Worksheets
Various worksheets on TONS of math topics you can generate for free!
Basic operations worksheet generator is updated! Make worksheets for whole numbers or integers - all four operations, including add & subtract or multiply & divide - horizontal or vertical - add a border and/or extra workspace, use a variable, and more.
Curriculum
Advice, reviews, and resources to help you choose a math curriculum!
Shmoop.com Prealgebra
Free learning guides (tutorials) for all prealgebra topics with interactive practice problems, step-by-step examples, graphs, and real-world applications. This can be used for an online pre-algebra textbook. www.shmoop.com/pre-algebra
Algebra-Class.com
A website with some simple algebra lessons for typical Algebra 1 class. Each lesson has a brief introduction followed by several examples with detailed explanations, and then a few practice problems. www.algebra-class.com
HippoCampus
High-quality free video lessons with interactive questions covering high school algebra, calculus, physics and many other high school subjects. www.hippocampus.org
Virtual Nerd
Video tutorials for prealgebra, algebra 1, algebra 2, and intro physics. This will also include practice problems and quizzes sometime during 2010-2011 school year. Includes both a free and paid (premium) versions. virtualnerd.com
S.O.S Math
Math review material—text-book type explanations. Their cyberboard has
lots of questions and answers on high school and college level math problems. www.sosmath.com/algebra/algebra.html
Math Ops
Free and subscription online pre-algebra and algebra course that includes step-by-step narrated tutorials, videos, and online quizzes. www.mathops.com/free
MathTV.com
Over 6,000 free, online video lessons for basic math, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Videos also available in Spanish. Also includes online textbooks. I've written a review of MathTV lessons when they used to be offered on CDs. www.mathtv.com
BrightStorm Math
Over 2,000 free videos covering all high school math topics from algebra to calculus. Registration required (free).
Khan Academy
Possibly the web's biggest and free site for math videos. What started out as Sal making a few algebra videos for his cousins has grown to over 2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history. www.khanacademy.org
Tablet Class
Online curriculum and math learning system. Includes videos lessons, course materials, review notes, practice worksheets, tests and answer keys. Courses offered are prealgebra, algebra 1 & 2, intermediate and college algebra, and GED math. $25/month or $180 a year. Free trial available. www.tabletclass.com
EMathematics.net
Examples and interactive practice problems on a host of algebra topics. For each topic you get a change to practice yourself with computer-checked problems. www.emathematics.net
Population
Changes in a Trout Pond
A ready-to-use interactive tutorial that teaches the student to
think and analyze, explore, make conjectures. The student investigates the situation first numerically, then graphically, and lastly mathematically. Great lesson! (will take some time to complete) illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U142
High School Operations Research
Series of 10 tutorials (modules) that illustrate how mathematics is used in real-world applications. The student tutorials are printable and ready-to-use pdf-files. The teacher resources have background info, case studies of real companies, homework exercises, and more. For those who want to know where mathematics is actually used, and how. Topics include systems of inequalities, probability & simulation, and finding shortest route among others. www.hsor.org/modules.cfm
Algebra worksheets at AGMath.com
Hundreds of free PDF worksheets for algebra 1 topics, loosely based on the 2004 Prentice Hall Algebra 1 textbook. Compiled by Jason Batterson, an 8th grade, algebra, geometry, and MathCounts teacher. AGmath.com/1952
Algebra Fun Sheets
Worksheets that integrate algebra skills with fun activities including sudoku, word finds, riddles, color patterns, crosswords, games, matching cards, etc. A subscription is required. www.algebrafunsheets.com
Online Math Work
Free multiple-choice worksheets for pre-algebra and algebra 1 topics. You can do them online, or copy to a word processor to print. www.mathonlinework.com
QuickMath.com
An online calculator that solves equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus problems instantly and automatically. www.quickmath.com
MathWay.com
An online step-by-step automatic math problem solver from basic math & pre-algebra all through calculus. www.mathway.com
Algebra.com
Automatic calculators for simplify, expand, evaluate, equations, etc. Word story problem helper has solved examples. Forum for asking questions. www.algebra.com
Tech Powered Math
Free video lessons on graphing calculators, primarily the TI-84 and TI-Nspire, plus comparison reviews of popular grpahing calculators. www.techpoweredmath.com
Algebra word problem resources
Algebra word problems generators from Math Celebrity
This site has automated quiz and word problem generators for these types of common algebra word problems: two-number problems (sum & product known), consecutive integers, distance/time/rate, average/count, sum, markup, markdown, percent, percentage, two coins, and work word problems. You can generate just one practice problem and then see its step-by-step solution, or generate an online quiz that will be graded. www.mathcelebrity.com/lesplan.php?key=wordprob
Math League's Homeschool Contests
Challenge your children with the same interesting math contests used in schools. Contests for grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Algebra Course 1, and High School are available in a non-competitive format for the homeschoolers. The goal is to encourage student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems and build important critical thinking skills. By subscription only. www.mathleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=69
Save Our Dumb Planet
Defend Earth from deadly meteorites using missiles. A team of dumb scientists are on hand to suggest possible trajectories. Practice drawing lines, quadratic curves, and some harder curves using their equations. The game has many levels, and you can stay at the easier levels if you so wish. Don't listen to the dumb scientists' talk - they mislead you! www.mangahigh.com/games/saveourdumbplanet
Elementary Algebra
Harold Jacobs algebra text combines real-life examples, carefully
structured exercises, and humor to help students learn and remember. www.amazon.com
Dr. Math Gets You Ready For Algebra
and
Dr. Math Explains Algebra
By The Math Forum, Drexel University. Read my review of these two refreshing algebra companions. These books are meant for pre-algebra and algebra students, respectively. Both are written in a warm, easy-reading style, with some cartoons in between and clear layout. Dr. Math® books are compiled from the best answers that real math teachers and tutors have written to students' questions over the years at the popular Dr. Math® website.
Algebra Unplugged
This is not a textbook, nor does it have any exercises, but instead contains verbial, often humorous explanations of algebra 1 concepts for those who would rather hear or read math explained in many words, instead of in a few symbols. Algebra Unplugged also often explains the reasons behind some peculiar mathematical notations or terminology, and in general, tells the students WHY things are done the way they are done in your "Real Algebra Book". I enjoyed reading through it (read my review). www.amazon.com
Real World Algebra By Edward Zaccaro - who has also written several excellent problem solving books. With his algebra book, you can understand algebra with the help of real-world examples, and realize that mathematics is more than basic facts and memorized procedures. It includes cartoons and little stories that help you remember the rules of algebra. www.amazon.com
Art of Problem Solving: Introduction to Algebra
A good textbook for the mathematically inclined students. For each topic, there are many example problems with detailed solutions and explanations, through which algebraic techniques are taught. The explanations often highlight ideas on best problem solving approaches, which is something you don't usually see in regular algebra textbooks. www.amazon.com
Totally Free Math
Find totally free math textbooks to download or to view online (PDF form). Currently has an elementary algebra book available. www.totallyfreemath.com/
AlgebraFree.com
Includes a free algebra 1 textbook called Llevada's Algebra 1, downloadable as PDF files by chapter, containing over 6,000 exercises, plus over 70 videos with lectures and solved exercises. www.algebrafree.com
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