Exam Preparation

These online calculators can help you check your answers for many common algebra problems. Just type in an equation to solve, an expression to simplify, a polynomial to factor, or a quadratic to complete the square, and the automated calculator does the rest. Not only is the answer provided, step-by-step instructions are also generated for your individual problem. It's an excellent tool to check your steps when completing textbook problems and are only given an answer. Now you can figure out exactly where your arithmetic faltered.

Just remember, no calculators are permitted during ABCTE's exams.

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.

They have 800+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations which have been recorded by Salman Khan.

This resource comes highly recommended from ABCTE's Math forum: http://www.abcte.org/forum/2926/.

At the time this resource list was written, there were over 110 links on this site, each leading to an accurate, friendly, and rigorous discussion of math topics, ranging from elementary topics like fractions all the way to complex matrix operations such as Gauss-Jordan elimination.

SparkNotes Math Study Guides cover a wide range of math topics, detail steps for solving problems and equations, and include practice problems.

Straighterline is an online school that provides courses for college credit. Introductory Algebra takes the learner through topics that teach the basics of algebra. Real-life scenarios students can relate to are used to teach difficult concepts and topics. After a pre-algebra review, this course focuses on the basics of algebra and includes math vocabulary and notation, operations with numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, and quadratic equations. Students also learn to read and interpret graphs. Each course comes with live, online tutoring to help the student with any difficulties they might have.

Straighterline offers an online Pre Calculus course that provides a working knowledge of precalculus and its applications. It begins with a review of algebraic operations. Emphasis is on solving and graphing equations that involve linear, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students learn to graph trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions and learn to use the family of trigonometric identities. Other topics include conic sections, arithmetic and geometric sequences, and systems of equations.

This site is run by a professor at Manhattan Community College in New York and includes lessons on: Skill in Arithmetic, Plane Geometry, Skill in Algebra, Topics in Trigonometry, Topics in Precalculus and Topics in Calculus.