Here are some suggestions for learning math. This is a subject that is best learned by repetition and practice.  I’ve organized the websites in roughly the order of their usefulness and quality.

From a Disqua discussion board, Myles recomments PatrickJMT.  His tutorials are incredibly detailed.  He does occasionally make mistakes which he corrects fairly quickly.  I can’t tell if that’s intentional or if he hasn’t figured out how to edit video.  In either case, if you’re looking for step-by-step instructions covering basic algebra through calculus, give him a try.

A former student (thanks, Karen!) pointed me to IXL (http://uk.ixl.com/) which has hundreds of online interactive exercises.  Immediately moved to the top of this list. (Added December 17, 2012.)

Pearson Higher Education offers MyPearsonLab (http://pearsonmylabandmastering.com/) for math, economics, business, and various science courses.  Unfortunately, the site is designed to be used with (what else?) Pearson textbooks. I use MyLab with several of my economics courses and have been impressed.  But the structure of the site requires that an instructor create a course and students register for the course. I’m exploring other options to see if there’s anything I can do to work around this situation.  The problems are very interactive with detailed, guided solutions and good feedback.  Downside: a few answers are wrong.  Another downside: it’s not free.  But there is a 17 day free trial option.

AnalyzeMath (http://www.analyzemath.com/) isn’t very interactive, but it includes hundreds of problems with detailed solutions.  You’ll need quite a bit of paper and a few pencils for this one.

Similarly, Interactive Mathematics (http://www.intmath.com/) has hundreds of problems with extremely detailed solutions.  Not very interactive, but complete, detailed, and free.

PBS (http://www.pbs.org/teachers/) has a series of teaching activities, some of which are pretty good.  But you’ll have to search through those that are not so good.

Learning Keys (http://www.learningkeys.com/index.jsp) is fairly simple, but it’s speedy and can be fun.  Lets you play with a problem type until you get bored.  And it’s free.

Teaching Treasures (http://www.teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/Maths_more.html) is an Australian website.  The material is all over the place.  But on the linked page you’ll find “Improve your algebra,” a set of drills in real time.  Highly recommended.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html) is really pretty good, but you have to hunt.  For example, if you select Algebra, you’ll have to scroll to the bottom of a long page to see material for grades 9-12.  Once you’re there, some of the exercises are useful, but not all of them.

ExploreLearning (http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm) uses “gizmos” to let you manipulate graphs.  The gizmos require Adobe Shockwave which you’ll probably have to install.  Beware: Shockwave will try to install Google Chrome and make it your default browser.  Easy to use, but limited educational value.

The Math Forum at Drexel University (http://mathforum.org).  You can sign up for a free trial, but I’m not crazy about the pedagogical technique.  Not enough “show me how to solve this problem.” Instead you get verbal hints.

Wolfram Demonstrations (http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/) is a little advanced. You’ll need to download the Wolfram Mathematica Player (free) to work with these examples.  It’s a plugin for web browsers.  But the site isn’t that useful because it doesn’t walk you through the solutions.

Texas Instruments (http://education.ti.com/calculators/products/US/home/) offers downloadable course material that teaches various math concepts.  Unfortunately, it looks like you must purchase their TN-spire software which costs less than $50 for students.  (I’m a cheapskate and generally don’t bother with sites that don’t offer a free trial.  If there’s one available from TI, I couldn’t find it easily.)

The Khan Academy (http://www.khanacademy.org/). Frankly, I’m not a big fan of Khan.  I find it has too many lectures and not enough practice with feedback.  But you can’t beat the price: zero.

Wolfram MathWorld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/) is a collection of readings and references about mathematical topics.  It may be useful if you need a definition, but probably will not help much at learning how to do math.  At least it’s available for free.

A good source for additional resources is Homeschool Math (http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/interactive_math_sites.php).  Scroll to the bottom of the page for a table with links to various topics and methods.