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Angela Toucan

Angela Toucan

I keep looking for THAT wardrobe
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It's Number Confidence week in the UK.
  • Are you number confident?
  • Did you like maths in school?
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics?
  • Do/did you work with numbers?
Bonus question.
  • Have you seen any awesome sets of numbers in the Lilypad Store?
Are you number confident?
I love numbers, and can "see" them. Not as much as my kids though, they are total mathletes.
Did you like maths in school?
The favourite part of my school day.
Do you take any further education in Mathematics?
yes, I have a research based Masters degree in engineering mathematics.
Do/did you work with numbers?
I was an Engineer for many years, and now am a medical carer - there's maths in that every day.
Have you seen any awesome sets of numbers in the Lilypad Store?
I love these felt numbers by Mommyish


I also want to show you this fabulous mathematical collection by Bella Gypsy. It's a huge favourite with my Toucanettes.
 
  • Are you number confident? Nope, I'm HORRIBLE about transposing numbers, not a good thing since part of my job is answering the phones and writing down messages including phone numbers.
  • Did you like maths in school? My least favorite subject ... I think a lot of that was due to learning math, then new math, then new-new math ...
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I only took enough math classes in order to get an advance (college bound) high school diploma (12 years of school)
  • Do/did you work with numbers? Yes ... my job is multifaceted ... answer phones, bookkeeper for this office and a few clients, I prepare and file tax returns, etc. Thank goodness for calculators! Wish we had them when I was in high school (1967-1971).
 
  • Are you number confident? Yep
  • Did you like maths in school? Loved it. My 5th grade teacher let me work at my own pace and I never looked back.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? Yes I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? I help my kids and their friends with their math homework.

  • Have you seen any awesome sets of numbers in the Lilypad Store? I love these number cards! https://the-lilypad.com/store/Numbered-Cards-December-No-1.html
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  • Do/did you work with numbers? Yes ... my job is multifaceted ... answer phones, bookkeeper for this office and a few clients, I prepare and file tax returns, etc. Thank goodness for calculators! Wish we had them when I was in high school (1967-1971).
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Calculators are so useful.
 
I answer this by sharing a layout:


This is one of the things I got confirmed when I got diagnosed with ADHD ... my brain & numbers are not compatible. Worst is anything that has to do with the clock & time. And the test where they combined numbers & short time memory ....:lmao:lmao:lmao
 
  • Are you number confident? Yes, I am a numbers gal!
  • Did you like maths in school? LOVED! It was my favorite! And at one point in my teaching career, I co-taught in Algebra and Geometry classes.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? Just education related. I have often thought about getting certified to teach high school math, but it's kinda late in my career now.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? I work with a lot of data, as well as teaching some basic math. My youngest told me just the other day that he has become really good at percentages since I taught him a few tricks.
Bonus question.
  • Have you seen any awesome sets of numbers in the Lilypad Store?
I love the numbers in this set
 
  • Are you number confident? I have never been very confident in math
  • Did you like maths in school? No. I can learn the rules and do fine in math class but it never came very naturally to me.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I took Math up through Calculus in college. It was a happy day when I didn't have to take any more although I signed up for astronomy after that thinking it would be about pretty stars and it turned out to be a lot of very heavy duty physics and math. I hated it. My son is an astronautical engineering major and he does math that I couldn't even begin to understand.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? Nope. I'm a lawyer so don't use much math. I have worked on some cases that involved statistical models of damages but have experts to handle that stuff.
Bonus question.
  • Have you seen any awesome sets of numbers in the Lilypad Store? I've been working on a hybrid project that uses these awesome numbers from Becca Bonneville's Holiday Hoopla collection. I love them so much
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Are you number confident? Yes!
Did you like maths in school? I always loved math until I hit calculus 3 in college. That one was hard for me.
Did you take any further education in Mathematics? Yes, lots of math in my college years.
Do/did you work with numbers? I do work with numbers daily. I worked as a mechanical engineer for about 10 years and now I do CAD design and create prints that show all the dimensions necessary to machine or fabricate parts among other things. I also had to do a lot of tutoring with my youngest son to get him through all of his high school math classes. It did not come naturally to him.

how about these fabulous numbers!?
 
Are you number confident?
Pretty good with numbers. I can't do math quickly off the top of my head for bigger numbers. I can do quick percentages, or lower based math, change... but bigger numbers and steps are harder.

Did you like maths in school?
Yes, one of my faves was Geometry and Statistics.

Did you take any further education in Mathematics?
Whatever I had to take in college, but my degrees are in Psychology and Business.

Do/did you work with numbers?
I do. It wasn't my intent, but I fell into it. I find that I'm pretty good at it too! It's like a logic problem.
 
Are you number confident? I'd like to think so. In elementary and junior high school (in the 1960's) we learned the multiplication and division tables forwards and backwards. We also did a lot of fraction work in junior high. I did have an advantage because my mother worked with me on all things numbers all the time. She taught 5th grade and when I was going into 5th grade, she moved to 7th grade... math! Of course, back then there were no calculators!

Did you like math in school? It wasn't my favorite subject but I was OK with it. Probably because of my mom and how she used the real world to reinforce the math.

Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I took Algebra I and II in high school. Started Geometry but dropped out after just a couple weeks. The teacher was having a fit because she knew my mom, but my mom was OK with it. Then in college for my major I only need to take 1 math class. It was a Pass/Fail Algebra course. That ended my actual math classes.

Do/did you work with numbers? Yes, I did. My first job out of college was in a hospital accounting office so I got the exposure to accounting. Lots of numbers but not necessarily doing math, just knowing where to record things for the financial statements. About 15 years later I got an associate's degree in accounting. Worked in a CPA firm for several years then got a job as an accounting clerk in a local company. Spent 16 years there until I retired. That first job was where I first used a calculator (in 1978). Up until then I either did the math in my head or on paper. To this day I will do easy calculations in my head. Keeps the brain sharp!
 
  • Are you number confident? No. I've never been comfortable doing math in my head.
  • Did you like maths in school? I was neutral about it. I did ok most of the time; didn't excel nor hate it.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? Not really. In high school, I took Algebra 1 over the summer before 9th grade (by invitation, based on high scores previously), Geometry in 9th, Algebra 2 in 10th, Pre Calculus in 11th, and then was enrolled in Calculus but almost immediately realized it was not the path for me and transferred to what my high school called "Discrete Math," which I realized later was just statistics. All that high school math fulfilled any general ed university math requirement, but for my psychology major I was required to take another Statistics course. It was interesting but I still didn't love it. (By the way, I also didn't even use the psychology degree; I got a teaching credential and taught elementary school instead.)
  • Do/did you work with numbers? The hardest math I do nowadays is elementary. Fortunately, despite not being a confident math student, I DID memorize the multiplication table. Actually, this year, all my teacher assistant assignments are in language arts, so no math at all!
 
  • Are you number confident? Definitely.
  • Did you like maths in school? Yes, I was in the honors track a million years ago. I liked algebra much better than geometry though.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I took several statistics courses while pursuing my masters degree.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? Er, well, when I cook! I can honestly say I have not factored my polynomials once this week.
Love these:
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Iowan said:
  • Are you number confident? Definitely.
  • Did you like maths in school? Yes, I was in the honors track a million years ago. I liked algebra much better than geometry though.
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I took several statistics courses while pursuing my masters degree.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? Er, well, when I cook! I can honestly say I have not factored my polynomials once this week.
Love these:
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Algebra was my favourite too, and I don't think I can even remember what polynomials even are anymore (shhhhh don't tell my son he'd be horrified.)
 
I get by. LOL! I got through Algebra 1 & 2 and Geometry relatively easily in High School. I homeschool my children and somehow they have all been Math whizzes so far (thank goodness). My graduates have been able to do calculus, statistics, and physics...with pretty much no help from me. They prob get it from their father.
 
Are you number confident? That would be a definite YES - tell me your name & I've forgotten it instantly but tell me your phone number and I'll remember that. :yup

Did you like maths in school? Yes

Did you take any further education in Mathematics? Yes - Accountancy

Do/did you work with numbers? Yes - still an accountant/bookkeeper for a fellow that I have worked for for 30 odd years though very much part time now. He has 3 separate businesses, family trusts, etc. and can't even add up 2+2!!!! But he is an amazing & very successful business man!

Trish (G.T.)
 
  • Are you number confident? Depends on what you mean. If you mean basic math, then yes. I can do that pretty quickly in my head. And I really enjoy determining what I would need to add or subtract from a number to make it the same backwards and forwards. But if we are talking Algebra then the answer is a big "no."
  • Did you like maths in school? This would be another big "no."
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? I stopped at college algebra. Would not have gone that far if it wasn't required to get my degree.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? Not really.
These are kewl numbers.
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  • Are you number confident? Not really
  • Did you like maths in school? My least favorite subject!
  • Did you take any further education in Mathematics? In high school I took Algebra 1, Geometry/Trig, and Algebra 2, and that was all I HAD to take, so I stopped there. I could either get a BA or a BS in Interior Design (my major) at my college and I specifically chose to get a BA as I only had to have one math course for that. I took Algebra 1, and actually took it at a community college over one summer and the instructor was really helpful and explained things in a way that I understood it! I made a A+/105 for the course! I kinda wish I had continued on in math-- I think I might have liked it a bit more if I had an instructor who taught in a way that I understood.
  • Do/did you work with numbers? I have worked in a flooring store, been a stay-at-home mother and then had a photography business for a while-- no real math skills needed for those.
 
KayTeaPea said:
I took Algebra 1, and actually took it at a community college over one summer and the instructor was really helpful and explained things in a way that I understood it! I made a A+/105 for the course! I kinda wish I had continued on in math-- I think I might have liked it a bit more if I had an instructor who taught in a way that I understood.
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How maths is explained is so important. I've had the privilege of teaching 3 young people who were regarded as unable to do maths and needed help. It only took about 8-10 sessions with each child for me to change that - to find how they think and show them how to approach maths, and bring them to the position they needed to be in to get back into their maths classes.
 
Angela Toucan said:
How maths is explained is so important. I've had the privilege of teaching 3 young people who were regarded as unable to do maths and needed help. It only took about 8-10 sessions with each child for me to change that - to find how they think and show them how to approach maths, and bring them to the position they needed to be in to get back into their maths classes.
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Yep, it is very important to let a child learn math the best way for them.

Before I retired I had a co-worker with daughters in 1st and 2nd grade and both were struggling with math. The mom sat down with them and showed them how she had learned math. The light bulb came on for both of them but it didn't help in the classroom. They could figure out the answer but the teacher required them to show how they got it using her method of teaching which happened to be "common core". Their school system was requiring the use of "common core" in all classes, didn't matter if the students didn't take to it. I don't know what happened with the girls in their journey with math since I retired a few months later.

Several of us in the office tried "common core" and none of us could get the hang of it at all. I could understand me because I had been doing math for a lot more years than the others but they were relatively young (early 30's) and they still couldn't wrap their mind around it.
 
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