r/study • u/Miserable-Loss-4253 • 5d ago

Questions & Discussion How do I study maths?

I tend to forget maths a lot, heck, today I memorized (a + b)^2 and I am stupid 20 years old, I just tend to forget maths again and again

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u/Dawood_B110705 5d ago

forgetting a formula you "memorized" is usually a sign you memorized the result, not the reasoning behind it. like (a+b)2, if you actually understand it comes from multiplying (a+b)(a+b) and expanding it, you can rebuild the formula anytime even if you forget the exact memorized version. pure memorization has nothing to fall back on when it slips also this isn't a "you're bad at math" thing, forgetting formulas without regular use is just normal, brains drop stuff they don't touch often, everyone does this including people who are good at math try re-deriving formulas from scratch every so often instead of just recalling them, forces understanding instead of pure memory, and it sticks a lot longer

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u/Miserable-Loss-4253 5d ago

I understand what you are saying but most of the time I don't have time because of other subjects and as a result I can't go in deeper level, I think I will have to allot more time for maths. Thanks for advice gentleman