Guides · 29 written
Where to start, what order, and how to make it stick.
Written for people rebuilding maths, not for people who never lost it. Pick the one that matches your situation. Every guide ends somewhere on the map.
01 · Five guides
Start here
If you are not sure what you are looking for, one of these three answers most first questions. Read one, not all six.
02 · Five guides
Exams and placement
You have a date and a syllabus. These start from the target and work backwards.
Maths placement test prepWhat college placement tests really check, and how to revise for the parts that decide your level.GED maths: where to startThe GED maths sections in plain terms, and the arithmetic they quietly assume.GCSE maths resit guideWhy a resit fails for the same reason the first attempt did, and how to break that.Ready for A-level maths?The specific GCSE topics A-level leans on hardest, and how to test yourself on them.SAT math when you're behindWhere to spend limited weeks when the gap sits below the test itself.
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03 · Nineteen guides
Methods and alternatives
How to study, what to study with, and why the last three attempts did not stick.
Spaced repetition for mathsWhy flashcard timing works differently when every idea rests on another.Active recall, explainedThe one habit that separates rereading from actually learning.Learning how to learnThe research on memory and practice, minus the productivity folklore.Learning maths with ADHDShorter sessions, clearer next steps, and why open-ended syllabuses hurt.How to study mathsPractice that builds understanding rather than pattern matching.How to study for a testA last-four-weeks plan that does not depend on cramming.How to learn proofsReading, writing and getting unstuck when there is no formula to apply.Is Khan Academy enough?What it does well, and the two gaps most adult learners hit.Khan Academy: what order?A sequence through the courses when you are not following a school year.Math Academy alternativeAn honest comparison of the options for structured, adaptive maths.A Duolingo for maths?Why streaks alone do not carry a subject built out of prerequisites.Khan Academy alternativeA great free library; an honest look at the structure it leaves to you.IXL alternativePractice without the score cliff: what the SmartScore complaints reveal.ALEKS alternativeThe same adaptive science, without knowledge checks that delete progress.Brilliant alternativeFrom beautiful puzzles to durable maths: insight versus arrival.Photomath alternativeThe camera solves tonight's homework; here is what builds the ability.Kumon alternativeDaily practice without the worksheet war, for children and adults alike.Mathnasium alternativeThe assessment and the plan, unbundled from the monthly membership.Sparx Maths alternativeSchool-only means locked out; a serious option you can sign up for yourself.
Reading is not the same as knowing where you are.
A guide tells you the order. The map tells you your place in it, then keeps only the steps you are missing.