Why do so many people hate maths?

May I ask what did u do at home to help you? I’ve had 12 years away from school. Hoping to study biology this year but need to pass my maths. I made a mess of second paper. I’ve come on loads since last year but I’m only just at grade 5. I watch videos but I’m trying to find ways to improve. When I see the paper I get so confused what I’m being asked . any help would be appreciated.

Because maths is so uncreative! With subject such as English the answer to a question can be explored by the individual, and will be answered differently depending on the person! A lot of people don't enjoy the logic involved in maths as theres only one right answer, and if you are unable to figure out the answer, then you're left embittered and confused

I personally enjoy maths and hate subjects like English because it's so wishy-washy (by that I mean maths is usually just right or wrong and it's very logical).

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The past tense of teach is taught, not teached, my sweet German friend.

That's the thing, you have to practice loads or it won't work. Problem solving in maths is the way of maths being creative really so that's why watching videos is never going to work because you won't fully understand it and you won't even know if you have. You've got to practice loads, it won't all come naturally at the beginning, practice as much topics as possible, yes it is important to do the topic you're weak at but then you may not fully understand a topic so you may think you are but struggle in the exam. So when practicing make sure you are confident enough to be able to do almost every sort of question on it. For topics you don't understand try the method in the books and if you don't understand that or don't have it then try the method in videos, remember sometimes there are alternative methods so the method in one video may not be best for you.

In terms of practicing do past papers and the practice papers which are available and mark them and make sure you are able to do questions you got wrong but also practice topics from the questions you got wrong to become more confident.

It is taught initially in such a linear way that if you fall behind, you fall behind. (...)

So, linear is another word for having a try lesson. Otherwise what is a better method to make mathematics more exciting?

Thank you so much for that reply. I guess I’ve realised too late that videos aren’t helping massively. Yes I feel now I understand loads of topics, but when I see a new question I don’t know what to do. I’m going to watch a video tomorrow and go through that topic in my maths book. Which stupidly I haven’t used once. I thought i had it , obviously not. I may be lucky to get grade 4 after messing paper 2 up. It was very tricky for me . But if I start now, it will give me a good shot at paper 3. And if I keep revising that way with going through new questions in my book if I take the equivalency test at least I have a bettter chance with passing that in July.

Many thanks for your reply. It’s a shame I didn’t realise until it was too late .

But also, old papers and mocks I have been sort of doing ok. But paper 2 was so tricky, I ended up getting simple questions wrong because my mind couldn’t process what it was asking me because I have been learning the same simple things online. I do have a tutor too, but I don’t think he realises how bad I am once I see new things.

Whenever I ask a group of people which subject they hate the most or find the hardest, about 80-90% of them will name maths (and then the second highest would be physics)

I was just wondering why people find it so difficult / so hard?

I personally enjoy maths and hate subjects like English because it's so wishy-washy (by that I mean maths is usually just right or wrong and it's very logical).

I get that some people just have their dislikes but the dislike of maths seems to be so much more prevalent than other subjects.


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