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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 sc
by Jarwain 5y ago
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
- after_care 5y agoI 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.