I gave it three stars because I don’t know if it was my daughter or the book. My daughter struggled so terribly with this book. I did notice that my daughter’s math skills were weak, so we switched to Saxon and Singapore Math. She does Saxon in the mornings and we do Singapore together in the afternoons. She is now doing wonderful in math. Keys to… series also helped her out quite a bit.
If you have a child that struggles with this, know that there are better materials out there for them.
This book is a comprehensive algebra 1 course despite the implications of the words “Book 1″ in its title. You can use it for self-instruction, because the answers to the odd-numbered problems are given at the back of the book — and there are lots of problems. It is also a great source of supplementary material for students who are taking algebra 1 in school. Supplementary material is necessary because most algebra 1 courses these days are “dumbed down.” The District of Columbia Public Schools, for example, uses a book (ISBN 0618250182) that has been stripped of traditional problems that show students the power of algebra — “work problems,” “mixture problems,” “age problems” and so on. And it has been stripped of difficult problems in all of the topics that remain. The book under review here covers the traditional topics and has difficult problems in all topics. The book would be good for a differentiated course, because the problems in each section are grouped into three levels of difficulty, labeled A, B and C.
– Jeff Schmidt, Washington, D.C. (e-mail: jeffschmidt at alumni.uci.edu)
At the time I was looking for an algebra book to go back and show me the fundamentals. This book so far is covering what I was looking for and much more. It has good examples so you can understand each of the problems that it shows. I didn’t want to pay for a brand new book so that is why I bought a used book, this one was in good shape for used. So always read the description carefully to make sure you don’t get a badly used book.
This textbook arrived quickly and in like-new shape. Now my son has a lighter backpack and always has his textbook when he sits down to complete his homework.
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I gave it three stars because I don’t know if it was my daughter or the book. My daughter struggled so terribly with this book. I did notice that my daughter’s math skills were weak, so we switched to Saxon and Singapore Math. She does Saxon in the mornings and we do Singapore together in the afternoons. She is now doing wonderful in math. Keys to… series also helped her out quite a bit.
If you have a child that struggles with this, know that there are better materials out there for them.
This book is a comprehensive algebra 1 course despite the implications of the words “Book 1″ in its title. You can use it for self-instruction, because the answers to the odd-numbered problems are given at the back of the book — and there are lots of problems. It is also a great source of supplementary material for students who are taking algebra 1 in school. Supplementary material is necessary because most algebra 1 courses these days are “dumbed down.” The District of Columbia Public Schools, for example, uses a book (ISBN 0618250182) that has been stripped of traditional problems that show students the power of algebra — “work problems,” “mixture problems,” “age problems” and so on. And it has been stripped of difficult problems in all of the topics that remain. The book under review here covers the traditional topics and has difficult problems in all topics. The book would be good for a differentiated course, because the problems in each section are grouped into three levels of difficulty, labeled A, B and C.
– Jeff Schmidt, Washington, D.C. (e-mail: jeffschmidt at alumni.uci.edu)
At the time I was looking for an algebra book to go back and show me the fundamentals. This book so far is covering what I was looking for and much more. It has good examples so you can understand each of the problems that it shows. I didn’t want to pay for a brand new book so that is why I bought a used book, this one was in good shape for used. So always read the description carefully to make sure you don’t get a badly used book.
This textbook arrived quickly and in like-new shape. Now my son has a lighter backpack and always has his textbook when he sits down to complete his homework.
No marks that I have found yet. All pages seem to be there. Cover is good. In fact, it hardly looks used.