Count to 1 000 000E-2

[ninja neb]

1607

My advice on killing time, play chess with the computer. Constantly making a good move to kill the queen.

[Jerry]

1608

Lol. Chess sure is fun, but I find math more useful and as much as fun =P

[ninja neb]

1609

You sure are a rare breed Jerry, enjoying maths as much as chess. Anyway i got a naruto shippuden episode to watch, new one is out today ;P be back in around 30 minutes

[Jerry]

1610

Ok, see you later!

And I'm not sure I'm the only one enjoying both

[ninja neb]

1611

I love watching anime feel better already. Anyway back on topic, pretty much everyone in my class always moans about maths, most probably cause this is the third maths we had to do, 1st being gcse and 2nd being key skills.

[Jerry]

1612

Well, there are some parts of math that I don't quite like.  Matrices are one part, complex numbers are another part.

What do you exactly do in Key Skills?

[Declan_23]

1613.
I've not really had much problem with maths. It's normally just silly mistakes that I make.

[ninja neb]

1613

We are given a certian scenario that requires the use of maths, such as:

Design a new computer room for a high school, you have a budget of ££££££. The room must include air conditioning, seating for 30 people and space for 25 computers, 3 radiators or under floor heating, and a desk for the teacher. (each item has a cost, and we can not go over budget, we must save as much money as we can, and we also have to figure out the costs of carpeting the room, and its on of those dodgey L-shaped rooms.)

Constantly making those kind of mistakes.

[Jerry]

1615

Those mistakes are the most frustrating

But this problem sounds interesting... some maximum/minimum problems... about multiple variables XD

[ninja neb]

Yep, like i said, no correct answers, we just have to show working out, and alot of it. If i still had the problem i would send you the files so you can see it in full detail.

1616

[Jerry]

1617

It's okay, I don't want you to have more work just because I wanted to know what sorts of problems you have

[ninja neb]

1618

Thing is we were given all year to do it, but i kinda done it in around 6 weeks time. 1 hour a day and 1 day a week, so 6 hours i spent on it, and i never was so bored. And thats the 2nd level, theres 3 levels of key skills.

[Jerry]

1619

A year? Sounds a little too long... but then, you might use the spare time for other things as well...

[ninja neb]

1620

yeah, alot of us played Halo CE portable in the spare time, but some people done some other work to get grades up, i went on on done some computer graphics in photo shop.

[Jerry]

1621

Ah, lol. I wonder if I'll have so much time when I get 'higher up' in my studies