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Re:Why don't we use the math we learn in school? by Jarwain on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:54PM (#30093288)
I think that act of translation is pretty helpful; it's not often irl math is presented nicely, but rather as a scenario that one has to solve. Translating a scenario into a math problem is practice for that, I think.

To try and inspire people, though, maybe word problems could be written to be more relevant

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Re:Why don't we use the math we learn in school? by after_care on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:17PM (#30093533)
I always found the context in which I’m solving a word problem to be the most critical piece to accurately solving it —- and the reason they aren’t that great.

Oh, I’m taking a test it over polynomial expressions —- I already know how I’m going to solve whatever word problems I run across.

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