Free Online Math Help from Pre-K to Grad School

   Virtual Math Tutor

Web Pages

From nursery to grad school, 

the Web helps users learn math.

Evelyn Smith

Masters in Library Science, University of North Texas, 2012

Revised February 2, 2014

For Teachers & Parents Only

Church, Ellen Booth.   (2013). The Math in music movement.  Early Childhood Today.  Teachers.   Scholastic.  Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/math-music-movement

Church suggests some musical ways for pre-k through 2nd-grade children to strengthen their math skills.

Kimball, Miles & Smith, Noah. (201, October 27).  There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t.  Quartz.  Retrieved from http://qz.com/139453/theres-one-key-difference-between-kids-who-excel-at-math-and-those-who-dont/

Hard work, preparation, and self-confidence differentiate students who excel at math at the elementary, secondary, and university levels.

Perles, Carrie. (2013).  Math music games. eHow Mom.  Demand Media, Inc. http://www.ehow.com/list_6640468_math-music-games.html

Activities using music and musical concepts can help elementary and middle school students understand fractions, multiplication, and pre-algebra.

Free Math Teaching Web Sites

The following Math-teaching Web sites give users lots of ways to hone their math skills:

Coolmath.com.  (2013).  Retrieved from http://coolmath.com/

Website contains math lessons and math practice, a math dictionary, and geometry/ trigonometry definitions.  Math for ages 13 to 100 provides drill and practice for pre-algebra, algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, and geometry.

Coolmath4kids.com.  (2013).  Retrieved from http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Games and lessons drill elementary and middle school students on almost everything they need to know about math: lessons, practices, geometry/art, scratch addition, addition, subtraction, long division, times tables, fractions, decimals, math flash cards, and pre-algebra.

Free math help.  (2013).  Retrieved from http://www.freemathhelp.com/

Site promises free help with algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and sports math.  It also features an interactive problem solver that provides help with basic mathematics, pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, and statistics.

 Khan Academy.  (2013).  Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org

Although Khan Academy also provides online instruction in the sciences and the humanities, users wanting to learn or brush up on mathematical concepts will find it particularly helpful.  They can browse a video library for help geared to match the common core curriculum for math in grades 3 to 8 as well as view videos on math concepts in arithmetic and pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and pre-calculus, calculus, probability and statistics, differential equations, linear algebra, recreational math, and test preparations and then apply their knowledge as they advance through interactive challenges.

Kids math games. (2013).  Retrieved from http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/

Resources link learners to games teaching exponents, numbers, and geometry as well as math facts, worksheets, video quizzes, logic games, Sudoku, board games, memory, puzzles, and brain training exercises.

Math basics.  (2013).  Goodwill Community Foundation.  LearnFree.org. Retrieved from http://www.gcflearnfree.org/math

Users can review addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, percent, fractions, and money.  They can also hone their Microsoft and Google Excel skills as well as review how to count money and pills.

Math.com. (2005).  Retrieved from http://www.math.com/students/practice.html

Hot topics encompass fractions, decimals, integers, exponents, inequalities, percent, and square roots.  Students can practice solving problems Online in basic math, everyday math, pre-alegebra, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.  The Web site also provides printed worksheets for grades one to six, algebra, and geometry.

Math drill. (2007).  Retrieved from http://mathdrill.com/index.php3

Sign up free for 120 levels of instruction in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, pre-algebra, pre-calculus, calculus.  Users learn math problems in direct and analytical words problem formats while receiving step-by-step instructions.

Popovici, Doina.  (2012).  Math—play.com.  Retrieved from http://www.math-play.com/

Math-play is a free online math game Web site for elementary and middle school students, listing games by grade level and game type.

Sheppards software.  Math. (2010).  Retrieved from http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

Website provides instruction and practice for the following skill sets: early math (K-2), basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), mixed operations, time, place value, money, measuring, fractions, decimals, algebra, and geometry.

Stapel, Elizabeth.  (2013).   Purple math.   Retrieved from http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm

Although Purple Math Plus provides a tutor, the site provides lots of free links explaining mathematical concepts as well as free learning forums staffed by volunteers.

Webmath.com. (2013).  Discovery Education.  Retrieved from http://www.webmath.com/

Search engine generator helps students with specific math concepts.

Open University Online

http://space.mit.edu/universe-or-brain-where-does-math-originate

The following Web sites let students virtually audit courses in mathematics Online.   Although the students actually enrolled in these courses receive credit for them, attending Online without paying any fees only imparts this knowledge without the hefty tuition fees. Thus, everyone can achieve the virtual equivalent of an Ivy League education:

Edx.  (2014).  Retrieved from https://www.edx.org/

MIT, Harvard, University of California--Berkeley, and the University of Texas—Austin are among the top universities that offer free-of-charge online courses, many of which issue certificates of completion. Although offerings are more than a little heavy on the math and computer science side, recent courses also address current social issues, economics, critical thinking skills, and health care.  Users can select either by school or topic.

Mathematics.  (2013).  MIT Open Courseware. Retrieved from http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/index.htm

Users have their pick from both undergraduate and graduate level course work from the  Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  including video lectures, lecture notes, assignments and solutions, and exams and solutions.  They can also access online study groups. All of which makes it easier to preview a math course or obtain additional help outside a university or college math lab.

750 free online courses from top universities. (2013).  Open Courses.  Retrieved from http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

To find the university-level Online course in math, scroll down to the sciences.  Harvard University, the University of California-Berkeley, New York University, Ohio State, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, and Princeton are among the unversities offering online courses free-of-charge.  Besides brushing up on math skills,  the online user can sit in on a virtual French class or a course on medieval history.