Posted: 8/18/2011 11:16:10 AM EDT
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I'm taking a math placement test on Sunday, and I haven't taken a math class in....um...(does some math)....a lotta (at least 8) years.
Anybody know of a good crash review course for this kind of thing? This is for pre-engineering type stuff, so something up to and including pre-calc (which I did in high school back when telephones were tethered to walls) would be nice. I don't need to totally kick ass, I just need to not get placed in the remedial class. 
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Was hoping that my old university put online the courses that they offered to bring incoming freshmen quickly up to calculus level; however, no such luck. I did find some free courses at math
I am not sure if those will help. Good luck. |
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You're probably screwed. Still, give this site a shot.
Khan Academy |
| If you have not taken any math in that long, then take the test cold turkey. It will be worth it in the long run to have to take a class or two to get you back up tp speed before you start in on the real math. I would not want to do good on a test just so I could be half lost and struggling during my first math course, ya know what I mean? |
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If you have not taken any math in that long, then take the test cold turkey. It will be worth it in the long run to have to take a class or two to get you back up tp speed before you start in on the real math. I would not want to do good on a test just so I could be half lost and struggling during my first math course, ya know what I mean? No banana. I was pretty decent at math back in high school, I've just had a long gap. The minimum class I need to get into is Basic Technical Math I, and I'm not interested in wasting a semester or two learning that a^2+b^2=c^2. I just need some refresher stuff. As for how long I've known about it, this all came up rather suddenly so I'm making do the best I can. 
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Study this and you will be in good shape.
Pre-engineering math course. |
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http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm
I would like my free internets, monkey, and cookie now please. |
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http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm I would like my free internets, monkey, and cookie now please.  That's what I was looking for!
Bookmarked. Thanks. Internets, monkey, and cookies are in the mail. |
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Try this for practice: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=26236 A little trig and a little algebra is all that's required. Yeah, the sin/cos/tan stuff killed me. I remember doing it in HS, but damned if I remember how it goes now. There was even a question about logarithms!
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