Can you make Algebra awesome?

[SupaMechaDeathChrist]

well heres my way.

call you teacher over and when he gets close enough hit him with you text book and count how many hits it takes to kill him, you then multiply it by how many screams he made and divide it by how many blood stain are on your shirt and thats how you figure out you time in jail.

Edit: i know this isn't algebra but it would make your math class more fun

P.S. this math problems depends on how much you like your math teacher.

 

[Daemonicium]

I really do love the maths. I used to love physics, but the more physics I did the more I enjoyed the mathematical side of it. The maths is just way better. Much...purer.

Although having said that, complex numbers in second order differential equations are messing me around at the moment. Stupid things. Think I've got 'em though.

Without any doubt, I'd recommend maths to anyone. It's excellent.

 

[batterj2]

(Had posted Women = Evil formula before noticing somebody had beat me to it)

If you want to be involved in the gaming industry creating something then you'd better understand it. Either way it makes maths a lot easier to explain!

 

[SupaMechaDeathChrist]

Algebra doesn't need to be made awesome, it already is. However for other people I suppose a good way to make it more interesting would be to get free booze for every eqn solved.

That would make continuous calculations slightly difficult.

yeah but thats the point, you learn more by how intoxicated you are.

 

[Thaius]

My younger sister was learning about multiplication and addition of negative and positive numbers, and she just couldn't get it. So, being the nerd that I am, I invented the single most nerdy explanation possible: and she still remembers it.

Negatives are like Jedi: positives are like battle droids. When you put a positive and a negative together, it's like pitting a battle droid against a Jedi: the Jedi totally wins, and he's all that's left (being the negative sign). If you put two Jedi against each other, they're equally awesome and they both kill each other, leaving only the battle droid (positive sign), standing there completely clueless. And if you put two battle droids together... well they're too stupid to know they're supposed to fight, and they just stand there (positive sign remains).

With that, I still think algebra sucks, and its requirement in college GE is an absolute joke. But at least I made it slightly more awesome.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

No, there's just too many variables that could go wrong.

And if we make algebra fun, it's a slippery slope. What happens when we make Calculus or math type x fun? Y would we do that?

Just take algebra seriously, otherwise you're just multiplying your troubles.

I'd like to add, take math seriously now, By the time you get to Calculus it will all be derivative so there will be nothing to worry about.

/If puns aren't fun for you ignore this post.
/Currently an American HS senior taking AP Calculus, really regret signing up for it. Fucking hate it. But I'm staying above a C so all is good.

 

[kannibus]

Alegbra's pretty cool, waaaay better than that Calculus malarkey. Yeah, math is sort of a love/hate type thing. I've problems that ripped my balls off salted them and sold them back to me as jerky, but then when the problem was finally solved it was like the best orgasm you've ever had from the most beautiful woman you've ever known while eating the best goddamn steak dinner ever put together by mortal man.

Heh, story goes around that one Advanced Algebra class from third year uni had a fairly nice exam until one single question which proceeded to rape the entire class with a burning flail. The entire class room groaned (we weren't in an exam hall). Nobody could figure it out for at least an hour until suddenly one guy stood up and yelled "YEAH! IN YOUR FACE QUESTION 6!" Then he proceeded to thrust his hips violently at his exam paper and slam his fist onto it at the same time. It looked like he was going to blow a load in his pants he was so worked up. The prof, who was a pretty cool guy, just looks up from his book and says, "This is why we mathematicians do what we do. Mr. Wyles (not his real name) please resume your seat and kindly refrain from ejaculating. Failing that, please excuse yourself to the washroom and do what you need to do."

That was probably one of the greatest moment from my uni career ever.

 

[Treblaine]

Mathemathics are undoubtedly a foundation all modern science is built upon. But unfortunately, it's also one of the more boring ones. All that equations can get kinda tedious, don't you think? My question goes thus - can you actually make it awesome/badass/what have you? Any ideas are welcome, especially outrageous and those you can apply in real life - doubly so.

Clarification/disclaimer: i'm not really into algebra because i'm more into arts and crafts and whatever.

Aspect ratio.

If you are interested in photography or resolution of games/movies and buying TV screen you are going to need Pythagoras' equation for finding out issues of compatibility and suitability.

See the annoying thing about screen size is it is all measured in diagonal diameter, since it is the largest dimension that can easily be measured (larger numbers = better marketing) but with differing aspect ratios things get confusing.

I use it all the time to compare screens of different aspect ratios and different diameters to find out which actually has a wider surface area. Like now many new phones had odd aspect ratios and just cite off the diagonal diameter like it is a universal measure, when it can be quite deceptive.

The higher an aspect ratio gets (greater width for length) then the diagonal diameter corresponds to a smaller overall area. So a 19 inch monitor in 4:3 resolution is actually a larger than a 19 inch widescreen monitor... even though that sounds counter intuitive. Wider is bigger, right?

 

[Icehearted]

Play a google anagrams with all the letters? I typed "A gel bra" "Grab ale" and "Arg Bale". Not exactly what you were looking for, but it's the best I could come up with to awesome the algebra. Math was never my thing, but writing was always a fave!

 

[orangebandguy]

No, no I can't.

It's tedious and boring, but ultimately useful.

 

[The DSM]

It has to be taught by Gobbles, The guns-and-laser-sauraus-rex.

Cookie for anyone who gets the reference.

 

[Zeldadudes]

I think in any case you would need to relate it to whatever is going through your mind or their mind.
So in my case i'd relate my algebra to music.
Works every time.

 

[mrhappyface]

I like to think of the problems like comparing guns in Borderlands or comparing weapons in Diablo. It keeps my mind off it.

 

[DayDark]

Math is like a puzzle game with a massive amounts of rules, if you know the rules, it's actually pretty enjoyable. Like any game, you should read the manual, and part of what makes math able to be quite tedious, is that sometimes that manual can be pretty hard to grasp.

I'm no math nerd, but it's undoubtedly a useful tool for problem solving.

 

[Blights]

There's no way to make Algebra awesome...

But say if there was Too much algebra...

http://www.doheth.co.uk/funny/exam-answers/Too_Much_Algebra

 

[IxionIndustries]

Make Gordon Freeman teach it...

Nah he'd be a physics teacher. And it would be hard to teach it, being he's a mute and all.
But then again...Gordon Freeman makes everything even a bit better then it was so yeah. It would be awesome!

Yes, but mathematics are a staple of physics, so it would still count.

You guys do know that Gordon Freeman would just beat mathmatics into his subjects with a crowbar right.

Yes, and I would love every minute of it.. BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING GORDON FREEMAN!

 

[Godavari]

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

Solve for i.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

Solve for i.

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

6i-4u+8<14u+8

6i<18u

i<3u

amirite?

 

[Godavari]

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

Solve for i.

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

6i-4u+8<14u+8

6i<18u

i<3u

amirite?

Quite. And I <3 u, too.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

Solve for i.

2(3i-2u+4)<14u+8

6i-4u+8<14u+8

6i<18u

i<3u

amirite?

Quite. And I <3 u, too.

Oh you brilliant bastard.