Guillaume Lawrence: excellent
Canada on Jun 14, 2019
Amazon Customer: Its good just not what I personally expected it to be!
India on Feb 12, 2019
ritesh: Very good
India on Nov 06, 2018
JPW: An excellent book.
United Kingdom on Sep 09, 2015
Hana: Bought this book for my younger brothers after purchasing his Calculus book. It saved my life and my grade and is doing the same for my brothers! Highly, highly recommend buying this book for students in high school and then purchasing the Calculus book for high school and first year university Calculus.
Canada on Jan 30, 2015
Tamara B: Wow, just wow. I can't recommend this book enough
A few months ago, I decided to go back to school (specifically for a master's program) and started looking for a text that could help me review all of the algebra I'd forgotten (in preparation for reviewing all the calculus I'd forgotten).
I was basically looking for something that A) would give me a broad understanding of all of the important Algebra topics I need to know and B) wouldn't baby me or throw too much at me in one go. While there are plenty of online and offline resources to help understand specific topics and areas of Algebra, nothing has been quite right (either the explanations focus too much on explaining the simple stuff, doesn't explain enough of the basics or doesn't cover enough topics). The Humongous Book of Algebra problems, however, has been absolutely perfect for what I need.
There are basically two reasons why I absolutely love this book.
First, format of the book. This book is written in a basic Q and A format where a question is asked and Kelly answer it both on a technical and theoretical level (ie, what you do to the numbers to get the answer and why it works that way). Each...
United States on Aug 07, 2012
Tim: I found this to be the absolute best algebra book I have ever used. I am actually giving it 4.5 stars. The reason being, although it is phenomenal, there are some errors and I just can't justify a full 5 stars to a math book with errors (more on this later).
I'll throw out my math background and why I bought this book. I've taken Algebra I (high school), Algebra II (high school), Algebra w/Trig (high school), pre-calculus (high school), Intermediate College Algebra, College Trig, and College Algebra. The 3 college classes were over 10 years ago. Absolutely nothing has given me the clarity that this book provided (with the caveat that I'm older and more serious about the subject now). I am going back to school and taking College Algebra and Trig again soon so I bought this book as a refresher.
The style of the book (the notes, witty comments, and hints) are great and the fact that he goes through all of the steps and explains them really made the concepts hit home for me. I hit this book at a clip of 3 hours per day and was able to get through the entire thing between 2/27/12 and 3/11/12 (with one day sort of off where I only worked for 46 minutes - yeah I did...
United States on Mar 12, 2012
david: I bought several books on Algebra (here on Amazon) in an attempt to Not fail Algebra again. This book is by far the best one - if you know ZERO about Algebra - this is the book you want.
I never had Algebra as a kid in grade school or high school and didn't have Algebra in the mid 70's in College. Now I go back to college and now have to have Algebra 1. WOW! What a learning curve!
But this book starts you from the very beginning, tells you all that you will need to pass Algebra and puts it in an easy to understand language that even a dummy like myself can learn with.
I can't speak for anyone who needs just a refresher cause I am not that person.
I got one that is about 1/2 inch thick, nice looking book, but it is made for someone that already knows something about algebra (all junk math).
Get this, it is supposed to be some new wonderful math - right? so how come it uses everything that you use in general math and you use general Math to get the answer - so what is so great about Algebra?
Once I figured out something about what they wanted (in school), I used normal math and got the same answer that they use Algebra for - showed the...
United States on Oct 16, 2011
| The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems by W. Michael Kelley | Essential Calculus Skills Workbook with Step-by-Step Solutions for Mastery | Unlock the Secrets of the Universe: Discover the Power of Calculus with Infinite Powers | |
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| Sale off | $4 OFF | $5 OFF | |
| Total Reviews | 4 reviews | 52 reviews | 73 reviews |
| Paperback | 576 pages | ||
| ISBN-10 | 1592577229 | ||
| Item Weight | 2.34 pounds | ||
| 382 | 382 | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-1592577224 | ||
| Dimensions | 8.38 x 1.2 x 10.81 inches | ||
| Trigonometry (Books) | Trigonometry | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #35 in Trigonometry #87 in Mathematics Reference #452 in Probability & Statistics | #3 in Mathematics Study & Teaching #4 in Calculus #52 in Education Workbooks | #10 in Calculus #27 in Expeditions & Discoveries World History #31 in Applied Mathematics |
| Publisher | DK; Reissue edition | ||
| Probability & Statistics (Books) | Probability & Statistics | ||
| Mathematics Reference (Books) | Mathematics Reference | ||
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Unfortunately : it has not much practice examples !
We needed practice and examples for different algebra problems.
But if you need to understand Algebra 1 and 2 this is your book!
United States on May 18, 2021