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Maths troubles?!

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  • 06-10-2012 7:48pm
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    Captain Slow IRL
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    Anyone else having trouble with maths in a maths heavy course?! It's been 14 years since I sat my leaving and I've been plunged into trigonometry, quadratics and logs! And the scientific calculator :rolleyes:

    Are there any good maths books that would give me a better foothold?

    One of the lecturers has recommended Engineering Mathematics by K.A. Stroud - I've looked and he has a foundation maths book as well but it's pricey. I don't want to go forking out a load of money for something that might not be any good to me.


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    muffinn
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭muffinn


    www.khanacademy.org


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    Richard Hillman
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    What math genres are you having trouble with?


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    ray giraffe
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭ray giraffe


    Maths tutor here.

    If you're looking for a good budget option, buy this book second hand for £0.29+£4.00 delivery:
    GCSE Maths Higher Level

    It's well written, got 29 chapters including all the stuff you want like trigonometry, quadratics and logs.

    Stroud's Foundation Maths is very good too, is a bit more advanced than the GCSE book.


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    Copper_pipe
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    ray giraffe wrote: »
    Maths tutor here.

    If you're looking for a good budget option, buy this book second hand for £0.29+£4.00 delivery:
    GCSE Maths Higher Level

    It's well written, got 29 chapters including all the stuff you want like trigonometry, quadratics and logs.

    Stroud's Foundation Maths is very good too, is a bit more advanced than the GCSE book.


    Would this book be suitable for the leaving cert course.? I'm having alot of trouble with trigonometry atm


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    ray giraffe
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭ray giraffe


    Copper_pipe wrote: »
    Would this book be suitable for the leaving cert course.? I'm having alot of trouble with trigonometry atm

    The GCSE book covers more than half of the Leaving Cert Higher Level maths course, yes it would help a lot with trigonometry but wouldn't cover everything.


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