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I need help, urgently. I acquired a book called: Mathematics, Its Content, Method and Meaning. Now the problems is the book doesn't provide me with any exercises. I was searching for a book that would work on fundamental skills so basic skills and then gradually progressing to more advanced skills. I really need a book that will optimize all aspects of maths skills; I seem to be very rusty, and the last time I studied maths was at GCSE, but I seem to have lost many skills -- and these skills are basic! I need to gain these skills again. And again, I want to improve every aspect that there is. I want to see every single method, too. I'll give an example: Basic Mathematics by Serge Langey. I heard the book is marred with many errors, so I am reluctant to spend my money on a "flawed gem". If I seem to be slightly nebulous, please do forgive me, as I am in a rush. Thank you, and any response is greatly appreciated.

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  • Ethan Block's Proofs and Fundamentals (http://www.amazon.com/Proofs-Fundamentals-Course-Abstract-Mathematics/dp/0817641114 ) is a good choice. You could also use https://brilliant.org/ – Miguelgondu Jul 07 '14 at 20:03
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    The hard bit of your question is to understand what kind of math level you want to achieve. GCSE seems some British school level / degree. I sure there are preparation guides for such a goal. – mvw Jul 07 '14 at 20:04
  • If you mean this book, I'm afraid that this 3-volume work (I have the original hardback 3-volume version) is way too broad in scope for anyone to usefully suggest a companion book for working on fundamental skills. – Dave L. Renfro Jul 07 '14 at 20:05
  • That book looks interesting, but amazon manages not to preview any meat. – mvw Jul 07 '14 at 20:11
  • Check these books. – user5402 Jul 07 '14 at 20:17
  • @mvw: If your comment is to the 3-volume (in its original version) English translation of a Russian work, you can find discussions about in math StackExchange here and here, among other places. There's also a review in Amer. Math. Monthly 73 (1966), pp. 913-914 (requires JSTOR access). – Dave L. Renfro Jul 07 '14 at 20:32
  • mvw, I think I need preparation and a lot of it! Starting from the basics and gradually making my path to advanced mathematics. – user158227 Jul 07 '14 at 20:50
  • metacompactness, I scanned everything, and that level is just far too easy! – user158227 Jul 07 '14 at 21:02
  • Anymore suggestions? I would really appreciate it if someone gave me a concise but meticulous answer. I just need some advice on what books to get. – user158227 Jul 08 '14 at 12:41

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Having only just finished my gcse last year this book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1446900185/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1452527349&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=gcse+maths+edexcel&dpPl=1&dpID=51TqDXPEC-L&ref=plSrch) really helped its a revison guide for all you need at gcse and it explains it all clearly and concicely. And at 3.99 at the moment its not going to break the bank, also there is another book that you can also buy with other questions in but the method is the same. Hope i helped!

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