Where can I find basic math problem trainers?
April 7, 2008 12:59 AM Subscribe
Where can I find basic math problem trainers?
I'm a non-math kind of person who's been out of school for a while, but I guess after all these years I'm beginning to kind of regret never putting more effort into the subject.
So what I'm looking for is not an archive with complicated or clever problems. I know the best way to improve is to practice over and over so I was wondering if there was any software, java applets, flash apps, etc., that could help me to drill basic arithmetic, or simple algebra problems, over and over.
I'm a non-math kind of person who's been out of school for a while, but I guess after all these years I'm beginning to kind of regret never putting more effort into the subject.
So what I'm looking for is not an archive with complicated or clever problems. I know the best way to improve is to practice over and over so I was wondering if there was any software, java applets, flash apps, etc., that could help me to drill basic arithmetic, or simple algebra problems, over and over.
For Algebra, try Purplemath.com and quiz generation sites such as Saab's mathonline.missouri.edu.
posted by gregoreo at 6:31 AM on April 7, 2008
posted by gregoreo at 6:31 AM on April 7, 2008
I know you seem to be looking for online solutions, but I always recommend Schaum's outlines for this sort of thing. They have a lot of problems in them, as well as solutions to the problems. They have them for all sorts of topics: algebra, probability, statistics, calculus, and some higher level topics like abstract algebra and analysis. They have more than one algebra outline depending on your level.
Also, you could go to a used book store and pick up an old algebra textbook. Since you only want to do practice problems, any textbook would do (i.e., it's ok if the explanations are poor if you're just going to do the problems).
posted by bluefly at 1:32 PM on April 7, 2008
Also, you could go to a used book store and pick up an old algebra textbook. Since you only want to do practice problems, any textbook would do (i.e., it's ok if the explanations are poor if you're just going to do the problems).
posted by bluefly at 1:32 PM on April 7, 2008
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posted by palionex at 1:21 AM on April 7, 2008