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Old 06-02-2005, 05:49 PM
sin808 sin808 is offline
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Default Re: Math Question - Need some Advices

I've yet to run into anything at the table that requires me to do much math other than divide #'s. I don't ever really bother to convert anything to percentages, I find odds easier to work with mentally anyway. I'm kind of in a similar boat as you though, I didn't bother to learn much math when I was in school. The math I know, I know well, but since I didn't take any higher level math courses some of the math I run into away from the table can be confusing (probabilities and such).
I tried refreshing and learning using the net and books and whatnot and found it more frustrating than anything. I gave up and decided to go back to school since many of the things that interest me are pretty math heavy (physics, economics, etc). Figured it'd be a bit easier that way, and it'll be useful to me in many areas.
Along the way I did run across a couple of books that have helped alot while at the table.
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I've found the tricks they give in this book to pretty useful for rapidly calculating in your head. Might be kind of what your looking for.
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