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 June 7th, 2011, 05:50 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 A New World Well, this is part introduction, part request; but I'll begin with the former. I live in Sydney, Australia as a first-year undergraduate studying Commerce. I will soon be doing mostly accounting and finance subjects. At high school, I did the most basic level of maths that was possible. I am absolutely unprepared for what is actually basic mathematics, let alone the more complex math required for what I will soon be studying. I still have awhile to go before I begin these subjects, so I want to start learning now. I would like to work from the basics in the proper progression (how it is usually, or should be, taught). So here is my request: could someone advise me as to this progression, with a list of areas/subjects of math that I could work through? Many thanks.
 June 8th, 2011, 11:17 AM #2 Senior Member   Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 502 Thanks: 0 Re: A New World What sort of math will you be studying? I'm not so sure where to start, but I'll make a brief list and if you think it's about right, we can flush out the details (if it's not right, say so and we can try something else). Because I don't know what math you'll need, I'm just going to assume you're on a track toward calculus, with some statistics tossed in. In the beginning... Make sure that you are fully fluent in the basic 4: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. This includes long division and long multiplication by hand - gives you a good feel for numbers. Learn fractions, adding, multiplying, subtracting, and dividing them. Learn the basic ideas of inequalities - $< , \leq, >, \geq$ - and know how to manipulate them (what happens when you divide by numbers, multiply by negative 1, etc). Learn charts, like pie charts or box and leaf plots Learn the basics of graphing: y = x, y = x + 5, etc. Learn the fundamentals of algebra: solve equations for x of various forms. Learn more about graphing and functions: y + x^2, y = (x-3)^2*(x+1) + 2 for example [this is a really big topic, but maybe you already know it - so I'll not flush it out yet] Learn the basics of geometry (perhaps combining algebra and functions) Learn even more about graphing, functions, and algebra (they're now very related): some trigonometric functions, sin,cos, logarithms, and solving these equations graphically and non-graphically NOTE - somewhere starting around now, you know enough to learn about statistics. We could flesh this out too, if you wanted. Learn trigonometry Learn what most have started to call 'pre-calculus', but what is really a fancy word for even even more about graphing, functions, and algebra. Learn calculus. I know it's highly abbreviated, but I didn't know where to begin. Is that at all adequate?
 June 12th, 2011, 06:44 PM #3 Newbie   Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Re: A New World Thank you, that was helpful! I would like to know what each of these is called, so that I can buy textbooks and such. From 'learn the fundamentals of algebra' onwards, what are they called?

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