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The Grim State of Textbook Writing!

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Ever opened a math textbook and doubted your math skills because you can’t reach the answer you’re supposed to get? Some questions may seem so convoluted that you might not even want to read the whole thing? Don’t know how to help your kids learn in the simple ways you did? Well rest assured, there’s nothing wrong with you and no, math has not gotten harder since your time!

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Tips -> Math -> Trigonometry

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You might remember SOHCAHTOA from your early trig days at school. SOHCAHTOA is a mnemonic device for remembering the definitions of the basic trig functions in terms of the sides of a right triangle.

We found it was really confusing for a lot of our students to remember the opposite and adjacent, and more often than not, it would just lead to more confusion.

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Links -> Math at Math.com -> All-in-one

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Anyone’s who’s struggling with math should definitely check out Math.com.

The website will help you with every last bit of math using tutorials so you can try your hand at practice questions for elementary math all the way to advanced trigonometry and financial calculations. It’s math help for all ages — check it out.