Why another (free) Math Web Site?
First and foremost, I created this site for the fun of it. Yes, Mathematics is
fun for me, in fact, it is relaxing to me.
The more information on Mathematics, (and it should all be free)the more available it is to
everyone. A single perspective does not fit all; we all, after all, learn
in our own ways.
My goal is to cover all of Mathematics from Kindergarten through
High School. The topic pages can be used as lesson presentations.
Even though this site is targeted for the home schoolers, it has been use as a reference for
students through college. If I help only one person than I've achieved my goals.
The topic guide is derived from all state
standards. This quickly got in the way of writing the pages themselves.
At some point I will link the standards to pages in this site.
I want the topics to be accessible to parents of home schoolers.
This site is free. It should also be a resource to math teachers
and their students in all school districts. My references are various high school texts, college texts, and
various mathematics history books, as well as myself.
For the homeschooler: the Saxon Mathematics series
are the best texts I've seen in the last 51 years when it comes to
an incremental approach to learning Mathematics. I cannot
speak enough how great this series is. The approach taken in
this series is the same approach I used when I was an officer in the
Nuclear Navy teaching Mathematics at the Naval Nuclear Power School,
and it worked. Saxon has a cool website too.
There is material on k12math.com that you would be hard pressed
finding anywhere else. The advanced section in the Conic Sections
topic contains derivations of conic section equations, in particular,
the vertex equation that describes all of them in terms of eccentricity. There's more to
conic sections than what meets the eyes and that's not taught in
any classroom at any level.
In all sections that require algebra, I made sure EVERY step is
shown along with a short explanation for each step. If you want to
know how to do a problem, this site will explain every detail to you.
Unfortunately, there will be errors on this site, as I have no reviewer to check my work.
But I do take great pains to ensure accuracy. Any mistake can have a
disastrous effect. I routinely work through a page 5 or more times over
5 or more days to verify every step prior to posting it.
So who am I? Well many years ago I received a BS in Applied
Mathematics, taught for the Navy as mentioned earlier, left the
Navy and received a MS in Computer Science. At that point I
worked for the mining industry, a telecom company, a satellite provider and
I managed to teach a few years at a state college. I currently work
for a middeware (software) provider for satellite and cable
providers. Having said all this, my first love is Mathematics,
and as I stated earlier, if I can help just one person with this site it has been worthwhile.
Every page should have a Topic Index link in the upper left corner and at the bottom of
the page. Use this link to navigate to the topic of interest to you.
One last thing, I apologize for the google ads and for the rather
terse appearance of the pages. For the first, the ads pay for the site,
and for the second I have plans to improve the appearance.
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