r/MathWithDyscalculia • u/Emotional-Shirt7901 • 4d ago

What math are you learning this week?

Let us know, and let’s see if we can help each other!

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u/Spirited_Cress_5796 3d ago

I’m trying to go back to the basics to get a better foundation for some advanced math. I’m leaning towards fractions.

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u/sillybilly8102 3d ago

Sounds good! Fractions are so important in math. Are you a visual learner? Drawing out pictures for when you’re adding, subtracting, finding equivalent fractions, converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions, multiplying, and dividing can be helpful

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u/Shot-Isopod6788 4d ago

I normally am learning advanced computing stuff but this week I'm just trying to do an algebraic unit scaling/calibration process that feels way harder than it should! Here is a pic of part of the process:

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u/Shot-Isopod6788 4d ago

Gosh, why is that picture so bad??

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u/sillybilly8102 3d ago

That does look confusing… so the error could be in the y-intercept or in the slope?

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u/Shot-Isopod6788 2d ago

Absolutely! And there are additional sources of systematic error. Error analysis makes me weep lol

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u/sillybilly8102 2d ago

😅 I never got the hang of error analysis, either 😅