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I have never thought that math is a subject that is easily self taught. It is much easier to grasp following an instructor and perhaps help from tutors or study groups. I never had any problem grasping math and it was my minor so I may not be the best at giving advice on how to learn it....I apparently came preprogrammed for most of it. One thing that has helped some other people I know when they had problems is searching youtube for tutorial videos. There are some really good tutorial videos of instructors walking through examples of problems and explaining them. Perhaps you could find some that would help.
I always did really well on my tests and finals in math in college because I realized that the professors love to use the problems in the book they didn't assign as homework, the examples throughout the chapters in the textbook and every once in a while an example they worked on the board on a day when a lot of people skipped class. So work the problems in between the ones assigned for homework, work through and understand the examples in the text and make sure you go to class EVERY day and take good notes of the examples worked on the board. If you follow that advice and put a little effort into it, you should have no problem getting a minimum of a C.
Hey that's good stuff. Do you have one for Algebra II, as well? Just curious to see what it looks like.
I'm glad you like that sequence. It took us forever to come up with something that makes logical sense.
Algebra II is a little harder to organize from the standpoint that different schools lump different things into it. Here's what we've designed.
1. Introduction to the Complex Number System 2. Introduction to Functions and Properties of Functions 3. Power and Polynomial Functions, Equations, and Inequalities 4. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Equations 5. Rational Functions and Equations 6. Conic Sections 7. Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices 8. Systems of Nonlinear Equations 9. Two-System Nonlinear Inequalities 10 Introduction to Right-Triangle Trigonometry
One thing about Algebra that makes it so difficult is there are so many rules to learn and follow when solving algebra problems. It's one thing just to memorize all the rules involved.
One thing about Algebra that makes it so difficult is there are so many rules to learn and follow when solving algebra problems. It's one thing just to memorize all the rules involved.
Here are some "cheat" sheets to remember important algebra rules and formulas:
Kumon. It's a system that's been around since the fifties.
There should be a franchise person in your area.
Kumon has toddlers doing Algebra that can't even talk yet.
It will cost a little.
Doesn't anything worth anything nowadays?
Kumon. It's a system that's been around since the fifties.
There should be a franchise person in your area.
Kumon has toddlers doing Algebra that can't even talk yet.
It will cost a little.
Doesn't anything worth anything nowadays?
Toddlers doing Algebra?! That's nothing, my nephew was doing differential equations in the womb and he didn't need Kumon.
You might want to look into material that is designed for homeschoolers. One that comes to mind is Chalkdust math. The set comes with a textbook and DVDs that have a teacher explaining the problems. The new set is not cheap but you might be able to find a used set on ebay.
How are you at basic calculations? Can you add, subtract, multiply, and perform long division with mastery?
I don't know about the with mastery part... I can add, subtract, and multiply easily. Long division I can do but it takes me forever. I tend to avoid it.
As for teaching myself, I guess I am not really planning on teaching myself from scratch because I have repeated the pre-algebra enough now that I have basic ideas already in my head, I just need more time to totally comprehend them. So at least it's not like I've never seen the material before, I suppose?
Thanks to everyone for the ideas and recommendations so far. I am fine with buying books and so forth within a certain limit, but I don't want to pay for something such as Kumon, I don't think, because it's about $120 a week. That would add up, given the time this will take me, to the same cost as taking a class for credit. Or close to it.
I have old textbooks here but I never liked the way they explain things in them, that's why I am thinking the "for Dummies" or "Idiot's guide" type books might be more helpful and they are cheap enough used on Amazon that it's no big risk.
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