im a recovering alcoholic. over 40 days sober now. in order to keep myself busy i want to learn math, and also because it might help me in switching careers. where do i start? i honestly only know how to add, subtract, multiple, and divide. i do these mentally but can't on paper. i really wanna understand math better and algebra stuff to keep myself busy but HELP idk where to start...
algebra, that's generally the first thing after arithmatics, you can always try discreet math or logic, which believe should be taught at the same time, do you like explicit logic, do you like true false and or xor nor statements, try logic, it is very cool and very easy and very stimulating, no numbers, pure simple process of elimination, also what computers are built on, silicon are just billions of logic operators (gates)
>>16915995Lang's basic mathematics.
Hey, been sober from alcohol and benzos (still only use weed now) for 5 years and did the same thing during my recovery after stagnating at an 8th grade level for 15 years. Start with Khan Academy, and if the video examples aren't really helpful, you at least know what search terms to use on YouTube for a given concept. I actually went all the way back to 3rd grade after searching for everything I had forgotten or missed out on learning as a kid and it ended up taking a surprising amount of time to make it to 8th grade on there. Got up to 10th before going back to college or I would've made so much more progress by now.An important thing to keep in mind is that it will be frustrating at times. Try to stay calm, lol, if you feel like an idiot, that's normal, it'll click eventually.
>>16915995Basic Algebra I and II by Nathan Jacobson
>>16915998This.
>>16915995Before you start algebra learn how to perform prime factorization, least common denominator, greatest common factor, the law of exponents, and the law of root operations, as well as order of operations.You really have to know this stuff first before you go into algebra. Common core education is retarded, and algebra becomes easy as when you can tackle multi-step problems like√(((√3)*(7^3))^4)/42Step1: prime factor the denominator√(((√3)*(7))^4)/(3*2*7)Step 2: distribute the root function to the numerator:(((√3)*(7))^2 / (3*2*7)Step 3, distribute the squaring function(3*7^2)/(3*2*7)Step 4 reduce like terms in numerator and denominator7 / 2Step 5 convert to a proper fraction:3+1/2
Correction√(((√3)*(7^3))^4)/42Should be√(((√3)*(7))^4)/42So you don't end up with7^5 /2. Since people don't like big numbers
>>16915995Khan Academy
>>16915995this is great idea, if you put in lots of effort you too might invent a new mathematical framework that encodes your pathology in such a way that millions of people can then use it for warfare and exploitation
>>16915995>>16916059Khan Academy if you only remeber arithmetic. This is from the official /sci/™ guide:>If you totally forgot everything or are a beginner, it is recommended you do the interactive exercises on Khan Academy because they are really helpful tools to quickly refresh your school knowledge up until calculus. You should do all the chapters up to Precalculus, that is: Early Math, Arithmetic, Pre-Algebra, Basic Geometry, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Probability and Statistics. You don't need to listen to every video, but you should cover each exercise once to check if you understand it. Once you finish the Precalculus module, you can continue with your first book.https://4chan-science.fandom.com/wiki/Mathematics
