Everybody has a talent, something they are innately good at without trying. My cousin, for example, could fit 35 marshmallows in his mouth and still say "fuzzy bunny." And yet, as outstanding as he was at that, he could not for his life solve an algebra problem—though he did have a funny joke about what mermaids wear.
 

Math is definitely one of those subjects that people either get completely or completely don't get, and sometimes it seems like the people who "get it" were just born that way.
 

But there are ways to improve your skills at math if you weren't born a wiz. Here are some pointers that should help you improve your math skills (and I'll bet that if you ask those people you think were born good at math, you'll probably find they do these things, too):