they are not stupid. There is something called "The theory of multiple intelligences", you know...
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:-)\n\nWell, while I was in school, I wasn't a person who would give the numeric answer to a math question...\n\nHowever--the courteous person that I am--would take the time out to show my requestor HOW to solve the problem...\n\nIn an equation such as this--where the denominator is "100", the easiest thing to do is consider this...\n\nRegardless of the situation, there is only 100% in any and everything. You can not have more than 100%. 100%, then, represents the whole. \n\nWhen you are trying to figure out what percentage is of something, you simply divide the numerator by the denominator and multiply it by 100.\n\nSo if the equation was 2/3=what percent... You would divide the "2" by the "3" and get an answer to the effect of "0.66". Since percentages generally represent all digits to the hundredths place, your answer would initially be "0.67" after rounding up.\n\n(Note: Percentages can be made to cover more than the hundredths place, but I am sure that your teacher is not looking for much more accuracy than that...) \n\nBeing that we are looking for the appropriate percentage, we are then going to multiply "0.67" by "100". Our answer then is "67%".  So 2/3=67%...\n\nIn closing, remember, divide the numerator by the denominator and then multiply it by "100"...\n\nHope that helps...
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Try to get a tutor if you can. I used to be pretty good at math, and blah blah blah(it's all about me), but you don't want to hear my life story! LOL What I wanted to say though, is that math is not really that hard. You might say oh yeah, but don't make it a monster if it doesn't have to be. People have a tendency to do that with all kinds of things.\nEven up to the highest levels of math, all it is, is formulas, input, find the x, etc....\nI was thrown into Calculus before I was ready for it, but I tried to just go with the flow, oops..blah blah blah..LOL What I'm trying to say is, you can do it, just don't take it too seriously! Good luck!
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the trick is i think to really comunicate with all your students.\nyou have the odds in your favour, as teenagers love competition and they will do anything to stay on top of the things they find "cool". So, all you have to do is to make math a "cool" thing in the school you are teaching.\nthis can be accomplished either by getting a already popular student to be good at math, or by making several "middle" accepted students love math and brag about this all the time. Teenagers only care abuot popularity, and methods like making the lessons more nice and teaching measures that are good moves with younger children will not work.\nOr, you could catch a popular "football star" student that needs a good grade in math to keep playing on the school team or something like that... Now all yo uhave to do is to make that person like math. Give him free private sessions yourself or asign a student that you consider he might like.  If you get him not only to pass math but to have a real interest in math from then on you have accomplished your purpose. All others will follow the popular guy, so everyone will try and learn more and more math.\ni realize this is a little out there, and that it can not be considered a real teaching strategy, but belive me it works, it really does. Look at it this way: you are not playing with their minds as it seems, you are just doing what you can to give them a better chance in life...
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For my students who hate math, I tell them math is your friend. It will always give you the right answer if you check your work. So you know when you are done with a problem or not.\n\nMath helps us to practice a set of steps in solving a problem. Once we learn the steps, we do them the same way each time. So we know how to follow the pattern from beginning to the middle steps to the end, and then how to check it over afterwards.\n\nThis trains our brains to solve problems, to know when we are at the beginning, or in the middle, or finished at the end. We gain a sense of "intuition" when we are not doing a step right, and need to go back and redo it to make the other steps work out.  So one of the purposes is to help us "troubleshoot" while solving problems, knowing when we are on the right track, and when we have found the right answer.
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Actually I would like to help but the location does matter...\nI cant come dre if its too far.\nAnyways ur idea is really nice....\nIf u r successful rply me...\nI would also try to open a math homewrok club.....\nSend me ur reply...ar\nruchir_rick_d@yahoo.com
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The universe and all it entails is all brought about by mathematical principles. You can integrate math with virtually any subject. Examples? Here are a few.\nHome economics- Doubling fractions in recipes.\nPhysics- Loaded with math. Use mathematics to prove the laws.\nLanguage and/or Reading- To stimulate comprehension, have students figure out how many of a list of required books they enjoyed by percentage, write a paper on books they have read and maybe even figure out the probabability of the next book to be added to the list using laws of probability. You need, of course to have the difficulty in reading and math to match the other and also the age and ability of the students.\nSocial Studies- Have students figure out percentages of cultures using the english language, per capita population statistics, and probability to estimate growth, or how many different types of money is used in the world, etc.\nWriting- Have students write an essay using words instead of numbers to figure out a determinant (presuming they understand the concept, of course) or stating how to determine percentages or to write out certain laws of mathematics in paragraph form. Written proofs can also be used to demonstrate inductive or deductive reasoning.\nHope the examples help.
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This site has basic lessons projects for all grades. Click on a Grade and choose Math check to find the level you are looking for. Although the activities may be computer based you will get some ideas from them.\n\nFantastic Math Tricks\n\nPrintable Numeracy Resources (and ideas for mental maths)for adults
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a trip to the ruler factory. hahahahaha.\nsorry but they just wont be interested and will cry if they cant measure by themselves. just make it as fun as possible. videos w/ little animals, etc are good.
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math. i know, its kinda nerdy.
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the best way is memorization... some may say otherwise.  It will take a while, but multiplication is KEY to mathematics... if you dont get your mult tables, it will make math more tedious in the long run.  (trust me, I am a math teacher).  Start by writing your times tables over and over again.  Then either make or buy some flashcards.  Also, Get your parents and friends to quiz you.  \n\nGood luck!
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Send an email or IM if you want math help.  Or, enter your question and someone will answer it.  There are some very good and helpful answerers on this website.  Or look 5 or six questions down; someone is offering free help.
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Well, if you have someone in your math club that's mom/dad/grandma/grandpa/etc. owns a big company you can ask them to sponsor it? That's the only idea I have. Hope I was a help.
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I used to hate Math before, but you know?, it's not really the Math is the way some people teaches it ..like there are some steps you have to follow and then you do it in every ocasion you find; but then a teacher showed me that there were many different ways to arrive to the same answer..and then I realized all the beauty and truth behind it..it's really amazing. \nIt's different than any other subject you know?, cause in Literature , history , arts ..and many others people just teachs you to learn the ¨opinion¨of other people, what is their truth, so the louder or famous they get the more you listen to them ..but in the end , there is nothing sure , no truth behind it , you can not corroborate with others ..you can just inluence some other people's opinions to get stronger, and somehow it's all fake.\nOk, I'm begining to sound like my teacher (..that's scary! ), I just wrote too much , sorry :); anyway hatting Math won't help you in learning it..so I just think it's a useless feeling to have .
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How about "Math -  Does it really add up?"
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Do demonstrations! For volume, for example, you can show a cone has a third the volume of a cylinder with the same radius by pouring water from a cone to the cylinder. Most students guess that the volumes are about the same and it's a demonstration that sticks in their minds. \n\nAnything outside of the classroom is great (if you can do that). Interactive stuff is always good. Get them to estimate the area of the basketball court or other playing surface. Or figure out how many people you could fill your classroom with if they were all lined up lying down.
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What you want is a math forum...\n\nNot a how hot is my avatar forum... Good luck with that!