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[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I expect mathmos to be good at arithmetic, since very early maths (at school) is mostly arithmetic, and how do you discover a liking/talent for any subject if you're poor at the foundation levels of it? I think they ought to be good at it, being generally bright and intelligent people. Three years of living with one has convinced me that there are whole spheres of mathematics that "have nothing to do with numbers" (from a lay perspective) and therefore I would not be surprised at mathmos with no ability in arithmetic, but I'd still be slightly disappointed, just as I am when I encounter people with appalling spelling.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I was, and remain, poor at arithmetic. I'm pretty poor at maths overall - I worked for three years for a team that set the Key Stage 2 & 3 maths tests. They used me as a guinea pig for some questions. If I could do them, the questions were below level 5, if I couldn't, they were probably above...

Now, I was good at equations with letters in. Right up to the point where I had to start putting numbers back in, then I tended to lose the plot again!