General

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Improve your basic numeracy and mental math:

• Exercises in Math Readiness (from University of Saskatchewan)
• MathsNet Mental Tests (software for Windows)

TI calculator guide books:

• TI-83 guide book
• TI-84 guide book

General Knowledge

• The Greek alphabet

Software

Geometry Software:

• GeoGebra -- completely free, and very powerful, try the "Web Start" if you don't want to download it
• Poly -- a very nice piece of software to explore polyhedra (shareware)

Other Software:

• Mathematica Player -- this free player allows you to play the demonstrations

Math 9

Transformations unit
Take a look at the following dynamic pages to aid your understanding:

• Translations
• Reflections
• Rotations
• Dilations
  

Math 10

Math 10 Outline

Homework Outline

Detailed solutions to homework questions and TI-83 programs can be found on the LFA Website.

Download old Provincial Exams for practice.

Formula Sheet for Principles of Math 10 Provincial Exam

Math 11

Math 11 Outline

Homework Outline

Detailed solutions to homework questions and TI-83 programs can be found on the LFA Website.

Learn to Program Your TI-83

• Quadratic Formula
• Simplify Radicals

Quadratic Functions unit
Take a look at the following dynamic pages to aid your understanding:

• Quadratic Function in standard form
  
• Quadratic Function after completing the square
• Quadratic Function in factored form
• The Inverse of a Quadratic Function

Polynomial, Reciprocal and Rational Functions unit

• Polynomial and Reciprocal functions
• Rational functions

NEW: Chapter 3 Worksheet and solutions

Answers to the first part of the Geometry Package (not quite 100%, but most of them)
Answers to the second part of the Geometry Package

Geometry demonstrations
Take a look at the following dynamic pages to aid your understanding:

• Experiments 1-4
• Experiment 5
• Experiment 6
• Experiment 7
• Cyclic quadrilaterals
• Tangents and inscribed angles

Very strong students in Math 11 or below may wish to explore the PIMS Problems. In Dr. Adler's words "these are generally not easy", but will be very rewarding to the diligent student.

Calculus

M.I.T. Open Courseware

MathChallengers

• MathChallengers Home Page
• Take a look at all the questions from past MathChallengers contests

Math Contests

• The University of Waterloo -- download past math contests for practice
• The American Mathematics Competition
• Math League Contest
• Abacus Contest -- for elementary school students

Vocabulary

I find that people who are good at math often have excellent vocabularies. Subscribe to the "word of the day" from these two dictionary sites to improve your vocabulary:

• Merriam Webster Word of the Day
• Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Fun

• Edwin A. Abbott's novel "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions"
• What things would look like in 2-dimensions -- very interesting
• Parametric Equation exploration -- have fun exploring a parametric equation
• Petals Around the Rose -- become a 'Potentate of the Rose'
• M.C. Escher -- explore the art of the Dutch graphic designer
• How good is your visual number sense?

TED videos

• Arthur Benjamin - Mathemagic

YouTube videos

• Large Hadron Rap
• Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)