How much do you like math?

I'm not much of a big math fan, but i know that there are a lot of people out there that really enjoy math... what are your thoughts on math?

I think math appears to certain types of people, the people who like rules and patterns. Some people also like the fact that usually everything balances, and there will be a right answer. It's a puzzle to solve, but once you learn the rules you have the keys to the kingdom.

I am glad to have the math knowledge that I have so that I can function intelligently in my world, but I am not a fan of math for math's sake.  For example, I am glad that I can mentally calculate percentages so that I can give a proper tip to a waiter or determine what kind of deal I am getting on an item I want to purchase.  I am glad to be able to understand how my mortgage works.  I appreciate the value of compounded interest in my investments.  I have, more than once, used my math skills to determine the square footage of a room to determine how much flooring I would need.  But to say that I would ever just work on a random algebra equation???? NEVER!  I am always tell my students there is a reason why I teach English!

It doesn't matter so much if I "like" math or not.  It's kind of like asking if I like gravity.  The laws (if that's what they call) that math represent via equations and such simply are.

Of course, I'm being annoying : )

You're asking more what people think about solving math problems, I suppose.  I don't care for it, myself, in that much of the math a person if forced to learn in school is not practical.  Personally, I don't like solving equations and such that don't have stories behind them.  The solving of general algebra problems is tedious and dull, and most people forget how to do it as soon as they're out of school because such knowledge doesn't get used (and therefore practiced) much.  It's forced on people because being able to solve them proves that the schools are making kids "smarter" because math problems have TRUE/FALSE type answers.  They are easy to grade and compare with other countries and states.  How exactly can you compare the quality of essays across the board?

I'm not math-bashing...without the right people knowing the right math we'd all be in a world of hurt.  I'm just saying that personally, the advanced practice of math is about as fun and useful to me as an acid-based hemorrhoid creme.

I loved math up to a certain point.  It was fun to solve problems in Alg I and in Geometry.  Math is fun at that level because even I could use logic to figure things out.  In my own field, social sciences/history, we don't get to do that as much because the field is more open to opinion and conjecture.

But once I got past Alg II, I was done.  I couldn't grasp the concepts well and so math stopped being fun.

I am the exact converse of #5. I had a hard time with algebra and geometry in high school, but when I got into trigonometry and precalculus, it felt like everything suddenly snapped into place. As a science person, I particularly loved statistics, because it allows me to identify and explore patterns in large amounts of data.

I wouldn't say that I do math for recreational purposes (except for sudoku puzzles), but I like being able to wield math properly to solve problems in physics and chemistry, and in everyday life as well. I see math as a very powerful tool, and having mastery of its use is a good feeling.

I really don't like Math! Interestingly, in the UK, when I went to school, Math, or Maths as we call it, is only compulsory up until the age of 16, where you have to take a national exam in it called a GCSE. Once you have done that however you are free to not study any more Maths if you want. It does mean, however, that your Maths skills get very rusty as time goes by and you forget everything.

While I do not necessary like math (probably because I find it too time-consuming), I can accept the importance of it in everyday life. Therefore, I feel as if math, overall, simply exists as a necessary evil.

I hated math as a student. I was adept at arithmetical methods, but never grasped the higher levels of math. My grades weren't good, but I studied harder (and had more homework) in my math classes than any others in order to get a decent grade. My dislike of math was one of the reasons I became an English teacher.

I used to love maths. i scored really good marks in math in school. i particularly enjoyed solving geometry problems as they required a lot of reasoning and it involved application of the theorems and properties. later in grade 11 and 12, we had calculus. i could never grasp that topic as a result i scored really low in my maths paper. i got 67 out of 100. calculus had  a lot of weightage in the paper and i completely got messed up with the formulas.

after i got my marks i got so disappointed, that now i somehow dislike maths. i feel bad about this. but i'm not going to give up. we have a maths paper again in college now with calculus in it. this time i'll learn it properly and take help from enotes.