I just DON'T get math at all, and it's really bumming me out?

Question

My grades are straight Bs and As for the first time during highschool (I'm a junior) w/ the exception of my Algebra II class. I'll be lucky if I manage out a D. And it just really depresses me, because everyone else seems to understand everything perfectly and I'll understand everything for a class or two, and then it jumps to another topic and - BAM! I'm completely and utterly lost, and fail whatever test we had on it. For example, we're doing solving quadratic functions by factoring at the moment, and I understood it when he did it the first time.. but then he introduced 'special factoring patterns' and bam, I'm lost yet again.
So I'm done with throwing my pity party, here's the actual question:

|: Is there a site online where you can take math tests in these topics/be taught in it? Because the only way my teacher's gonna be able to help me is if I stay after school, and due to other situations I just can't.

Answer 1

Go early to school then, most teachers are there in the morning. Or lunch (gasp! work during lunch?! HERESY!)



Read your math book, that's what it's there for, not just for finding your homework problems. Most math books do a pretty good job showing each problem step-by-step.



There are plenty of sample questions in your math book, there should be a quiz section at the end of every chapter.

Answer 2

To be honest, the best way to learn math is to just do questions out of the textbook (assuming you have a textbook). Also, make sure you read whatever chapters the teacher is covering, since that might give you a better explanation, plus you can always read it again if you find it confusing the first time.



If you try to learn off of an online site, you'll probably find it even more frustrating, as the material covered in your class might not perfectly match up with anything you can find online.



But here's a site if you're interested (it's got a ton of stuff on it actually):

http://www.mathpages.com/home/ialgebra.htm



Otherwise, you could always try asking questions here on Y!A.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Seriously try out youtube. I'm in calculus I and I use that as well to prepare for tests. It's very helpful. Also, www.mathtv.com is a very good site too. There's others like midnight tutor but you can find out all about them on youtube. :-)