It’s not surprising that some people learn to hate maths.
Here is an article which talks about how poor teaching can sometimes cause ongoing problems. It’s just not fair that artistic people are frequently denied good explanations of mathematical concepts.
The young Gauss was so smart and mathematically intuitive, he must have been a nightmare to have in class…take a look here.
The explanation you are looking for is here.
The answer is a surprise.
The central limit theorem is pretty cool and is outlined here.
So
toss a coin 100 times
count 1 for each head and 0 for each tail
add these numbers up ->sum
now repeat all of the above say 200 times
the 200 sum values will be distributed normally
eg
Sum/ Number of occurrences
2 /…3
10 /…..5
15 /……..8
23 /…………12
32 /……………………23
41 /……………………………..35
52 /…………………………………………….50
65 /………………………..29
73 /……………15
75 /……….10
82 /….4
93 /….4
95 /.1
100 /.1
Can this get any more fun…?
Here is some stuff about the binomial theorem.
This is a good place to grasp exponentiation and marvel at Euler’s formula.
What happens when the rate of change of x depends on the value of x itself?
Discover some answers here.
SQA – NQ – Past Papers and Marking Instructions. It’s worth taking a particular look at the rules which examiners have to follow.
Patrick Andrews has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and an MSc in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge.
A former Chartered Engineer and Chartered Mathematician, Patrick has worked in management consultancies and high-tech startups, and in academia as a postdoc in Applied Mathematics at Cambridge and a maths lecturer at De Montfort University.
Patrick is the father of three delightful (but not uniformly mathematical!) daughters.