Just have to add this: if the calculator sitting on the shoulders can do the math, then use the calculator. You sometimes have to tell the calculator what to do.

Crafts are so much more fun, that's why we have calculators.

I taught math for years, and now that I'm retired I'm a math tutor, but only for elementary kids. I still pick up a calculator from time to time, too! But I always told my students that they had a calculator in their heads; my 2nd graders believed me! LOL!

my father could do anything with math. i think he thought in numbers. when we started the "new math" in school, i could not get it. dad would show me a way to solve the problem, but when i did it in school the problem would be marked "wrong" because i didnt do it "the right" way. so now i'm blocked. i can do geometry fairly easy since i do it in my job every day, but normal regular math. no. my mind goes blank.

My DH is an artist and was a math teacher! He alternates between painting, working on a program to help high school students pass the CA state exit exam, plus alot of other hobbies. He must have ben a woman in a previousn life LOL!

Only use what I need to quilt, otherwise I don't do math. my 10 yr DGS has given up on asking me for help or to check his homework. He knows more than I do. I know I suffered through it in school, but that has been more years than I care to admit.

i can do any math if it involves $$

i skipped geometry in high school WAY more than i went to class. it was after lunch break, and it was the 70's if you know what i mean... if i had known i was going to grow up & be a quilter.. i would have gone to class.

that being said.. dh's degree is in aeronautical engineering.. (something i can barely spell) yes, i am married to a qualified rocket scientist. so when i have math issues, i say "honey, i love you... do the math "

When I learn't to do patchwork my maths improved.I was hopeless at school.

You quilt,,,,you do math all the time!!!!

My Dad was really disappointed when I turned down college to be a mathematical engineer. I told him I still do engineering everyday. I draft my own patterns too. I wish I had more of the artistic side in me, then color play wouldn't be so difficult. Still, not having to spend money for patterns is nice, too!