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Quick Algebra Review: A Self-Teaching Guide, Second Edition

Quick Algebra Review: A Self-Teaching Guide, Second EditionAuthors: Peter H. Selby, Steve Slavin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
Sales Rank: 125883

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Revised & enlarged
Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6

ISBN: 0471578436
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.9
EAN: 9780471578437
ASIN: 0471578436

Publication Date: February 8, 1993
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Product Description
The fastest, easiest way to brush up on your algebra! Quick Algebra Review Need to hone your algebra skills? This bestselling review course in intermediate algebra gives you all the concepts, procedures, and problem-solving methods you need to succeed.
  • Each chapter begins with an easy-to-use chart that zeroes in on your problem areas. Now you can avoid wasting hours rehashing familiar concepts.
  • Every key algebraic concept is covered thoroughly—including positive and negative numbers, fractions, rational numbers, factoring, linear equations, quadratic equations, and word problems.
  • Hundreds of questions, answers, review problems, and quizzes help you to test your progress every step of the way.
Now updated and revised to be even more relevant and accessible than ever, Quick Algebra Review is packed with practical examples drawn from real-life situations. Cover Design: Donald Munson



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5 out of 5 stars It did the trick. . .   December 15, 2000
jeanfranklin (Bradenton, FL USA)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful

I am returning to college and wanted to place as high as possible in the required series of math classes. Bascially, I wanted to skip all the pre-algebra and beginning aglebra classes and test into College Algebra. I knew I knew this stuff, but I haven't had a math class in 20 years. So I got this book, did all the reviews and exercises from cover to cover, and, amazingly, it all came back to me. It took me about 6 weeks, a few nights a week, to get through it. I took the placement test at the college and got placed into the class I hoped for - I begin College Algebra next quarter. It would never have been possible without this book (and my hard work studying everything it offered). If you are returning to school and need an algebra refresher, this is an excellent one.


5 out of 5 stars Fantastic book with great format   January 22, 1999
merak@email.com (Denver, Colorado)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

This book amazed me. It had been five years since I took Algebra in high school. I took a college entrance exam and only qualified for Gen Math. Then I bought this book, and zipped through it in a month. Afterwards I took the entrance exam again and qualified for College Trig!


5 out of 5 stars Algebra Review   May 26, 2001
Lolita N. (St. Louis, MO United States)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful

I had to take the GMAT in order to get into business school. Although I had a good foundation in Algebra, I hadn't used or studied it in over 20 years. I had to re-learn Algebra and practice those horrid word problems. "Quick Algebra Review" was fantastic. I was amazed at how much I had forgotten and at how fast it came back. It wasn't easy though; I put in some long study hours and it paid off. If you have to re-learn algebra, then this is the book for you.


5 out of 5 stars The Best Algebra Review Around   May 7, 2005
jbx2usa (MI, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I returned to school after 7 years to attempt a Masters Degree. I needed to take Calculus and I didn't want to start over at Math. I tried a lot of books on Precalculus and Algebra to get up-to-date before moving to Calculus study guides. This one was the best out of all of them. I ended up using it throughout the Calculus class each time I needed to review key algebraic concepts.


5 out of 5 stars Quick Algebra Review   November 22, 1999
Ing. Ralph Hauke Moran
13 out of 18 found this review helpful

Another of Mr. Peter H. Selby's fine book. Communicating is an art within him which few have. Modern technology as we experience it today, reveals to many of us who are senior professionals not only how much we have fallen behind in the math sciences, but how much knowledge of the past has faded from us.It is depressing to us to realize this.

Thanks in great part to Mr. Selby, we are able to review and recover so much with such ease as never before in life. He takes you through difficult concepts with such ease. His style and method turns you into an addiction on the subject.I highly recommend his books to those who "cannot understand concepts".

Electronic calculators have turned us into non-computable brains, and we are ignorant in the knowledge of many basics. He steers us through so many "mysteries" in math with such pleasure and ease.

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