aim54x
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i'm with providing formulae sheets. the object is not to memorise but to learn how to use the formulae. in the real world u would check the formulae instead of being half sure.
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and in the real world you wouldn't need exact values and most things you will type into a computer program to do any hard maths.
And in Engineering Studies why bother to learn about how tests are carried out, when we can just look at a table.
If you have to derive the formula or remember it, it shows you have a greater understanding of how it works.
And in Engineering Studies why bother to learn about how tests are carried out, when we can just look at a table.
If you have to derive the formula or remember it, it shows you have a greater understanding of how it works.
aim54x
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that is true, but a bit over the top 4 a time when u r under all this stree already.
wat do u think of d avatar??
wat do u think of d avatar??
Li0n
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When my dad was doing his examinations, they had to remember the whole periodic table for chem, they had to memorise all the standard potentials.
They had to memorise practically everything except they needed that ruler/trig sheet that gave you values of tan38 etc since they didn't have calculators back then
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He was surprised when he found out we get all this stuff.
They had to memorise practically everything except they needed that ruler/trig sheet that gave you values of tan38 etc since they didn't have calculators back then
.He was surprised when he found out we get all this stuff.
Li0n
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yeah their rulers had log tables in it too
its mad you can slide it etc to get the value
its mad you can slide it etc to get the value
CrashOveride
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Memorise the periodic table? I'd doubt that
Li0n
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In year 10, i knew the names of the first 50ish elements, and the proper values for the first 20 so i think its possible. The first 20 are the only important ones anyway.
aud
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They have a formula for time payment... my dad brought home a General exam the other day and I was like, huh...? Time payment formula... makes you forget the reasoning behind it.
My Maths teacher doesn't even teach us some formulae so we remember why we're doing what we're doing, like that t(r+1)/t(r) that I saw a formula for the other day.
Ick... periodic table... my Year 7/8 Science teacher would test us on it every single day, and make us write out each one we got wrong 20 times... No wonder I dropped Science... it was scary...
My Maths teacher doesn't even teach us some formulae so we remember why we're doing what we're doing, like that t(r+1)/t(r) that I saw a formula for the other day.
Ick... periodic table... my Year 7/8 Science teacher would test us on it every single day, and make us write out each one we got wrong 20 times...
No wonder I dropped Science... it was scary...
caroline86
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meh... i'm just a lazy bum... but now that i've done 5 of my hsc exams already and only have maths to go... i'm pumped to study for maths!!! i love maths!