For many of you, the first course in chemistry will be a new experience—perhaps a difficult one. To understand chemistry, you will have to work hun-dreds of problems. For many students, the mathematical side of the course mayseem more difficult than it should, leading to unnecessary frustration. Thereappear to be two main sources of this difficulty and frustration; they centeraround (I) study habits, and (2) the way you analyze a problem and proceed toits solution. The following suggestions, taken seriously from the very begin-ning, may be of great help to you. For most people, improved study habits andproblem-solving skills come only with practice and with a determined effortspread over a long time. It's worth it..