Is anyone familiar with math in Japanese?
I have an exchange student in a couple of my classes. He came to me with a question today - couldn't do a single problem on a math worksheet I passed out for homework. The worksheet was review, to see if there were areas where any students needed help. He didn't understand a single thing on the worksheet.
For example, one of the problems was "solve for f. 1/f = 12"
There were a few trig problems, etc - the level of math necessary to be successful in physics. He recognized nothing, (but can speak English fairly well.)
So, are the symbols used, etc., drastically different for mathematics in Japanese? Anyone know of any translation types of resources for mathematics?
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Update: it was a very simple misunderstanding.
I have an exchange student in a couple of my classes. He came to me with a question today - couldn't do a single problem on a math worksheet I passed out for homework. The worksheet was review, to see if there were areas where any students needed help. He didn't understand a single thing on the worksheet.
For example, one of the problems was "solve for f. 1/f = 12"
There were a few trig problems, etc - the level of math necessary to be successful in physics. He recognized nothing, (but can speak English fairly well.)
So, are the symbols used, etc., drastically different for mathematics in Japanese? Anyone know of any translation types of resources for mathematics?
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Update: it was a very simple misunderstanding.
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