Homeschoolers, Parents, Students: Need Help With Math? Check Out These Great Resources:

If you are looking for some great math resources to help your middle school to high school child, or simply wishing to brush up on long-forgotten math skills, here is a list of helps I have found so far:
(All have free resources, some have the option to upgrade to a paid subscription to "unlock" all content).

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/  (has some free math help on it, and some available for purchase; I included it because it has some very helpful/reader-friendly instructional help).

http://www.visualfractions.com/index.htm

http://www.thegateway.org/search/apachesolr_search/math?filters=tid%3A141

http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard  (this site not only has excellent lessons/how-to and
step by step help for math, but so many other subjects as well!)

http://patrickjmt.com/ (tutorials)

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons.aspx

http://www.mathicando.com/products (I haven't tried this one yet, appears to be free with option to upgrade for more services/apps, but read a good review on it, and this site does not support the Internet Explorer browser, only the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers).   
http://www.mathtv.com/ (tutorials)
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/MathMammoth (youtube video channel, math help).
 
http://www.cosmeo.com/ (offers some free math help, as well as option to upgrade to full access).

http://www.webmath.com/?campaign=flyout_students_webmath (an offshoot of DiscoveryEducation).

http://www.brightstorm.com/math/ (free tutorials, but some functions are for paid subscribers only)  
http://www.aaastudy.com/alg.htm#topice (up to grade 8, good for review)

http://www.hstutorials.net/ (tutorials)
 
http://www.hippocampus.org/

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/av5/multdivide.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/alg2/frace.html

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/rtnlmult2.htm

http://www.sophia.org/ (many subjects, inc math; free to join to access free content)

http://www.shmoop.com/pre-algebra/ (many other subjects as well)
 
http://www.algebra-class.com/

http://www.themathpage.com/alg/algebra.htm (grouped well into easy to reference page)
 
http://www.intmath.com/

http://algebramethods.com/  (alternative to PEMDAS method, this is the Bracket method)

http://www.mathsteacher.com.au/year9/ch02_linear/07_fractions/fractions.htm

Sites homeschooling parents might find especially useful for worksheets and reference guides:

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/index.html

http://www.theteacherscafe.com/Math/Algebra_Lessons.php

http://lovetwoteach.gotop100.com/index.php

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/introduction-to-algebra

http://www.sophia.org/ (many subjects, inc math; free to join to access free content)
 
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/

http://www.freemathtest.com/

http://www.algebra-class.com/basic-algebra.html

http://www.algebra-class.com/algebra-tools.html

http://www.algebra-class.com/algebra-formulas.html

http://www.algebra-class.com/basic-algebra-formulas.html

"Alleluia" Sung by Jotta A; This Child Has an Amazing Voice and Heart

Prepare to get goosebumps. Wow!

"Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which Are You?"

Maybe you've seen this one before, it's one of my favorites:

Grandmother says... Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which are you?"

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft.She then asked her to take an egg and break it.

After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked. "What's the point,grandmother?"

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity--boiling water--but each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her granddaughter.

"When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?

Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?

---AUTHOR UNKNOWN —

When facing adversity, remember this:
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;