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13 Reddit comments about Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide, Second Edition:

u/SevenOneTree · 15 pointsr/math

ProfRobBob Youtube - This sir has great videos. His playlists are in order and very useful for Calculus. Loved his pre calculus playlist.

Patrick JMT - I could not have passed Calculus 2 without this guy. For the most part, his Calculus section is in order on his website.

KhanAcademy - Nice courses with problems available for you. Really easy to use and navigate. I worked through Algebra and only watched his videos on Trigonometry and Calculus.

Hope you get back on track buddy. Don't give up.


I self taught myself Algebra through Precalculus, here are books I used:

  1. Practical Algebra - This helped when doing KhanAcademy Algebra course

  2. Precalculus Demystified - Easy to understand w/o having any knowledge of precalculus.

  3. Precalculus by Larson - The demystified book above helped form a foundation that allowed me to understand this book fairly well

  4. Calculus for Dummies by PatrickJMT - This goes great for soliving problems in PatrickJMT's 1000 problem book.
u/raubry · 8 pointsr/math

Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide
really helped me a couple of years ago when I had to get up to speed on algebra quickly.

Beyond that, you can hardly do better in the best-bang-for-the-buck department than the Humongous Books series. 1000 problems in each book, annotated and explained, and he has an entertaining style.

The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems: Translated for People Who Don't Speak Math

The Humongous Book of Geometry Problems: Translated for People Who Don't Speak Math

The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems: For People Who Don't Speak Math

u/lily_gray · 4 pointsr/learnmath

How long ago did you do it? I work with calculus and statistics a lot and I often go back to earlier concepts to make sure my foundations are still strong.

I would recommend looking at this book and just quickly running through the exercises. That will give you a good idea about what you need to focus on. If you feel comfortable with those, something like this might be good to check out since it's made for self-teaching as opposed to being used in conjunction with a class.

Edited to add: math is like any language, in that the more you practice and manipulate numbers the better you'll be at it!

u/OrzBlueFog · 4 pointsr/halifax

I had a friend who went through the program. I don't think there was a pre-assessment as Academic Math itself is a prerequisite to other stuff, but don't take my word as law on that. The course resource appears [to be here] (https://www.nscc.ca/learning_programs/programs/PlanDescr.aspx?prg=ACC&pln=ACCONNECT) and doesn't mention pre-assessments. [This PDF] (http://gonssal.ca/documents/AcadMathIVCurr2010.pdf) should cover a fair bit of what the course is about.

As an aside, [this book] (https://www.amazon.ca/Practical-Algebra-Self-Teaching-Peter-Selby/dp/0471530123) is a fantastic way to get yourself up to speed on algebra. I can't recommend it highly enough.

u/Halzman · 3 pointsr/needadvice

Idk what kind of dead line you're on, but several years ago I was trying to do the same thing you are (without the stress of an actual test, just for myself).

I ended up purchasing the following two books:

All The Math You'll Ever Need - Steve Slavin

Practical Algebra - Peter H. Selby

u/NotAnArdvark · 2 pointsr/GetStudying

I'm really enjoying this book:
Practical Algebra

It starts from scratch and doesn't even assume too much about your knowledge of arithmetic. I was surprised how many gaps in my basic knowledge I had, but it helps explain why teaching myself via Khan or tutors didn't work well.

u/puffybaba · 2 pointsr/learnmath

A lot of people recommend Khan Academy, but you cannot really learn from the Khan Academy; there is just too much material to cover. I recommend either going into an algebra class at your local community college, and/or get some good algebra/maths books. This one gets a lot of praise on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Algebra-Self-Teaching-Guide-Second/dp/0471530123/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288684060&sr=8-1-fkmr0

and, this one is the one nobel laureate Richard Feynman taught himself with:

http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-practical-Mathematics-self-study/dp/B0007DZPT6

u/ratshepherd · 2 pointsr/Veterans

Did this exact thing a few years ago, refreshed my skills with this book Practical Algebra .

Took pre calc over the summer on my own dime and then started full time in the fall with calc 1 and others.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/math

I had to take two remedial math classes before taking precalculus. I learned 2 things from those remedial classes:

  • Remedial classes are terrible and seem to encourage rote memorization.
  • Remedial classes are a good way to figure out what mathematical knowledge one lacks.

    After I passed both classes, I decided to buy a Algebra and Trigonometry textbook and a Precalculus textbook; keep in mind, both textbooks treat nearly identical material. I'm currently working through both textbooks, cover to cover, all exercises; my goal is to adequately understand the material.

    I approach math as a language; I look for patterns, connections, and ideas. If I don't understand something, I search for alternative explanations and attempt to explain the material using my own ideas or words. The most important thing for me is to learn the basics, the fundamentals. I think math is very similar to a pyramid, where the knowledge at the bottom supports the advanced knowledge at the top.

    Please continue to study and practice, at your own pace, if necessary. If you have to start from step 1, then start from step 1; seek advice from others with more refined mathematical ability; don't be afraid to make mistakes and try to figure out why the mistakes don't work; I haven't used the following book, but apparently it's good Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide.

    Finally, and most importantly, don't be discouraged but do work and study in a disciplined manner.
u/pmorrisonfl · 1 pointr/compsci

I took a long, long break between undergrad and grad school (think decades). I found this GRE math prep book very helpful. (The GRE math section tests high school math knowledge), I'd take the sample tests, see where I fell short, and focus on understanding why. I also found Practical Algebra to be a good review-and-practice guide, for the fundamentals. I boned up on discrete math by buying an old copy of Rosen and the matching solutions guide. And, I watched a bunch of videos of this guy explaining various facets of the math you need for computer science.

u/acetv · 1 pointr/learnmath

wildberryskittles recommended the classics but teaching methods have improved since then in my opinion.

You should revisit algebra, geometry, and trigonometry before tackling a book like Calculus Made Easy. For algebra, Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide seems like a great place to start. After that, head on to geometry with something like Geometry and Trigonometry for Calculus. The book Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell might also be helpful.

u/DrunkMushrooms · 1 pointr/INTP

I had a nice book called Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell but it is not geared to starting from scratch. It's a good book if you remember some of your algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

I've known some people who had good experiences with Practical Algebra

u/CharBram · 1 pointr/OSUOnlineCS

My math skills sucked when I started. Definitely go though a book on math if you can.

There are two books I recommend. One book I found recently and plan to go through once I am done with the program (I am too busy now), just because I want to solidify my math skills is: Mastering Technical Mathematics

I found the book randomly and after skimming through a few pages knew it was a great book. It starts out with basic discrete mathematics concepts like counting and then goes all the way up to some calculus ideas.

The other book I reccomend is one I went through called Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide, Second Edition. It focuses more on algebra obviously but Algebra is actually the hardest part of CS 225 and CS325!