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| Algebra Workbook For Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Jane Sterling
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 9447
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764584677
Dewey Decimal Number: 512
EAN: 9780764584671
ASIN: 0764584677
Publication Date: June 3, 2005
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Product Description
Problem topics can include improper numbers, grouping symbols, using proportions, rationalizing fractions, multiplying and factoring expressions, solving linear and quadratic equations, working with inequalities, and using formulas in story problems.
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 Going Back to College... September 13, 2006
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I'm 35 and studying for a COMPASS test (college entrance exam for those who never took the ACT/SAT). I failed Algebra in High School, skipped classes alot, and remembered absolutely nothing, but I have a good head for numbers and logic, so I've found myself able to understand most of the concepts in this book so far. If you have no head for numbers, or feel that you aren't good with logic problems/eyeballing math questions, then you may want to also purchase the "Algebra For Dummies", as this book only *briefly* goes into each concept.
Also, as a side note: please don't give an item a review of 1 star simply because another dealer fell through on delivery: it can mislead people who just look at the overall rating of a product. :-)
Algebra Workbook For Dummies February 25, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I purchased the Algebra for Dummies to help me in my Algebra class. Though it is a gret book and explains everything in a very easy to understand way, I felt I needed more practice with problems. This workbook did the trick!
It correlates with the first book and you can use them together to fully understand the rules and concepts. A+++
Excellent March 8, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book is a very good teacher. I'm going back to school after 20 years and this book helped prepare me for the College Placement Test.
Algebra for Dummies Workbook August 22, 2006
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have gone back to college after 20 years and need to take a College Algebra course. This workbook has been very helpful in reviewing things I went over a very long time ago and making sense out of them. I highly recommend it.
 Suitable for review or as a supplement, not as a primary learning resource November 1, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
The emphasis is on workbook, there is only the bare minimum of explanation of the concepts before you move on to the example problems and then the problems to be worked. In general the explanatory material is a few paragraphs in length. The details of how to carry out the specific operations are given in the two or three worked problems. An occasional "outlier" is also thrown in here. For example, on page 84, there is the question:
What's the state bird of Alaska?
The problems are standard for the subject matter and the solutions are presented in a step-by-step manner. The topics covered are:
*) Manipulating signed numbers
*) The manipulation laws of algebra
*) Manipulating fractions
*) Manipulating exponents
*) Manipulating radicals
*) Manipulating algebraic expressions
*) Manipulating polynomials
*) Multiplying and factoring trinomials
*) Solving linear equations
*) Solving quadratic equations
*) Solving radical equations
*) Solving inequalities
*) Working with basic geometric shapes
*) Geometric story problems
*) Linear story problems
*) Mixture story problems
*) Graphing
If you have a good grasp of algebra and need a quick review, then this book is ideal. However, if you do not know algebra, then this book is at best a supplement to your studies.
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