How good are you at calculus?

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Just curious how familiar people are with calculus?

A) didn’t ever learn it
B) some conceptual knowledge but don’t ask me to solve any problems
C) could probably solve problems after a brief refresh
D) univariate calculus only
E) multivariate calculus
F) I use calculus all the time, could do it in my sleep

I’m feeling so inadequate that I’m just a B, feels like I’m not really a proper adult.

I only did GCSE maths so never learned it.

D in my prime (many years ago). Probably now a poor C but have actually just started to re-learn it for fun and aiming to at least match my previous level.

But I do have to say that I think that there are a lot of other requisites for adulthood before you get to Calculus !

I could revert to E pretty fast.

Just feels like if snot nosed kids (ok maybe a level students are past the snot nosed point) do it then I should be able to :p

I thought it was something that builds up on teeth.

I'll get my coat.

Lots of ppl didn't even get C at GCSE; lots of us would get a poor GCSE mark if we had to suddenly (no warning) take the exam today. Of all the things to hang an inferiority complex on, ability at calculus is kind of niche.

but there’s lots of mathematical related things that really interest me.

C probably. It was a very long time ago that I did Calculus.

I'm between a B and a C as I did it as part of ordinary O level.

Well only if you think you should know the entire curriculum of every a level!!! Only the snot nosed kids who do maths a level do calculus.

C ?
Maths A'level. Never done Calculus since.

Probably B. I did it for O level maths in the 1970s and used to enjoy it, but that was over 40 years ago.

A.

E but that's only because I'm a nerdy engineer and I need it

A. Only did GCSE maths, didn’t cover calculus. I don’t have a naturally scientific/mathematical mind so I didn’t do it for A-Level and stuck to languages instead.

I don’t really believe some people have naturally mathematic minds and others don’t. If that’s true I’m doomed lol. I think it’s just a matter of going through the tedium of practicing. I think most people who think they are “bad” at maths didn’t practice maybe even one topic somewhere down the line enough to fully internalise it and then because so many topics in maths draw on each other their weakness in that one little thing impacted everything after it.

A.

However, after Google searching it... Still an A 😂

E. My job doesn't require me to be in category F.

C. I am a bit bitter about it. I spent a good two years solidly studying it 15 years ago and have never had a reason to use it in real life or work since.

Set theory, on the other hand, I use quite often so something came of it at least.

B. But I was pretty good as I have a first in electrical engineering and we did a lot of calculus. Forgot it all now as I don’t use it in my job.

Can do simple intergration and differentiation. That's about it.

I thought I was pretty good at Biology. A at GCSE... E at AS Level. There’s a reason it was specified that if you wanted to do science or maths at A Level you needed an A at the GCSE, the jump was huge and I just didn’t get it anymore. You had to word your answers in an exact way or you didn’t get the marks. Everyone else doing the AS was doing at least one other science.

My mother was very bad at maths, she reckons she could possibly have dyscalculia. That’s not just “not practicing enough”, that’s a genuine issue. Obviously not everyone who’s bad at maths has it, though.

I agree that practice can make a difference but you do also need some natural ability. I had a tutor for Biology, I ‘practised’ as much as I could but in the end I just couldn’t do it.

There’s also the resit issue. If you don’t get a C at maths you’re made to re-do it until you do (not sure how it works under the new system). Problem is that loads of children will not ever make that level, even after endless “practice”. Same with English. They just cannot and will not “get it”.

C.
Had to do an advanced maths module as part of my science degree.
Hated every second of it. Pure maths becomes a meaningless jumble in my head without units to ‘ground’ it, if that makes sense?

C I expect. It's been 35 years since I did A level maths

B/C. Used to love it. Used to dream about it. Can clearly remember waking up thinking OMG I figured out how to differentiate myself (had managed to solve an equation in my sleep that was DDesperate DY).
Haven’t used it since 1995.