adventuregrl4 (September 4, 2008 at 9:57 pm)

this is so confusing i want to cry. what on earth is base 10????

Hammersley1967 (September 2, 2008 at 5:34 am)

How's this for a bit of math? GET FUCKED + GET FUCKED - GET FUCKED = GET FUCKED I think you'll find that my calculations are correct...

dclancy (September 2, 2008 at 4:21 am)

In base 8, 342 - 173 does in fact equal 147. Maybe you should pay more attention to the video.

KnightFirstandAlways (September 1, 2008 at 12:50 am)

Btw 342 -173 =169 not as shown 147 Greetings from Germany Knight first and always

16924fps (August 30, 2008 at 2:10 pm)

I wasn't fond of math in high school but I think it was more of a way to rebel against my parents rather than a genuine dislike of it. I'd like to really learn it properly. Sorry to hear about the changes to your educational system. Sounds like they're trying to fix what isn't broken. Typical bureaucratic meddling by people who don't know what they're doing.

tanjaaa53 (August 30, 2008 at 1:38 pm)

did you think to write this: " The easiest way to look at it is like this: Base 10:0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Base 8:0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Base 16:0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f Base 2:0 1 So 11 in base 16 = b 4 in base 2 = 100 (0,1,10,11,100) " this is correct!without 10 on the end!

tanjaaa53 (August 30, 2008 at 1:33 pm)

Even with this techniques there are people who hate math :) But I am one of those who enjoy learning and teaching it!Unfortunately,we are now changing our education system and I`m afraid that it`s not going to be better but worse.

16924fps (August 30, 2008 at 1:06 pm)

Then obviously your techniques are much more effective than what they use here. There have been reports that math education techniques used in other countries (such as yours) are much more effective at teaching math than what's used here. The big problem is that the education establishment is very resistant to change and they have a "it wasn't invented here" mentality regarding non-US teaching techniques. It's a shame but that's how it is. There are a few trailblazers but not many.

tanjaaa53 (August 30, 2008 at 12:41 pm)

I`m just saying that in my country we learn math like this but I am not as old as you are so...Also I am a math teacher so I should know how we teach our kids...

nurikanana (August 23, 2008 at 9:42 am)

base 8 is base 10.. unless u lost 2 finger..