Bad at Math

I'm interested in relativity and have been a lurker here for some
years. Bought "Spacetime Physics" and tried to read and understand
it, but I am mathematically challenged. I cannot do the math at the
end of each chapter. The last math I took was high school algebra
(hated it) and only managed to pass because I sat next to a smart kid
and I cheated off him.

I've heard that relativity isn't much more that college math, is that
true?

I was a surveyor and taught myself Trigonometry but I just get nowhere
with relativity.

So, what I need is to start from scratch and study math. Could
someone give me a starting point and a progression of study. I do
not want to go to classes. I guess a beginner's course in algebra
might be a starting place but I don't know. What ever the starting
point might be I would appreciate telling me what it is and what
follows.

Thanks in advance

Richard Thomas
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