Here's an alternative suggestion: try to find a set of the 4 books of the OU's MST124 Essential Mathematics 1 [1]. You'll probably pay more for them than a typi

Here's an alternative suggestion: try to find a set of the 4 books of the OU's MST124 Essential Mathematics 1 [1]. You'll probably pay more for them than a typical teach-yourself-math type book, but it's well worth it. They will take you from basic algebra right up to calculus, with a little linear algebra thrown in, and they're extremely well written. You will have no gaps in your foundation with this approach - all the tricky stuff from basic algebra like negative/fractional exponents, simplifying square roots etc. will become very clear. [1] http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst124 http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/modules/mst124?