The Math and Stats Center

Videos and Help Links

These links are provided for your information from all over the web. Use them at your own risk.

Register for WebAssign

Watch a short, helpful video created by a GVSU professor!

WebAssign Tips

Download this short pdf with some helpful WebAssign tips.

Print your own graph paper

Customizable Rectangular Grid Graph Paper

Polar Graph Paper

I just want a plain piece of graph paper.

Study Skills for College

Understanding Mathematics

Self-Paced Tutoring

From the Michigan Community College Association. Includes pre-algebra, algebra, trig, calculus, statistics, study skills, and more.

Science and Math Resources from College Board

YouTube: Proving Trig Identities

The Philosophy of Proving Trig Identities

Why you shouldn't work both sides to prove an identity.
Download my simplified version of the discussion.

YouTube: Solving Triangles with Law of Sines

Build your own quadrant

Make your own angle-measuring device so you can compute the heights of trees, tall buildings, etc.

Practice Tests from University of Missouri-Columbia

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Math World

Higher level resources.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

A nice collection of online manipulatives that education majors should find useful.
MTH 097 and 110 students and instructors may also find helpful things.

Collection of Online Calculators

An interesting collection of calculators covering agriculture, aviation, gambling, music, clocks, nutrition, currency, and more.

Khan Academy

This site has links to their 1200+ YouTube videos covering a multitude of academic subjects.

Why isn't there a Nobel Prize in Mathematics?

You may have heard a famous anecdote about this. Is it true?