re-learning maths

I have 2 O-level Grade As, an A-Level grade A, and a couple of years
worth of university-level applicable maths.

But I've forgotten almost everything from the A-level stuff onwards
(and probably some of the O-level stuff)

Basically, for one reason or another, I'd like to relearn it, so does
anyone have any suggestions for (free[1]) web based learning tools to
help me re-learn my maths?

TIA.

[1] I can find plenty of subscription sites.

 

I know you said "free", but have you considered the possibility of a nice
thick exercise book, a pencil and a feck off maths book? It can be oddly
satisfying to work through one, as if it were a crossword book or
something.
I personally adore the process of solving problems on paper where I can
lay them out properly.
You could always get a maths book from a library for the "free" bit.
Possibly just me, but I find computers useless for learning procedural
things.

 

I'm sure we have at least GCSE maths textbooks in the house already,
but I was looking for something which I could spend 15 minutes a day
doing at lunchtime at work.

 

How about this for a starter?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/maths/index.shtml

 

I'm amazed by how quick it goes when it's not used. I even did a year of a
Physics degree, but now I'm a bit stumped by anything much above trig.

 

OK - that looks like a good start, actually - cheers.

I really do want to get back to the stage where I could easily do
stuff like differentiation and integration, series summation etc. and
at least get my head around vector field theory, phase space, field
contractions etc.

 

Poor you. I need a fucking calculator to work out the square root of
anything over nine.

D.

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'Snot just maths though, it's everything. If I don't play a particular tune
for a couple of years, I have NO chance of playing it until I've re-learned
it, but thankfully it doesn't take as long to re-learn as it did to learn
initially.



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I used to rock at that stuff, probably not to your level though. Oddly
satisfying.

 

Wow, where did it all go? Was the year at Uni mostly spent imbibing
large quantities of alcohol, perchance.

FWIW I'm pretty sure most of what I learned is still there. Certainly
the calculus stuff, and I even remember equations like minus b plus or
minus root b squared minus 4 a c over 2 a off the top of my head.

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Yes, but you are widely acknowledged as "a bit fucking weird".

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

I've got a computer to do that.

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Mine does, I suppose, but I dunno about Nigel.

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Doesn't your work require you to remain numerically literate?

 

She did always seem to be the brighter of the two lights

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace

Only to a level that allows me to communicate with accountants, by and
large.


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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

Oh there's no doubt about that at all.

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