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 Dewey Decimal Number: 373.1262 Edition: 1 Format: Bargain Price Label: McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 576 Publication Date: December 06, 2005 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Studio: McGraw-Hill Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Very disappointingI bought this book to give my daughter an idea of what to expect in an upcoming middle school entrance exam. The book has a number of errors and poor explanations that don't make sense. For example, a vocabulary question asks for a synonym for "deftly," and gives four options including "quickly" and "skillfully." The answer key says that option D (skillfully) is correct because "to do something deftly is to do it quickly and skillfully" (p. 365). Based on that explanation, it makes no sense to ... Read More Rating: - Huge Disappointment from McGraw-HillAgree with the previous reviews. I guess my wife bought this book without reading the reviews. Could add more examples in simple math errors or not well thought of. Don't seem to be typos. McGraw-Hill's should have been more careful with this type of educational materials. Funny thing is Lawrenseville's Dean wrote a forward, apparently not knowing what he's written about or for. Rating: - Inexcusable ErrorsThis book has grotesque errors throughout, including in the practice tests. On practice test 1, section 4, problem #8, the numbers are vastly different from test to answer key. On the same practice test, same section, the answer to problem #14 is also incorrect (3 3/4 equals 15/4, not 13/4). On page 105 in the section entitled "The Arithmetic You Need to Know" Mr. Falletta explains what least common multiple is, then gives problems to complete "on your own - least common multiple", ... Read More Rating:  - McGraw-Hill's SSAT/ISEE study guideReally, it is 2.5 stars. I purchased this book for my 12 year old daughter so that I coud help her perform well on the SSAT. We found the content book organized, but there are multiple errors. Most of them are in calculation and some are in spelling. We found that there were not enough practice questions in the math section for the student (most often there are only 3-4 practice questions in the tougher sections). Also, they do not refer you to a page for answers, you have to flip pages and read ... Read More 
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