What options are there for a community college student who has failed or withdrawn from Math 101 or lower classes at least 5 times?

I wasn't quite as bad at math but it was close. I have a ton of  ad lib lines about taking 3 times to get through college algebra. I grew up to be a lawyer ( and most definitely not an accountant). Khan Academy is free. It is on line so no one knows you are doing it and you go at your own pace. Here is the link. https://www.khanacademy.org/ However, the fact that you keep trying and haven't "clicked" with any teacher strongly suggests to me that you may have a learning disability. My armchair diagnosis is that it could be sequencing and decoding issues, a kind of dyslexia. My  26 year old daughter has this. There are strategies  to help you use the capabilities you do have.She graduated college. Go to the Community College counseling office and ask if you are eligible for  Learning Disability testing. You would be if you were still in high school or younger. Depending on the results, they may be able to give you a formal Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) which might get you the tutoring that Andrew Long suggests. Again, I don't know if that is available post high school.  You might also consider contacting your old high school about this to see if they are willing to help with testing. I can think of a couple of good reasons they might, assuming funding  and resources are available . Start with the junior college  first. In the meantime take other classes that are not math related

You may need to have a reason to learn math I learn new information faster when I have a practical need to use it. For example, let's say you want to take this course: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-046j-introduction-to-algorithms-sma-5503-fall-2005/ It's a very good course, except the professor will say things like "and the rest is a simple linear algebra problem". Perhaps you are interested in something more exciting: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/index.htm. That too will involve higher math. Well, for someone who is not succeeding at Math 101, that "simple linear algebra problem" will be frustrating. You will see notation like O(log n) that you will not understand. You will want to progress in the course but you will feel stifled by your lack of understanding of the underlying math. And yet you should go through the course anyway. You will see practical application of set theory, matrix computation, and other mathematical concepts that normally seem to have no practical use. Learning to express math problems as graph trees can help you with introductory level math as well. :) This will become a concrete goal - "I want to understand linear algebra to get better at electronics and algorithms". Working back from not knowing linear algebra, you will look through pre-requisites and conquer them one at a time. When you are thinking from the perspective of wanting to learn higher level math, the introductory courses will seem simple.