Math Tutorials
The Gator Success Center staff strives to serve the needs of students enrolled in any math course offered on the LSCO campus. Tutoring for developmental and corequisite math courses, as well as College Algebra (1314), is available on a walk-in basis. To secure the best qualified tutor for other math courses, it is best to contact us and make an appointment.
Math Study Materials Created by the Gator Success Center
Math Handouts and Study Guides
Word Problem Strategies
Helpful Links:
-- This website contains notes for Algebra, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations. You can also download worksheets.
-- This site, hosted by West Texas A&M University, offers free self-guided tutorials for beginning and intermediate algebra, college algebra, math for the sciences, and test prep for the math portions of the GRE and college placement tests.
-- This site contains tutorials covering algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, matrices, and complex variables.
-- Elizabeth Stapel's math site is a great resource for all levels of math. In addition, students can find tips on how to study and complete homework assignments.
-- Founded by MIT graduate Salman Khan, this site provides video tutorials for math students of all levels. Scroll down to find lessons in algebra, trigonometry, , precalculus, calculus, and more.
-- "Patrick", a college/university math instructor, presents videos on a vast range of math topics.
-- Notes and how-to tutorials for algebra, analytic geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, science and business math topics, as well as tips for teaching/learning math; also includes how-to's for using TI 83/84/89/92 calculators.
features video lessons that correspond to Hawkes Learning Systems math textbooks and online course offerings. Subjects include basic math, beginning and intermediate algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, business math, and more.
at explains how altering different elements of a parent function can reposition and resize the function's graph; self-checking practice problems are included. More practice with parent functions and transformations is available at .
is part of the available from . This resource includes graphs of logarithmic and sinusoidal functions.
(PDF) includes graphs and characteristics for the basic functions students encounter in college algebra and trigonometry courses, along with "graphing tips" for performing transformations.
Statistics supplements for Hawkes Learning Beginning Statistics textbook -- and .
and other math resources from .
can help you answer questions about math as well as some other topics; step-by-step solutions available with paid pro subscription only. A good resource for checking your work.
, offered by , is a collection of lessons for Calculus 1, 2, and 3. Prof. Jim Fowler's are available on YouTube.
and -- Free tutorials organized as web-books; more topics available at .
-- Dosage calculations tutorials; explanations and examples with interactive quizzes.
-- Quizzes for metric conversion, fluid dosage, tablet dosage, and IV drop rate calculations; includes "help" option and calculator.
, by James W. Brennan, is a brief overview of pre-algebra and introductory algebra topics, written in an easy-to-understand style. Download in Kindle format from Amazon.com. Read in Amazon's free or get the free for your Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC.
, Ver. [Ï€] = 3, Corrected Edition, by Carl Stitz and Jeff Zeager, covers college algebra topics and trigonometry; includes explanations, examples, and exercises with answers. PDF format.
lists links for , , , and textbooks in PDF format, as well as additional resources, such as downloadable (quizzes and Power Points) and to accompany quizzes.
, by Rupinder Sekhon, is available to use online or download (in PDF format) from . This free text is used at LSCO in MATH 1324, Math for Business, Spring 2015.
provides links to online tutorials for graphing, scientific, financial, and elementary calculators.
, including quick reference sheets, for working with algebra, geometry, statistics, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus; from .
features a number of TI Graphing Calculator Tutorials, including text and video demonstrating uses of the TI 83/84, 86, 89, & 92 models.
Download and from .
-- Resource for Texas Instruments graphing calculator community news, information, and software.
--Includes instructions for TI 82, 83, 85,86,89,92 and others.
-- from ; common calculator operations for algebra, trigonometry, statistics, and calculus.
-- Basic, simple, scientific, root, and percentage calculator.
-- A collection of online free online calculators for various purposes (statistics, 2D/3D shapes, Grade/GPA, budget, loan, mortgage, conversion, etc.). Works on computers, smart phones, and tablets. Use the to plot functions and then save and print an image of the graph.
-- Graph functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and more.
-- Scientific, graphing, programming, equations, and units calculator; register to post questions in the math forum.
-- Online graphing, scientific, matrix, and statistics calculators, similar to TI-84.
-- In the Google search box, type the word "graph" in front of a function and enter. The first result will be an interactive graph of the function. Try graph y = 3x^3 + 5x^2 - 3x + 7 .
-- A free virtual graphing calculator to install on your computer.