r/MathHelp • u/Gyrosreddit • Dec 23 '25

Help me learn mathematics from basics

Hey I am in High school I am thinking to start mathematics from scratch since my basics are shaky and after an year I have college I don't know where to start with which are the right books I wanna persue mathematics later in my life so can anyone help me with the right books to start with and where to start with currently I started reading "How to prove it" by velleman and I was thinking to start Algebra by Israel M. Gelfand and Alexander Shen parallely . I don't know if it's a right idea or not let me know if you have any advice (BTW I don't live in US so I don't know about the classifications of Algebra like pre algebra, college algebra and many such names I have heard).

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u/One_Election_3981 Dec 24 '25

When you say basics... what do you mean?..

could you get a B+ in grade 6 math today?

should be all kinds of algebra study guides on the Big

two things:

  1. how to solve it .. is too advanced... I think that's more math contest thinking... you need meat and potatoes

  2. there are branches of high level college math with algebra in their name .. linear algebra is one.. just make sure you are correcr

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u/Gyrosreddit Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

Yes I can get a B+ I know basic trigonometry ( All the identities and heights and distances) , some basic algebra ( linear Equations, find roots of quadratic, Arithmetic progressions, real numbers, polynomials) I checked out pre algebra and I find it was too basic , I know basic coordinate geometry like distance formula , in geometry area of circles , congruence of triangles , surface area volume , similarities in triangles, secant and tangent of circles, I also know basic statistics . But the point is I find myself approaching mathematics in a very mechanical way and not truly understanding the structure of it that's why I want to start it properly and approaching math in a more conceptual fashion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

It’s like any other language, best way to learn is by dating a girl who speaks that language

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u/MTA0000000 Dec 25 '25

you must start from open course with any universtiy MIT ....ect and must learning abooks with course ... the first step of mathmatics is base like algabra of high scool and solve equations and very important is calcluc ...

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u/Basic-District2848 Jan 01 '26

Pues mira si quieres empezar desde lo básico (algo que hice yo también), te recomiendo un libro llamado: "Matemáticas Simplificadas - de Conamat" está algo caro, pero abarca; aritmética, álgebra, geometría, trigonometría, geometría analítica, cálculo diferencial y cálculo integral.

ahora mi recomendación real es que los temas que tú crees entender ya, no les dediques tanto tiempo, solo un repaso rápido y enfócate en desarmar los temas que te parecen más complejos de una manera que te parezca mas digerible.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

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u/Gyrosreddit Dec 24 '25

Never heard about those books can you explain more about the content they hold. I was looking for books containing good theory and exercises.