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re: What's the highest level of Math you use regularly?

Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:12 pm to
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:12 pm to
I constantly use all sorts of math to solve shop problems.
I've got a 16 year old kid that helps me sometimes. I'm trying to teach him how to use a tape measure.
He's in the 11th grade. It's sad.
If he learns that, I'll start teaching him to convert fractions to decimals.
He's a great kid though and doesn't mind working.
He just never had a Dad around to make sure he was learning the things that he will need later.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 10:40 pm
Posted by stuckintexas
austin
Member since Sep 2009
2226 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

I constantly use all sorts of math to solve shop problems.
I've got a 16 year old kid that helps me sometimes. I'm trying to teach him how to use a tape measure.
He's in the 11th grade. It's sad.

I own an electrical contracting business and I'm a firefighter. Geometry, algebra, trigonometry every day. Electricity and hydraulics have very similar calculations whether its figuring voltage drop over a 300' run of wire or adjusting pump pressure to have 120 psi at a nozzle on a 4-story standpipe system.
My nephew is getting ready to take LEAP tests next week and is top 3 in his class. I told him when he hears classmates say, "I'm never gonna need to use this," just think "I'm gonna make more money than that guy."
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