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Hi there, I regrettably haven't studied maths since I was 16 (GCSE level), I'm now a 27 year old c# developer. Would it be a fruitless exercise trying to work through this book? What kind of maths standard is expected of the reader?
Thanks in advance ...
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If there was any difficult math, i think you can skip i think general understanding....
Whenever it discusses mathematical topics, it provides sufficient to deal with that sooner or later in programming .
No college/university level math.
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What's the highest-level math you've used in the real world? What did you need it for? Where did you learn it (in school, by yourself)? (Incidentally, I do mean in a programming context , as this is a programming website.)
Note: I'm not wondering if mathematics...
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The logic I learned prior to college.
Discrete math, but at a very basic level.
I am including logarithms and exponents under Algebra here.
Nothing too fancy, definitely high school level math.
For manipulating equations.
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I haven't taken any math classes above basic college calculus. However, in the course of my programming work, I've picked up a lot of math and comp sci from blogs and reading, and I genuinely believe I have a decent mathematical mind. I enjoy and have...
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Whether a cause or ....
What I'm finding out about math education is that most of it is taught incorrectly.
The discrete math class will teach you some really useful stuff (graph theory, combinatorics, etc you're in the same position I am.
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Best a levels for maths
maths fm and:
1. Physics and economics
2. physics and chem
3. chem and economics
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However, I'm finding the course.
I got or Physics, I didn't even do a Mechanics module in A level maths.
I did Maths, Chemistry, Biology and French at A level.
First year doing MMaths at Sheffield.
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Is Further Maths a AS level or an A level?
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If you take 6 Maths units you get an A level in Maths, 9 and you get an A level in Maths and an AS in Further Maths, 12 and you get 2 full A....
You can't do Further Maths without Maths.
Both/either.
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Should I take A Level Maths/ Further Maths?
Ok, I plan on taking A Level Maths, and Further Maths (with Physics and English Lit.)
At the moment my target grade is an A* and I am currently achieving that but only by a few marks.
My teachers have been ...
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Re: Should I take A Level Maths/ Further Maths?
Maths....
Don't make the same mistake I made by not choosing further maths.
Re: Should I take A Level Maths/ Further Maths?
Take Maths and FM.
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I have been reading the SAT prep threads and a lot of the rules I memorized for the Math Level 1 test tend to be applicable for SAT questions as well.
So my question is, if you study for the Math Level 1 test and do well on that, will the math on the ...
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SAT 2 Math 1 isn....
If you are good at math 1, I would expect you to do well on the math section of the SAT.
I would like to know about this as well! Well, the SAT math 1 subject test is harder than the SAT math section.
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When do A Levels get hard? Maths, Physics & Chemistry
I am a year 12 student currently studying maths, physics and chemistry at AS, with further Maths next year, and am wondering when these subjects will get hard.
That's not to say they are very easy...
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Re: When do A Levels get C3 and C4 get a lot harder than C1 and C2, or is it natural progreesion, like from GCSE to AS Level, or is it natural progreesion,....
Than C1 and C2, or is it natural progreesion, like from GCSE to AS Level.
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D is a junior and currently taking ap calc. She's looking at courses for next year. They have ap stats in her school, but she'd rather take a higher level math (linear algebra or something like that) rather than AP stats. Would she be missing something...
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Raiderade - daughter could take her to a local college to do a higher level math or she could do AP stats at her high for next year.
And do higher level math.
Self study ap stats or take at college.
A social science.
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Some very standard maths questions that I will be posting The following is from RJC Prelims Year 2000 Maths C Find all angles between 0° and 180° which satisfy the equation cos x - sin 2x + cos 3x - sin 4x = 0 (Ans: 18°, 90° or 162°)
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Thanks again! Cheers, Wen Shih.
For quick revision before their A-level.
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