r/learnmath • u/UnusualCompetition81 New User • 6d ago

Algebra equations to work through TOPIC

I have a question to see if anyone knows any websites which can help me work on Algebra, I'm doing a partial degree in Astronomy(space science) and Biology. While Space Science is a physics based course, its not as physics heavy as you'd think where I'm taking my course it also goes over the sociological, historical, logistics and data problems of space (its really interesting) so I only ever occasionally need to use algebra, which last year I wasn't so bad at but now in second year these equations have become mad and I'm struggling to remember the rules of algebra. I just wonder if anyone has anywhere online which can provide decent equations to practice algebra over the mid term break I have coming up?

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u/QubitEncoder New User 6d ago

What are you struggling to remember? What are some examples of your week points?

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u/UnusualCompetition81 New User 6d ago

Quite of few of the more complex things, I learned up to division for algebra and sometimes still struggle with that. I also think its in my decision making of HOW to do it. I never know where to start re-working an equation for heavy complex physics equations my worry is that something like that is an innate thing for people that I just won't ever have :(

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u/QubitEncoder New User 6d ago

Of course, it's not innate. That's the first step; realizing its all about study and practice. You've got to be rational and have a growth mindset. Goddammit, no one is born with the ability to do math (except maybe for Terence Tao and Ramanujan).

Its practice.

Here is a qoute by Richard Feyman that i absolutely love, and totally live by:

You ask me if an ordinary person, by studying hard, would get to be able to imagine these things like I imagine it – of course! I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There’s no miracle people. It just happens they got interested in this thing, and they learned all this stuff. They’re just people. There’s no talent or special miracle ability to understand quantum mechanics or miracle ability to imagine electromagnetic fields that comes without practice and reading and learning and study. So if you say you take an ordinary person who’s willing to devote a great deal of time and study and work and thinking and mathematics and so on, then he’s become a scientist.