Am I un-intelligent?

Question

I can get straight As and score average on SATs and stuff, actually I score really high on verbal stuff. Anyways, I have no common sense for some reason. If you try to teach me a dance move, I can never follow it while other people can catch on really really quick. However, I can be really athletic, just have trouble learning. Also, I can't figure out simple math problems. Like my teacher assigned every other odd problem from 1-41 on a hw. assignment. so it would be 1,5,9,13 etc. I wanted to figure out how many problems I had to do, so I tried to come up with a formula or solution but I couldnt. I ended up having to count every other odd number up to 41 to figure it out. Am I not so intelligent? I score really low on math on the SATs and only a little above average on the verbal. Anyways, how do you figure out how many hw problems you have if its every other odd number from 1-41? Thanks!

Answer 1

1-41 means you have 40 problems.  Only 1/2 of those are odd numbers (20), and out of those 20 you are only doing every other one, so you would have 10 problems.

This doesn't mean you aren't intelligent.  People are all good at different things, and no one is good at everything.  

Appreciate your strengths, try to identify and compensate for your weaknesses.  Mostly, appreciate your strengths.

Answer 2

If you only have to do every other odd number  from 1-41, you take 41

Answer 3

maybe ur not a math type of person and tht ur not a physical person ether but u must eb good at othe rstuff  

Answer 4

Sounds like you may have some sort of learning disorder, but that doesn't make you any less intelligent than anybody else... It just means that the subject matter needs to be presented to you in a different way.  

Answer 5

Everyone's learning ability is characterized by the different areas of your brain, there's speech centers, areas that handle math, visual centers for artistic and creative stuff, etc etc etc. None of what you said makes you unintelligent, it just means that (like every other human on the planet) you have strengths and weaknesses when it comes to knowledge.

Answer 6

i'm just like you... i do really well in tests and my best subject is ancient greek... but i am so bad when it comes to common sense. and yeh i still have to go through the alphabet to find out where a letter is and stuff like that :P but to answer your Q, i would do 42 divided by 2 to get how many Qs you would have.

Answer 7

40 divided by 2 + 1 is the amount of odd numbers you will have in 41.

Answer 8

Your Not Un-Intelligent, Your Just Better A Somethings More Than Others.

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Answer 9

Gosh that's scary. You sound like me. Since I s*** at math I'm going to guess, but I think the answer is 20. I also have trouble learning things like dance moves and math. It might be a learning disability. Maybe these traits are in one side of the brain and you usually use the other side. Not sure about that. It's not that you're unintelligent. You're just stronger in some things than others. I have this question saved in my watchlist because I really want to see if anyone has anything useful to offer.

Answer 10

Does not seem your un-intelligant!

The way you explain it, it is sounding like, you do not have common sense!

Or you just may not be good with numbers!

Which dont worry, because alot of clever people struggle with numbers!

I would not say your un-intelligant though!

Answer 11

I have noticed that people with stronger math skills are weaker in verbal, and vice versa.  

When it comes to dance, no matter how athletically inclined you are, it takes a different pace and style of training.  It does not mean you are not good at it just because you do not pick it up as quickly as others.  It just may require more focused learning.  

Answer 12

no you are intelligent, your grades and SAT scores show that, you just may have a weakeness when it comes to maths....I am the same....also, sometimes memory can play a role, maybe ur intelligent, but have a not to strong short term memory. U have to make up for that by paying attention and not letting ur mind wander at all!