Math

BBC Numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers

Learn about decimal points, rounding off numbers, ratios and proportions, multiplication, division, negative numbers, and addition and subtraction. Offers tables to help with multiplication, information about graphs, and how to calculate volume.

Common Weights and Measures

http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/links/weights/index.html 

Provides mathematical notations for orders of magnitude, metric prefixes, and common U.S. and metric equivalents.

Math2.org

http://math2.org/ 

Diagrams and formulas explain concepts in general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and advanced topics. Available in Spanish and English, with a link to an English-Spanish math dictionary (Other On-site Resources).

MacTutor- History of Mathematics Archive

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html 

Browse for mathematicians’ biographical information, descriptions of famous curves, and other historical topics. Notable for its Female Mathematicians, Birthplace Maps, Timelines, and Quotations Indexes.

Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html 

Links to almost 9,000 calculators for cooking, finances, home repair, medicine, navigation, taxes, etc.

The Math Forum Student Center

http://www.mathforum.org/students/ 

Links to internet math resources by school level, from kindergarten through college. Search or browse the Ask Dr. Math archive, or email your question to Dr. Math.

Math in Daily Life

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath 

This Web site helps students understand the math encountered in areas of daily life like credit and savings, cooking, home decorating, and population growth. Under Related resources, you’ll find links to other educational, student-friendly math sites. 

MathVids

http://www.mathvids.com/

"MathVids.com is a website dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to middle school, high school, and college students who need math help."

Electronic Textbook StatSoft

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html 

This online text, winner of a Britannica Internet Guide Award, is easy an easy-to-navigate introductory text on statistics.

Virtual Math Lab

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/

Free tutorials prepared by West Texas A&M University. Subjects include: College Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, Beginning Algebra, or preparing for the math part of the THEA, ACCUPLACER or general GRE  test.

WebMath

http://www.webmath.com/ 

Problem solving in everyday math, algebra, trigonometry, graphing, and word problems. Additional features include unit conversions and online quizzes that allow visitors to test themselves. 

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