Abstract. The article examines the goals and tasks of teaching mathematics in general secondary schools, modern methods, and current problems and shortcomings. Studying the history of the development of the teaching methodology of mathematics. Also, the article describes different ways of thinking about learning mathematics, and shows ways to ensure literacy in the person of the document reader. At the same time, the history of the production of the methodology of teaching mathematics, the current level of education, the regular education of all students in the basics of science, the improvement of knowledge acquisition, the basic academic-scientific and general cultural knowledge of the national and considering universal values as the basis for the formation of the profession, moral and moral qualities, was analyzed and seen comprehensively as a result of its unique provision.