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By trigfail - 25/09/2010 08:57 - New Zealand

Today, I failed my trigonometry exam because my scientific calculator was on the wrong setting. FML

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By anonymous - 21/11/2012 18:16 - United States - Tucson

Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML

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By hopeless - 26/02/2011 06:49 - United States

Today, I cheated on my math exam. I still failed. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2017 14:00 - United States

Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math final exam, even though it clearly stated at the top that they weren't allowed. The teacher found out, and now everyone has to retake the 200-question exam. I didn't even use a calculator. FML

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By riya - 29/09/2018 05:00

Today, I had the worst day of my life. I'd studied science for the whole damn night, only to realize the next morning that it's a math exam. FML

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By RaastadAarseth - 27/07/2023 12:00

Today, I had a very hard and long exam and I was completely prepared for it. I was so confident in my abilities and I'd studied really hard. When I entered the exam hall and took the paper, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my calculator. FML

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By risingtide - 20/11/2018 15:30

Today, I reached my exam center late after taking the wrong metro twice, only to find out that I forgot my calculator at home. FML

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By mathhhh - 26/02/2010 17:57 - United States

Today, I missed points on a math quiz because I thought 2 times 5 was 20. I'm a math major. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/11/2020 23:03 - France

Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML

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By Anonymous - 23/05/2022 03:00 - United States - Santa Rosa

Today, I failed a calculus exam because I simply was too burnt out to study for it. I have not wanted to even look at a math problem since the beginning of the year, and I procrastinate all day instead of doing work, and it leads me here, typing at 2 a.m. to random strangers while having to get up tomorrow at 7. FML

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Time wasting

By PNeil - 13/11/2019 14:00

Today, after having spent all of last night studying for an algebra test, I find out that the test was on a completely different chapter of my textbook. FML

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albinoV 1

Saturday 25 September 2010 16:24

You had it set to "radian" when you wanted "degree" am I right?

tatiee_fml 0

Saturday 25 September 2010 16:21

Hahaha. And you didn't notice this at all...Shame on you, not the calculator.

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Lemycakes 4

Wednesday 17 August 2011 6:04

Idk why everyone put ydi it was a simple really shitty mistake... Fyl for sure

okieraider71 4

Tuesday 22 November 2011 14:34

Same reason the Mars probe crashed.

partyfail 0

Tuesday 28 February 2012 6:50

Total ydi. The difference between an answer in degrees and one in radians is so obvious. Pay attention in class next time.

boycrazy30007 12

Friday 16 March 2012 14:18

If done that. Radian or degree?

erin37 27

Sunday 13 October 2013 21:39

Should have checked it!

how_to_implode 17

Friday 7 March 2014 6:07

If your teacher warned you many times before to check it before tests then you REALLY deserve it. If not, you still kind of deserve it because, c'mon, common sense.

thisismyhead 25

Tuesday 1 July 2014 14:54

Always put it in degree mode!

TLTheWizard 8

Sunday 8 February 2015 17:44

same

Alphanc 4

Thursday 12 February 2015 23:05

0+0=5

MajaW 7

Saturday 25 April 2015 21:07

That's what my teacher warns me about before every test

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