mathhhh
United States
Today, I missed points on a math quiz because I thought 2 times 5 was 20. I'm a math major. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
WellThere'sThat
Today, I got a big math test back. Good news: I can connect abstract ideas beyond what was taught. Bad news: I can’t do simple math, such as 30/-5. I failed. FML
Anonymous
Belmont, United States
Teacher bust out the sad smiley face
Today, I got my multivariable calc final back, only to realize that the ten points I got off was for putting 10 + 15 = 35 on a problem. My teacher wrote ten question marks and “No???? 25???? :(“ next to it. FML
hopeless
United States
Today, I cheated on my math exam. I still failed. FML
anonymous
Tucson, United States
Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML
aviators
United States
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
Anonymous
Cranbrook, Canada
Maths is hard
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
RIPcareer
Ellicott City, United States
Close, but no cigar
Today, after submitting my college application, I noticed that I mistyped "math enthusiast" as "meth enthusiast". FML
Anonymous
Singapore
Maths
Today, I realized my brain has degraded so fucking much when I could only do one math question over the span of 24 hours. FML
OiVey
Padre Island Ntl Seashor, United States
Today, I found out that I've been taking the wrong math class all semester. We're only a few weeks from finals and I have no drops left. FML
IBS
Shanghai, China
Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
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doink 0
You were probably tired. it happens to the best of us. I once absentmindedly asked if an airplane was 50 miles long.
bk_chick13 0
not anymore ur not
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perdix 31
If you think in base 6, you'd be close. Still wrong, but maybe close enough for partial credit. I have this nauseating feeling that you are going to end up as a schoolteacher and cause hundreds or thousands of kids to be confused about math and then hate it. You will contribute to America's march toward third-world levels of innumeracy. You wanna be a patriot? Volunteer to go teach math in China, so you can do your small part toslow down that juggernaut.
CyclonePsycho 1
^ Mhmm. I say we send most of our math teachers over there and keep the ones who actually do their job. Maybe then the US will suck a little less at math.
FYLDeep 26
I've done base 10 (obviously), base 2, base 16, and even base 8 but never base 6. (This is in order from most used to least used). Anyway if OP is in some kind of class where she has to deal with base 6 then fhl for sure.
KiwiBlam 4
Why the hell was that question in a quiz at university level?? Yours must be one easy-ass maths degree...
ImaginaryFoe 1
I thought that at first too but then I figured it must have been part of a larger equation and that was the poece that threw off his whole answer.
orangesodaftw 0
Sorry, but YDI for picking such a dumb major.
anonymous1012_fml 0
wow.... what a huge deal. nobody cares and your life doesn't suck
transio 0
0x594449 (convert from hex to base 10 and look up char codes)
ImaginaryFoe 1
Nope. The answer is RDRR.
ejoyce523 0
i'm a math major too and i do this all the time, it's so aggravating but you just gotta get over it and move on...
tubz84 2
should of asked a 4 year old for help
zac12345 0
:O
blaaaaakely 0
just because you're a math major doesn't make you above making mistakes, haha. don't be so hard on yourself, OP.
devildante21 4
lol