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 Logic chapters 1 to 5  re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer,  in  Volume 1A,  Pattern Based Reason, Bon Appetite.

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Logic mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic mastery  leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension.  Logic mastery  improves reading and writing.  Logic mastery ease learning difficulties.  Logic mastery gives a headstart.  In sum, logic mastery  will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing, and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.


After logic  (a) continue reading Three Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14  and do so alongside site area on solving liinear2007 Equations ; or (b) see this calculus starter lesson and Volume 3, Why Slopes  & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;

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For online automated help in senior high school maths & calculus, visit  quickmath.com  For Automatic Calculus and Algebra Help with derivatives, integrals, graphs, linear equations, matrix algebra, visit calc101.com  With  overlap, each site quickmath & calc101offers a different range of services, some free, some not, all based on webmathematica. Good luck.

 

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The first five steps below  offer a solid base for high school mathematics. The order can be changed.  

Work a with friend or tutor to make your learning easier or more social.  

  1. Three Skills For Algebra (Chapters 1 to 14) & two postscripts What is a VariableIndirect Reason. Chapters 1 to 5 on logic may improve learning abilities in all subject, and lead to precision reading and writing. The postscript on Indirect Reason may be postponed. In Chapter 14, look for the difference between arithmetic and algebraic solutions. These chapters 1 to 14 give a  wordy introduction to logic and algebra. Do only the first arithmetic review problems in Chapter 7. 
  2. Solving Linear Equations with Stick Diagrams  If you have a tutor or teacher to help, I would put step 2 first. Chapter 15 in Three Skills for Algebra   should be read along side this step. The hope here  is that   Solving Linear Equations with Stick Diagrams will strengthen fractions sense and abilities. Work with another or with help if need-be. 

     (Hours:  Stick diagrams 4½, Working without Sticks 1½, Systems in essentially one variable 1½, Triangular systems 1½)

      Success in calculus requires fraction sense.   The hope here is that Solving Linear Equations with Stick Diagrams will lead you to understand fractions - what they are and how to work with them.  If not, you will need to learn  or recall how to efficiently add, efficiently and efficient divide fractions by hand.   The Arithmetic Videos (50+ in Realplayer format) may be viewed and Exercises on  Mostly Fractions (answers given) will also test  and  may develop fraction know-how.   More lessons, not needed we hope, appear the site area  Fractions, Ratios, Rates, Proportions and Units   

      Time:  4 more hours

      A Prerequisite for Arithmetic with Fractions: If you do not instantly recall the sums and products of all pairs of whole numbers from 1 to 10 or 12, you will need to learn.  Using your head or a calculator, fill-in the 10 or 12 times tables and the similar 10 or 12 sums table, and do so a few times until you can. These exercises can be done when you have pencil and paper available,  some spare time (waiting for someone or for a course to begin). The skill here is a must and it is quickly acquired.

  3. In Three Skills For Algebra  See two short chapters 16 and 17 for painless theorem proving and a simple algebraic-geometric proof of the Pythagoras theorem. 

  4. Leave this site, and explore the purple math algebra modules  to meet examples and more examples.  Then come back for the further steps below.  There are many examples. Look through the development or examples of fractions. 
  5. Do not let these Mathematics Education Perils harm your studies.
  6. Euclidean-Geometry  - Geometry before coordinates. See the application of implication rules in mathematics. Meet coordinate free trigonometry.  
  7. Analytic Geometry & Functions. See how order pairs service as coordinates,   may be used to locate points in the plane,  meet coordinate based trigonometry and meet the ordered pair (set) view of functions and calculation rules. The development of complex numbers here is optional. This site area covers most of what you need  and provides a solid base for the rest - may complete explanations found elsewhere. 

    Go to the Kyrgyz-Turkish High Schools Mathematics Pages (advanced material) for extra help or examples.  
  8. Do the remaining arithmetic review problems with hints of algebra in the chapter 7 of the online  book Three Skills for Algebra. Could be started before or during the previous step. 
  9. The site  calculus introduction starts with a geometric and algebraic preview of calculus. 

    The previews are for reading during digressions from step 7 for rest and motivation. The first may be studied as soon as you master  slopes to straight lines . The second requires that you can recognize a factored polynomial.  The two previews, do not worry if all is not understood, may provide a context  for slopes, polynomials and rational functions while developing and motivating algebraic thinking skills.

The logical development in steps  1 to 7, its consequences and connections are needed at full strength in calculus. 

 

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