I'm procrastinating doing my paper.

I'm procrastinating doing my paper.  But I'm going to tell you something fun about math, so... I mean, I'm kinda doing mathy-stuff, ok?

So if you have a fraction in lowest terms, (like 1/8 instead of 2/16)

with a denominator (bottom number) that is a prime factorization of 2 or 5 or any combination of 2 and 5,

(the prime factors of 8 are 2 x 2 x 2 which is 2 cubed or 2^3)

then you automatically know that when the fraction is turned into a decimal that it will terminate (not repeat or go on forever).

You also know how many places after the decimal it will end because it will be the higher power or 2 or 5.

In the case of 1/8, we only have 2 with a power of 3 and the decimal terminates after 3 places at 0.125.

How cool is that?!  😲😲😲

There is more, but I'll save it for another day if anyone even cares about this.  😆

If you're up for it test this out by making fractions with denominators from multiples of 2 or 5 or any combination of 2 and 5 and see if you can come up with one that doesn't work.  😁  Don't forget that the fraction has to be reduced to lowest terms!

I have a helper...

I have a helper while working on my 10 - page math paper. Bastian feels the same way I do: Blegh! 😝😳

I spent 12 hours doing math homework yesterday.

I spent 12 hours doing math homework yesterday.  I've done a ton of organizing and reading for my 10-page paper that I have to have a draft ready for on Thursday.  I'm about to finish the math I started yesterday and call it a night.  I am so tired.

I keep having dreams about getting my degrees.  I'm so scared of failing and / or taking longer in school because my family is depending on me and getting a job would change so much for us.  I'm so close and yet at times when I'm struggling with my work and my grades, it feels so far away.  But May is only 8 months away, so that really isn't long.

I was talking to Shaun today and he said that my growth has been amazing.  I feel it.  No matter what happens I know that college has changed me for the better.  My Math professor said that if you can do math, you can do anything and I feel that, too.  I feel like understanding math opens up everything.  I see it everywhere.  It's so beautiful.

Regardless of what happens I am so grateful that I've been able to go on this college journey.  It would not have been possible without Shaun and without friends and family supporting me.  I just hope I don't let myself and everyone else down.  I don't think I'll believe I can do this until I've graduated and done it.

Anyway.  Goodnight, friends.  I hope you all are doing well.  ❤

Apparently the calculator that's built in to my phone is amazing.

Apparently the calculator that's built in to my phone is amazing. This is a repeating decimal and I've scrolled past 10,000 decimal places. 😳 Too bad I can't use it for exams. 😂😂😂

I know it's early to be worrying about failure, but...

I know it's early to be worrying about failure, but I have to be prepared. I just spoke to my professor about my bad grades in Abstract Algebra and he said that I'm not the only one who is struggling. He also said he's up for going over our homework for us before we turn it in, so believe me when I say I'm about to take advantage of that! Worst case, they offer Abstract again in the spring and I have space in my schedule to retake it if I need to without delaying graduation. Phew! I won't even be mad if I have to take it twice. Writing mathematical proofs is hard! 😩

To anyone I've left on read lately...

Happy 2 years to us!