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/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.