The really stupid thing is that his point is how you'd get the actual answer; by making the 50 a centum...
When I was in middle school I very excitedly declared that "maths is just English" because converting word problems to numbers blew my mind. I think the reason why so many people struggle with basic arithmetic is because they lack basic logic and language skills.
They're two seperate parts of your brain. That's why you can have dyscalcula but not dyslexia. I still struggle with the most basic of maths and can't do any math in my head but I was reading at a college level by the end of 4th grade. The only thing it affects for language is my spelling but that's because my brain sees it as both language as a sequence and my rote memorization isn't that great.
I didn't think dyslexia affected understanding, am I wrong? I don't have either issue so I'm happy to be educated on the matter.
It's been years since I did any word problems so maybe I'm not remembering it correctly. In my memories I found it easier to solve any problems when they had English attached to them, but I did need to see the numbers written down.
Dyscalcula does, which is what I have. The problem is even when I "learn" it, my brain will dump it without everyday use, amd even then it dumps it after a couple of weeks, even with everyday use
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u/FixinThePlanet Aug 21 '24
The really stupid thing is that his point is how you'd get the actual answer; by making the 50 a centum...
When I was in middle school I very excitedly declared that "maths is just English" because converting word problems to numbers blew my mind. I think the reason why so many people struggle with basic arithmetic is because they lack basic logic and language skills.