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17 Oct 2012, 7:33 pm

In middle and high school, I had a hard time learning math. In college now in Algebra again, and I have a perfect grade!
But I want to do more than just rely on my college.

So, if anyone has any great tips, or resources for learning, or overcoming fear of math, please post them here!
I'm sure I'm not the only one who would find them useful.

I'll start actually:
Arithmetricks is a great little book with all sorts of tricks for basic math/arithmetic.
Even if someone is already really good at math, they might find it a nice book to check out.


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18 Oct 2012, 3:16 pm

Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Memorize this book cover to cover and you'll be quite the math whiz! Actually it's really good for a textbook, lots of good examples and most things are explained pretty well.



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18 Oct 2012, 4:13 pm

Stargazer43 wrote:
Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Memorize this book cover to cover and you'll be quite the math whiz! Actually it's really good for a textbook, lots of good examples and most things are explained pretty well.


I recorded that book for Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic Inc. The book weighs nearly seven pounds and has over 800 pages.

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