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Reviews (5)

Good but better ones out there!
This book, I must say, is very good companion for any high school or middle school students who want to master the subject. But the most useful problem or resource book that I have ever read in English is
Very Happy
I purchased this book to makea quick review of Math and help my son. I am so happy that I will buy the entire collection from elementary Algebra to Calculus includingDifferencial equations, Geometry and Trigonometry. Great help for those who need a solid foundation in Math. You can't go wrong with Schaum's Outline.

Satisfied for my current level, but...
while I agree with what everyone above has said, Ill add that the series of Schaum's have helped me tremendously. IF you have a basic understanding of the concepts and need reviewing, then this might be for you.. however as a newbie, I cannot recommend a book that is consistently filled with errors. Everything said above by other reviewers is correct; compact, easy to carry, lightweight, concise, to the point, tons of problems... they simply leave out that there are page after page, in some spurts, many errors. I am at about pre-calculus level, have used Schaums Outline of Arithmetic, this book here, and purchased their Outline of Precalculus edition awhile ago. Im strictly using these books for reviewing and their inaccuracy concerns me.. for example, when I arrive at the Calc level or higher where Im probably not going to be sure of what Im doing and I need something cheap, fast, full with problems and accurate.. I don't think I will be using Schaums as I don't want to be mislead with incorrect worked out problems. For review, if you have some experience, YES use these books - definately; you can work fast and the information is packed and it's cheap! If you have no clue about the subject at hand, don't buy them. I am for Schaums technique and presentation, but their accuracy must improve... I guess that the saying holds true, 'you get what you pay for'. ... Read more

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Reviews (3)

Clear, uncluttered, step by step progressions
I am delighted to use this excellent, thin (77 page) algebra text with my son.I have been homeschooling my five children beginning in 1993.After dragging through Saxon Algebra with my two daughters, I was weary of the cluttered, text-rich format that covered way too much material. In about a month and a half, we will have covered this book completely. I look forward to receiving Algebra Book 2.
For BOTH parents, teachers, and homeschoolers
This series is designed for anybody who works with students in upper grades.
Excellent book
This series starts with the ultimate in basics and moves rapidly, in a well ordered fashion, to the essence of Algebraic concepts. The book takes what you learned in Arithmatic and shows you how it applies to upper Mathematics.The explainations are clear and precise with no fluff. We used it when my daughter was struggling with the conceptual jump from Arithmatic to Mathematics.The book leaves no gaps or guess work.When she was through with the exercises in book 1 she tested into the upper half of Algebra 1. I highly recommend it for any student. Forget the expensive, boring, repetitive, & typically hated curriculums. We did follow it with the second book which is equally as well done. ... Read more

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Reviews (3)

Another pathetic college algebra book
The marketing machine for Stewart's books is working wonders, but the books aren't. Too many colleges and universities are duped into adopting these books while students and conscious instructors exploit minimal benefit from them, specially in the problem sets, which are quite poor.

Discover algebra
We use this book by Stewart, Redlin and Watson for our College Algebra class, one of the two bridge classes between intermediate algebra and the college-level calculus course (the other bridge course is trigonometry).The first chapter is a review of key concepts (one that I've found almost every algebra book tends to cover, regardless of level).Real numbers, algebraic expressions, exponents, radicals, and factoring are reintroduced to students in ways that will carry through the rest of the text.Depending upon the sequencing of study, this section can be glossed over fairly quickly.However, the student would be well served to see the Discovery Project in this section, which shows an interesting graphic/visual way of seeing how equations operate.
Don't like this book
I had this book in my college algebra class, and non of the students liked it.It didn't explain things well enough to enable you to do the chapter problems.The teacher explain everything in class using her own notes and only used the book for us to practice the math problems.If anyone missed a day of class, they were in trouble because they missed the teachers notes, which was the only way to understand the problems in the book.I hope the school stops using this book. I'm sure there are other better college algebra books out there. ... Read more

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Reviews (3)

Worst Math Book I've Encountarded
This book is not user friendly and does not provide many solid examples.Some of the problems that they give in the section work are not solveable from the examples provided.
Easy way to learn
I'm using this book for review and like it very much.The presentation is simple and thorough, the examples are clear, and there are plenty of problems to solve (with solutions for odd-numbered problems).It incorporates using a graphing calculator into the instruction, and some problems ask you to use the graphing calculator to solve them. Get the solutions manual
This book does not have many examples to learn from and what they do havedo not make it clear on how to procede with working out the equation. Istrongly suggest that you buy the solutions manual for this book if you areable to locate it. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Algebra - Elementary    2. Determinants    3. Differential Equations    4. Equations, Theory of    5. Forms, Binary    6. Group theory    7. Mathematics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Mathematics / Differential Equations   

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Reviews (4)

Algebra - the Basics
A great book, second one in this series, by Debra Anne Ross. I can't believe that the author is not a mathematician but a Chemical Engineer. As I was familiar with the first one in this series, `the Basic Math and Pre Algebra', there wasn't any doubt whether to buy this or not. My purpose was to brush up my math after 22 years.This is neither a text book nor a replacement for it. If all you want is to brush up or learn the basics or a reference, this is the book for you. For more practice, finish this and get a text book; you will get a better picture.Written in a very simple and clear language and it is not just a collection of formulas or definitions or equations. I recommend

Table of Contents
Table of Contents for the second book in the Master Math series,Algebra Learn algebra in leaps instead of baby steps.
In "Master Math: Algebra," Debra Anne Ross teachesalgebraic techniques without breaking concepts into tiny pieces and assigning an excess of practice problems.This book will be useful for people who are more able than the average, people who can learn from the printed word, systematic thinkers and those who learned algrbra easily and need to recoup their knowledge.I am using it to teach a gifted nine-year-old.Since traditional textbooks are aimed at a fairly slow learner, we would have to do several lessons each day using a traditional text.Using "Master Math: Algebra," we study one page each day, covering a new idea completely ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Algebra - Elementary    2. Mathematics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Teaching Methods & Materials - General