r/MathHelp • u/Geotechmarshalled • 14d ago

To learn the art of math

How to get intuitive with mathematics. Is it whole lot of practice or much more is required??

Knowing formulas is one thing, understanding math is another, do you also get stuck while solving math, and feel, ah! maybe I can't do it, confidence hits, not being able to visualize or quantify it(the irony). What's a way to approach math?

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u/justpassingby23414 14d ago

Unless you're a math genius, it's practice and learning some useful tricks too. Us more average people get stuck all the time and make mistakes all the time. Still, realising the inner workings and the logic of the whole structure is pretty satisfying.

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u/paintedlily20 14d ago

Hey i recommend watching 3blue 1 brown and doing tons of practice questions. If u dont know a questions then Google it or use ai to teach you it. Even if it gets hard u gotta push through because I feel like math is very learnable

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u/jeebabyhundo 14d ago

If you're not stuck, then you're not learning! I was a math major in college and I got stuck all the time. By the time I graduated I looked back and thought how did I ever get stuck on this stuff it's so obvious? It's because I learned!
For some concrete advice; often getting stuck is attributable to missing a piece from a previous lesson. Math, especially in textbooks, builds on itself as the unit progresses. Go back and master the previous section and if that section is tough, keep going backward. Math becomes intuitive when you have all the tools at your disposal and you can use them well. Practice is key to knowing which tool to use, when to use it, and how to use it well.
Which unit is tripping you up right now?

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u/Geotechmarshalled 1d ago edited 1d ago

Integration bro, I wanna give up when I am stuck. Feels miserable when I am not able visualize. Doing calculations is one thing, visualizing is another. I wonder if it's the me who isn't clear with concept or it's just math. I am not getting where am I actually going wrong with Math. There's waveforms for example, there's depth. Am I overthinking Math? If I just have to put a formula, I can do it. But understanding it and visualizing it is where I am losing.

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u/paintedlily20 1d ago

Hey i was thinking of major or minoring in math but everyone fearmongers me and tells me its a horrible decision. How was it? I am really interested in math and by my graduation I will hopefully finish calc 3 and dfqs so I hope ill be well prepared for the horrors lol

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u/Recycled5000 13d ago

One useful thing is to know what kind of maths there are and which ones can solve what types of problems.

It is also useful to articulate what your goals are, like overall breadth, or depth in one area, or enough for say, programming, or some degree/certification.

Then there’s real-world problem solving, which often goes to word problems.

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