I always had trouble with math in school. I like it, but just have trouble learning it. I've got Mathematics Made Simple, but I think that book is not well named.
2007-01-26 12:02:44 · 5 answers · asked by celebduath 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
81: I'm looking to start from square one. I'd like something to take me from fundamentals to algebra for starters.
2007-01-26 13:58:37 · update #1
I think it's going to depend on just how far back you need to go. At what grade level of math would you be able to get 90% and above? Start at the next grade up, even if it's grade3! :) I'm serious. If you don't have your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables mastered, work on those first. If you haven't mastered fractions, then make sure to do those. (http://jumpmath.org/publications/fractions has some great free things. Also, their workbooks are quite good if you need to go as far back as elementary math to master some stuff.)
A lot of the difficulty that comes with higher math is NOT understanding the operations and making the connections between them (in particular, the multiplication/division/fraction connection). This makes it harder to understand the step-by-step algebra type of work. Sure, you might be able to do enough problems to memorize what to do, but if you never progress beyond that and aren't really seeing the relationships between the numbers, it'll never totally click and you won't have a clue what to do if you forget a step. Many steps can be figured out logically if you understand the underlying math. Without that, you're screwed.
If those basic things are fine, and you're willing to dish out a little bit of $$, consider doing a placement test here http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/saxonpublishers.htm (in the menu on the left-hand side) and purchasing the level of textbook that you need. Saxon is designed to be rather self-instructional so you should be able to do it on your own. Also, it gives lots of practice and returns to the same concepts more than once.
And yeah, Mathematics Made Simple isn't that great, if it's the one I'm thinking of. I did very well in math when in school but took it out not long ago to refresh my math memory a bit before helping out a high school teen with her math. I really didn't like it!
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2007-01-26 12:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by VdogNcrck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kind of math are u having problems with?
2007-01-26 13:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by girl881 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
A green one, a blue one and a pink one.
Shuffle them up and then count them.
Well - it's a start!
2007-01-26 12:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋