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wendigo100 replied

26 July 2007, 23:23
One of my 11-plus questions was to prove Fermat's last theorem. I was the only one in my class to get it right.

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Bagpuss replied

26 July 2007, 13:11
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman

I was crap at maffs at skool. Only got a D at O level.
What annoyed me was when I got to college. Bloke next to me had straight A's in 9 subjects. I was better at all subjects, just that my school did all the hard sylabuses but his did all the easy ones.

It's not going to make the difference between an A and a D
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sasguru replied

26 July 2007, 10:32
Originally posted by Euro-commuter

In a sense, calculus is rather the search for the infinitesimal...

Indeed, but Lucy was just being pretentious.
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Euro-commuter replied

26 July 2007, 10:30
Originally posted by Lucy

The challenge, the search for god, the infinite...

In a sense, calculus is rather the search for the infinitesimal...
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sasguru replied

26 July 2007, 10:25
Originally posted by Lucy

The challenge, the search for god, the infinite...

This should be in Private Eye's Pseuds Corner.
Some of us got over this when we were 16, luv.
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Churchill replied

26 July 2007, 10:21
Originally posted by syn

Just basic use of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and working out percentages. I knew my teacher was lying when he said I would need to use Algebra when I grew up.

You're obviously not a Socialist then...
(No division...)
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syn replied

26 July 2007, 10:18
Just basic use of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and working out percentages. I knew my teacher was lying when he said I would need to use Algebra when I grew up.
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smee.again replied

26 July 2007, 10:02
Hey, some people enjoy all sortds of kinky things so I guess you can enjoy calculus if it gets you through the night...
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Churchill replied

26 July 2007, 10:01
Originally posted by smee.again

Not sure I understand how you can "enjoy" calculus...

It's Lucy in "me me me me me look at me!" mode again. You'll get used to her/him/it.
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Lucy replied

26 July 2007, 10:00
Originally posted by smee.again

Not sure I understand how you can "enjoy" calculus...

The challenge, the search for god, the infinite...
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smee.again replied

26 July 2007, 10:00
Originally posted by Lucy

Don't use it in my work, but I do enjoy calculus.

Not sure I understand how you can "enjoy" calculus...
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Lucy replied

26 July 2007, 09:58
Don't use it in my work, but I do enjoy calculus.
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The Lone Gunman replied

26 July 2007, 09:05
Originally posted by zeitghost

I suspect that it depended on which exam board set the syllabus.

WJEC didn't have calculus as part of Maths O level.

It was part of Additional Maths O level though.

My then lady friend was doing Vectors & stuff at O level.

I was crap at maffs at skool. Only got a D at O level.
What annoyed me was when I got to college. Bloke next to me had straight A's in 9 subjects. I was better at all subjects, just that my school did all the hard sylabuses but his did all the easy ones.
Now when the CV's land who are you going to interview? Locals would know the schools, but......
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wendigo100 replied

26 July 2007, 08:36
Originally posted by sasguru

What is your level of maths knowledge? And do you apply any of it to your job?

Originally posted by anon

Very good and yes.

...

My maths is spot on. Can I do calculus or other "theory" maths. No.

That's interesting, coming one of our younger members.

Basic calculus used to be part of the O-level syllabus. At its most basic, it's used to work out areas and slopes of non-linear shapes (like waveforms), which has applications throughout engineering (and in finance, but not many use it there).

At what age is it introduced now?
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smee.again replied

26 July 2007, 08:12
Originally posted by scooterscot

crumbs so much brain power on this board you could light a light bulb...

40w at most though!!!
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