I learned FOIL as well, though I didn’t exactly need reminding to do a job throughly in math class. I enjoyed it. Sorry, some people are weird like that.
Once upon a time I made some mnemonic device for remembering Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection-the eight parts of speech. I also learned HOUSE to remember the great lakes. However, all the acronyms around on the internet have long since replaced the ones I learned in grade school.
And, somewhat OT, at some point during my frosh year of high school I came across the following math fact:
Given that y=x+1, y^2=x^2+x+y+1
I can’t count the number of quickies I’ve been able to do (in math!) because of that little thing. Allows me, for example, to save time on one problem and move on to the next.
I use KMATPOLMOAU (AYHTATALOA) for "kicks more ass then a paralyzed, one-legged monkey on a unicycle (and you have to admit, that’s a lot of ass). But it’s trademarked ( http://www.tt3.org ) so none of you are allowed to use it. sorry.
For my Hinduism final on Wednesday, I invented:
Baseballs Kill Very Stupid Catchers
to help me remember the names of the different caste levels:
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Vaishya
Sudra
Candala (yeah, yeah, not technically part of the system)
The question wasn’t even on the test.
You all should be very thankful I cannot locate the lyrics to the song that is nothing but dozens of mnemonics for the spectral class sequence, all to the tune of "Stars and Stripes Forever."
I can sing the 16 counties of the state of Maine to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
I think all these have been mentioned, but I’ll say them again
King Phillip Came Over From Germany Stoned - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species - and yes, that is exactly how my teacher taught us
Roy G Biv - you should know that one
Treble Clef - Every Good Boy Does Fine, F A C E
Bass Clef - All Cows Eat Grass, Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always
And I too was a subscriber to SOHCATOA (I think that was it) - tells how much it helped me that I can’t even remember it
SOHCAHTOA Sin=Opp/Hyp Cos=Adj/Hyp Tan=Opp/Adj
I like this one better though:
Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid
Sin Opp Hyp Cos Adj Hyp Tan Opp Adj
Cool, eh?
PEMDAS (Order of Operations) Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction. There’s also “Please Excuse my Dear Aunt Sally” for this
LIATE (Integration by parts) This one helps you pick what to use for your u, and your dv.
L=Log I=Inverse Trig A=Algebra T=Trig E=Exponent
I had a little trouble remembering it, so I made it into “Lincoln Is A Tremendous Emancipator” Yes…I made that up, isn’t it great?
(BdT-TdB)/B^2 (Quotient Rule for Derivatives)…I don’t know of one…somebody help me…
I had a bunch for like Hero’s rule, and stuff, but I don’t think they could have been that great if I didn’t remember them…
And there were never very many times when I needed to know more than about 3.14 anyway and didn’t have my calculator(which still knows more digits than I do).
And there were never very many times when I needed to know more than about 3.14 anyway and didn’t have my calculator(which still knows more digits than I do).
