Websites For Math Tutorials

Factual Questions
1

Mrs. Zeke has taken a job that requires her to go back to school for her power engineering class 5.

Looking through the course material there is a book full of mathematical formulae and symbols and such that are well above our respective heads at present (quadratic equation and Boyle’s law and such.)

She didn’t take any math heavy courses in high school and the one that I did take (Chem 300) I passed only because my grasp of theory was sufficient to overcome my lack of ability with the math when it came to tests.

Neither of us have taken any math of any sort in better than 20 years.

Long story short - does anyone know of any good, user friendly, websites that will provide a walkthrough or tutorial suitable for the math disinclined.

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

Zeke

2

Khan Academy is pretty good. Here’s a link to their Algebra II section which covers quadratic equations (among many other topics.)

3

I was going to mention Khan Academy.

Depending on the topic and level, you might also find Purplemath or the notes/tutorials at Paul’s Online Math Notes useful.

If there’s a specific topic you’re stuck on, googling it or searching for it on YouTube can probably turn up some good resources, though it may not be easy separating the stuff that’s really good, useful, and relevant from the stuff that isn’t.

4

Thank-you very much :slight_smile:

FriedoI think she’ll likely have to walk through the algebra I section first but this seems like it will be a lot of use!

Thudlow Thank-you as well. We’ll have to take some time to check out all the in’s and out’s but they seem helpful as well!

Separating the good and relevant from the bad and or irrelevant is exactly what we were hoping the Dopers could do.

We appreciate it.

5

If videos are her thing, PatrickJMT (Just Math Tutoring) on You Tube is great. I’m a math teacher and I use his videos to supplement my teaching frequently. He has everything from basic arithmetic to advanced math. His big focus is calculus, but he also goes all the way down to long division. He’s old school too, with sheets of paper and markers instead of being computerized.

6

Thank you very much DoperChic!

7

Another excellent YouTube presenter is Derek Owens. His videos are of a similar style to Khan but more organized and planned out. He’s more focused on physics than math, but covers a lot of algebra and trig up to the high school level.

8

I was also going to link Khan Academy. It’s been a few years since I took Power Systems as I applied my EE degree to digital systems. (Anything over 5 volts terrifies me. )

But from what I remember, you will want to be comfortable with algebra, complex numbers and analytic geometry.

Also, if if you can get your hands on a Schaum’s Outline of Electrical Power Systems.