{"id":56,"date":"2016-10-18T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robokids.pk\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2016-10-18T22:25:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T17:25:56","slug":"in-which-business-situations-would-you-make-use-of-your-knowledge-of-the-highest-common-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.robokids.pk\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"In which business situations would you make use of your knowledge of the Highest Common Factor?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A grade 6 student applying HCF during pretended play with ‘KitKat’ and ‘Toblerone’ chocolate bars.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you don’t know the answer, let me make the frustration even more unbearable: you should have ‘realized’ the answer when you were in grade 6! Did your\u00a0Maths\u00a0class feel like you were learning foreign-language-sounding words like HCF and LCM, never actually understanding what these really meant for the rest of your life?<\/p>\n

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You’re not alone. Math was taught to most of us the wrong way: unreal, boring, procedural, facts to be remembered, formulas to be ‘applied’, so-called ‘problems’ to be ‘solved’.<\/p>\n

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The only thing ‘natural’ in all of this was the result: math anxiety, leading to the fear of the teacher, the terror of the exams, and a general escapist attitude towards school and education. Just imagine how much this has affected the self esteem, confidence, careers and lives of millions of people around the world.<\/p>\n

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But did it have to be that way? Certainly NOT! Maths can be and IS fun! Maths was never meant to be ‘learnt’ as a theoretical, conceptual subject. You ‘do’ maths: you enjoy games that involve maths, you discover maths, you develop your thinking skills and build your confidence – until one day you see this paying off in the way you handle your first job interview or your start up’s presentation in front of bankers and investors.<\/p>\n

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This alternative reality is not fiction…what happens today in the schools is going to show up here on LinkedIn one day, perhaps. Is your child enjoying maths?<\/p>\n

@Robokids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you don’t know the answer, let me make the frustration even more unbearable: you should have ‘realized’ the answer<\/p>\n

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