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I'm attempting to self-learn algebra/trig from the ground up and looking for good resources that will help.

Currently my goal is to learn enough to be able to take:

• MIT OCW Sing Var Calc
• MIT OCW Mathematics for CS
• Linear Algebra

I'm currently going through some of the material on Khan Academy but not sure if their content is sufficient for the above goal/an overkill

Essentially I am looking for a good route/content with links to resources that I can follow. Any help would be appreciated.

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I would recommend looking at - it hosts hundreds of courses, some of them at the high school level.

One that seems like what you're looking for is Introduction to Algebra, which says it covers a standard curriculum in high school Algebra I. It is self-paced, so you can jump in any time you want.

After completing that, you may also find the following helpful to aid in the transition to MIT's calculus course:

• Discovery Precalculus: A Creative and Connected Approach from University of Texas at Austin starts September 1
• Pre-university Calculus from Delft University starts today, July 14
• AP Calculus Review from Davidson Next is self-paced starting July 21 (so you can start any time after that)

And by the way, MIT has its single-variable calculus course on edx:

• Part 1 - Differentiation

• Part 2 - Integration

• Part 3 - Coordinate Systems and Infinite Series

Hope this helps!

Edit: Based on your comment below, I'm adding this Introduction to Geometry course to the list, as it may be helpful to take between algebra and pre-calculus.

I have not taken any of these courses so I can't tell you how "complete" this path would be, it's possible some of the trigonometry will fall through the cracks. I would imagine after taking the algebra and geometry courses you would have a good feel for whether you're ready for pre-calculus.

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you might want to try out When I was a tutor, I used this website with some of my students and they seemed to benefit from it a lot. It covers skills from pre-kindergarden through precalculus.

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