🧵 Mnemotic Devices For Math
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:35:42 UTC No. 16617346
post any funny or useful mnemotic devices you used while you were learning math.
>bonus points i desperately need help for my precal exam this friday
anons are there any acronyms or ditties that helped you remember all the different trig identities they'd be much appreciated.
>inb4 just memorize it retard
i'm sure this shit will become intuitive and second nature in time, but i need to cram this into my head immediately
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:40:41 UTC No. 16617349
Dunno if this is dangerous
But you can make memories permanent by aplying kinetic triggers
Has issues though you know with modern kinetic sources, mainly real ambient electricity
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:50:58 UTC No. 16617353
>>16617349
this sounds based; have you practiced this method before? how did it work out for you anon?
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:00:52 UTC No. 16617362
>>16617346
>mnemotic devices you used while you were learning math
A rat in the house may eat the ice cream.
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:06:50 UTC No. 16617368
>>16617353
Impecable I also can't forget the ghosts
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:08:22 UTC No. 16617370
I had my friend narrate some trig identities and I put it together with some fart music in Ableton the day before a test. That was 2.5 years ago and I haven't forgotten any of this.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TO
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:12:27 UTC No. 16617375
>>16617346
The only one I know for math is SOHCAHTOA.
Sin=Opposite/hypotenuse; cosine=adjacent/hypotenuse, so on.
I always used Penis In Vagina for P=IV though
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:14:47 UTC No. 16617376
>>16617370
i fucking kneel
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:19:13 UTC No. 16617380
>>16617370
what lead to the creation of this mp3 do you have more please share
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:21:30 UTC No. 16617382
>>16617346
Pic related plus the sign of the circular functions on each of the four quadrants plus a couple of identities is all you'll ever need for exact trigonometry of right triangles
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:51:34 UTC No. 16617409
>>16617380
I had to memorize this stuff in a short time and I knew that I had to make it enjoyable. So, I made this and listened to it on loop on all of my car rides until the test. I got an A iirc. There's no more, sorry.
>>16617376
salute
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:20:25 UTC No. 16617662
>>16617346
You don't need mnemonics for math, the mnemonics is solving problems. Mnemonics are for fields like bio where you have to memorize a bunch of facts, many of which you won't be using on a regular basis.
>>16617382 for example is stupid to memorize, just do enough problems involving trig that it becomes second nature. Are you one of those kids that unironically memorized the multiplication table, too?
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:48:30 UTC No. 16617675
You should already know at this point
- the Pythagorean theorem
- the side ratios in 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 triangles
- what even and odd functions are and what their graphs look like
- how the graphs of y=f(x)+a, y=af(x), y=f(x+a), and y=f(ax) can be obtained by transformations of y=f(x)
You should memorize
sin(A+B) = sin(A) cos(B) + cos(A) sin(B)
and
cos(A+B) = cos(A) cos(B) - sin(A) sin(B).
You need to know what the graphs of the sine, cosine, and tangent functions look like.
You need to understand that sine, cosine, and tangent mean y, x, and slope.
You need to remember which reciprocal function is the reciprocal of what.
Don't waste time memorizing shit if you can work it out in a few seconds from the important stuff. Examples of things you don't need to memorize: formulas for sin(A-B), cos(A-B), sin(2A), cos(2A).
Understand how to derive most of the identities so you aren't fucked if you forget them.
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:01:19 UTC No. 16617691
>>16617346
I never understood the point of mnemonics. It's just doubling the amount of things you need to remember, as well as making it less concise.
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:20:23 UTC No. 16617845
Need to multiply by 5 in your head?
Add a zero to the current number, then divide that by 2.
>i.e.
> x * 5 = (x * 10) / 2
Been using that mental shortcut since I figured it out at age 10 or so.
Another one that has two applications:
(1) if you're grouping a bunch of terms together for multiplication or addition and are having trouble keeping track of if a grouped term should have a minus sign or not,
(2) if you're negating a logical statement multiple times (applies to programming too, the NOT or negation operator, !)
>odd number of minus signs remains minus
>even number of minus signs becomes positive
look up the Mathemagician (NOT the "Math Sorecer") on youtube. He gives talks on mental arithmetic n mental computatjon tricks
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:24:30 UTC No. 16617874
>>16617662
Unhelpful ---
>>16617675
Very helpful +++
Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:10:45 UTC No. 16620292
>>16617675
Algebraic geometry could start earlier. 345 triangles and trig identities are just exercises. The transversal angle puzzle is a bit odd because it doesn't recruit the mental image rotation functionality.
>>16617845
I compute 6*9 with fingers: I put finger 6 down and see a group of 5 and a group of 4. x*9=10x-x might have been better.
Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 17:57:38 UTC No. 16620985
>>16617845
Also this pdf from the Mathemagician himself
Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:32:19 UTC No. 16622015
>>16617346
My very earnest mom just sat upon Neptune's potato.
Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:42:58 UTC No. 16622597
>>16617346
>trig
e^(ix)=cos(x)+isin(x)
You get them all from this.
Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:36:31 UTC No. 16624482
>>16617349
wtf is a kinetic trigger
Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:37:49 UTC No. 16624483
>>16617362
thanks always had trouble remembering arithmetic ;))
Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:36:48 UTC No. 16626844
>>16620985
I had no idea you could attach a .pdf to a post
Anοnymοus at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:55:57 UTC No. 16626865
If you deduce the formulas, you'll never forget them.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:08:59 UTC No. 16629003
>>16626865
could an anon elaborate i'm retarded desu