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bumbo_hippo said:
exactly...
so maths termz r...hard...and not in my vocabulary of...'NEED TO KNO'
so those words jus float in and out of my head...at pretty much da same time!
but are in ur need 2 know 2 be successful in maths in any country, if u can tell me that the term primitive didnt come up somewhere in the chinese mathematical course, then i will take back everything i said, do u want me 2 giv u a definition of the word "addition"?
 

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dawso said:
but are in ur need 2 know 2 be successful in maths in any country, if u can tell me that the term primitive didnt come up somewhere in the chinese mathematical course, then i will take back everything i said, do u want me 2 giv u a definition of the word "addition"?

i wouldn't kno wat primitive in chinese is~
duh~!!!

a definition would b great...since i dun realli kno wat da hell it meanz anywayz...i jus kno u do something wif numbers to make it realli big!
 

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if u dont understand the term addition, then quit winging about the english side and go bak 2 primary skool, just because u cant do the work, dont blame it on the english
 

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the emma jayde and dawso team rests their case....
 

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You have no right to do well in mathematics if you cannot be bothered to spend some time honing your communication skills to the point where another sentient being can actually understand you without spending 10 minutes deciphering gibberish.
 
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bumbo_hippo said:
australia is made up of like....at least 40% azns..20% others...
-_________-"
so watz da diff between being here and another country?

and i would if i could....read chinese....but i dont...so too bad
I think your illiteracy and innumeracy are impacting on your ability to carry out logical thought.

Australian population:
Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Population

It scares me to think that we are doomed to live in a society of innumerates.
 

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fixing da fact dat i can't do maths? its ok...
i already tried to do a maths Q...and can't do it...so i'm goin to sleep
 

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Gavrillo said:
That may be, but when I did Chem I remember distinctly that it was numbersey.

- No essay writing
- Lots of different formulas to work out shit (Mol, F.E)
- Lots of maths to do with the joining of chemicals.

The same thing goes for Physics and its forces.
Chemistry last year had an extended response question (expected 4+ pages of writing) on the history of shipbuilding. Explain that one away, bitch. :)
 

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Gavrillo said:
That may be, but when I did Chem I remember distinctly that it was numbersey.

- No essay writing
- Lots of different formulas to work out shit (Mol, F.E)
- Lots of maths to do with the joining of chemicals.

The same thing goes for Physics and its forces.
In last year's Chem HSC exam I had to do a 20 mark question for Industrial asking me to write a good page revolving around a map and resources.

In my Trial Chem test (which is conveniently also my Yearly), I was asked to write about one person who is currently working in chemical process plants, as well as describe his/her role.

About half of all the questions I got in internal tests,Trials,HSC had "explain" at the end, and "explain" usually requires you to write some English.

Don't get me started on Physics. Anyone here NOT familiar with the "explain Faraday's Law of Induction", or "explain Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity" questions?

I rest my case.
 
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