>Want to be good at math

>can barely teach myself to do basic algebra 

how do I get good at math?

>>15371344 (OP)

Play lots of games.

like what

Try Coolmath Games.

>>15371344 (OP)

If you got money to burn brilliant.org has adhd learning aid for the mentally challenged.

okay 

its not actually about math though

>>15371344 (OP)

>khan academy

algebra1 > algebra2 > geometry > trigonometry > precalculus > calculus1 

>how to prove it - velleman

>naive set theory - halmos

>calculus vol. 1 - m. apostol

come back for more

why do we get dozens of "plz help me learn math" threads spammed here every day and why do none of them ever post in /mg/?

are these all just slide threads?

maybe try not complaining about pixels? i'm happy when people want to learn.

My geometry was lacking, I enjoyed "Elementary Geometry for College Students"

>>15371344 (OP)

Lot's of exercises. Also try to prove theorems for yourself, this helps enormously. Another tip: if you make it your goal to give it your all, you can never fail. No matter what comes next, if you give it your all you already succeeded

>>15371344 (OP)

Pay for a course. All the content is available for free, but I find it hard to study without having a firmly defined schedule/curriculum and external consequences for failure.

>>15371344 (OP)

bumping for more answers

>>15371344 (OP)

Go back to square one. It important when learning to realize what you know and what you don't know

I can only suggest Kiselev's books on Geometry. It's a very good introduction to basic geometry that's in english. There're lots of good books in russian that aren't translated.

>>15371344 (OP)

Gelfand's books are pretty good, he's a very good teacher (as well as famous mathematician). Read his Geometry, Trigonometry and Algebra books. I recommend these to any one wanting a refresher on what high school should have taught you.

Gelfand's books are pretty good especially if we will compare it to most of american textbooks but the problem is that they're too short and don't contain that much information (compare Gelfand's book on Geometry to Kiselev's once). I've heard that early 20th math books are great as well

>>15371344 (OP)

You are retarded, just live a simple retarded life and ignore math

>>15371344 (OP)

bump

Since middle school i wanted to derive all the algebraic identities and quadratic formula, and failing that I gave up learning much, Im 23yo still havent derived it what should I do? Using them without deriving them myself feels wrong, I know little calculus but algebra is where im stuck, I have seen it derived and I feel like idiot if I see it. This is a real hinderence. I used to be great at maths when I had great tutor but he was not peesent when we got to algebra.
