How to Actually Get Better at Math

To the people watching this. The fact that you are on this video means you want to change. You will be successful you will make it. You are here and ready to start this journey.

You have no idea how freeing this was. I used to feel so dumb for needing extra time to understand math concepts but this video reminded me that progress isn’t supposed to look perfect. It’s supposed to be messy, frustrating, and worth it. Appreciate your honesty, man.

i'm so cooked

Yes. Since last year, I have been starting to try to understand the concepts instead of the formula so I was forced to relearn all the math starting grade5 upto all the math in grade 10. The most satisfying parts was when i was able to apply my math knowledge to our basic physics class where i was able to manipulate the formula to make it easier to solve, rather than just using the formula.

Here's experience with Math.. I decided to go back to college at 27 years old, to get a degree in Electrical Engineering, I had not touched a textbook for nearly 10 years.. but I was pretty good at math during High School, though I wasn't gifted or anything.. I knew I had a natural affinity to technology, so I said F it, I'm going Engineering.. First semester, College Algebra right.. First half actually was struggling.. got stuck a LOT and coupled that I was working a full time job in IT and taking 4 classes per semester (Full Time College), I fell behind during the 2nd half and yes I indeed FAILED college algebra.. Lol funny looking back now, I failed my first math class as an aspiring engineer, and I was paying out of pocket so the L was a bit more "personal", walking into the counselor's office, telling them I'm going to go for engineering after failing college algebra on my first semester, the look on their faces was priceless (Fuel for me).. anyways I knew I had to go back and review a whole bunch of topics before attempting to retake College Algebra.. you know, to Discover things I didn't even know I DIDN"T know, you know?.. hilarious right? So my salvation? well.. I spent around 3-4 weeks on Khan Academy (Free btw) starting from Literally 2nd grade math, and working my way up all the way through to Algebra 2.. mainly taking the quizzes and exams and answering questions until I reached something I truly did not know, if I couldn't figure it out on my own, I would go find the material and relearn it.. it took my around 4 weeks (a Month) to basically refresh and relearn all the Math.. by the time I went to retake college algebra.. not only was I MUCH Stronger in math.. I was top of the class, and continued on the top of the class through trig, pre calc, and calculus.. I was ahead of my peers, until around calc 2.. well anyways I went on to complete college, taking fewer classes here and there since I was still working.. and after around 5 years I was able to acquire my Degree.. and I'll say this... there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with going back to the basics, I'm talking basic arithmetic, multiplication tables, basic factoring, basic geometry, fractions, etc.. like this video said, there are foundational principles which are introduced to you early and LITERALLY everything in higher education math is built on these principles.. after around 10 years.. you forget stuff.. relearning math from the ground up gave me a very stable pillar as a foundation.. I did not have to Memorize a bunch of formulas.. the formulas seemed natural, intuitive, where my peers were attempting to memorize formulas, I memorized nothing.. focusing on the PURE rules of math, and often times doing what felt like improvising but basically resulting in the same formulas they tell you to memorize.. yes it was still hard, especially after calc 2.. no amount of material can prepare you for linear algebra and abstract vectors.. nearly lost my hair during those classes.. but the fact that I was able to keep up with those students without having a high school background in math, says a lot.. its all in the basics.. the foundation.. start there.. and work your way up.. the stronger your foundation.. the easier math is later on.. Hope this helps..

putting physics in bottom A tier while its literally just aplied mathematics is funny

For intuitive timestamps: #1 0:35 Understand the basics (prior fundamentals) #2 1:32 change the way you think [2 approaches]: a. rule-based thinking b. analytical understanding-based thinking (self-questioning the problem) #3 2:25 create study schedules (spaced repetition + solve 5-10 problems a day) #4 3:36 keep your work tidy - navigation system (date, topic, exercise number) - strategic spacing (to leave notes) - cheatsheet page - self-correction - take notes #5 4:48 break down problems (understand the problem, planning/how you will approach it of what u know, resolution and validation for errors and corrections) #6 6:18 Understand math symbols #7 7:20 Become the master of arithmetic and algebra #8 8:37 Build chunks of information (group of related information that will help u solve & recognize problems easier.) -deeply understand the concept -give context to the chunk

As a Engineering major and Mathematics minor in my 3rd year of college this is golden. For anyone planning on going into engineering I highly recommend getting 2 National Computational notebooks. One for mathematical theory (integrals, trig, vector tricks etc.) and one for Engineering fundamentals(circuit analysis, statics, thermodynamics etc) once you grasp a concept. Watch a YouTube video on said topic and translate it in your own thinking into the book. This way you have well written concise notes in your own thought process for if you ever have to review complex math for future assignments or classes. It makes it so much easier on yourself. Leave the first page blank so you can put page numbers to topics. This has helped me excel in classes

This helped me in my engineering course🎉

I am dyscalculic. I found the simple trick of speaking the numbers out loud, or using text to speech, and I found I was better at math than I thought. I am now beating myself up for not working with my brain.

I’m crying, my only math grades are Fs and I don’t understand anything even though I have a tutor 😭

I'm so dumb at math.

1. Understand the basic 2. Change the way you approach maths 3. Create a study scheduled 4. Keep your work tidy #use a navigation system #create a cheat sheet page #take notes 5. Break down problems #understand the problem well # planning... #resolution and Validation 6. Understand maths symbols 7. Become a master of arithmetic and algebra 8. Build to chunks of information #deeply understand the concept # give context to the chunk .....

This isn’t a how to get better at maths video, it’s a how to get better at studying video using maths as an example.

One thing that helped me gain a better understanding of calculus in particular was playing around with functions from my homework in desmos. Changing numbers around to see what it does is incredibly helpful, especially when you get to multivariable calculus

I just want to be clear with this: math isn’t necessarily “hard”, “difficult” or “only for the absolute genius”, it’s something you can learn and get better at anytime! I used to have great grades for mathematics once, then totally not for a while and now I’m becoming better at this again! Watching these vids confirms to me that I know more about math than I probably realize. Same goes for all of you guys out there: don’t feel anxious or stupid when using mathematics, you are capable of more things than you know!

do this with every school subject like science, arts..that would rlly help!!! love the channel!!

6:24 ain't nobody told me they have heart symbols in math 😭😭 WTF DOES THAT MEANNN 🙏😭😭🥀

Bro😮 I’m literally struggling here, so I just started going extreme mode, tutoring,videos books etc, bro I literally left my phone on on an eight hour math video so I subconsciously learn it even while I’m sleeping lol. I’ll notify if I get any results😂

My teacher always says that math is easy, it's just you do not have a foundation on it.