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 - DON'T BUY THIS!!!!!I concur with most of what has been written. This book is awful. I'm taking the GRE and wanted to review material that I haven't used in many years. The abundance of exercises impressed me and so I purchased the book. There are so many errors that the publisher should be embarrassed to be associated with it. Even worse, while the writer obviously knows his math, he is completely lacking in teaching skills. He often begins with unnecessarily convoluted explanations that will only intimidate readers who haven't used this material in a while. The Kaplan book has been much more helpful. TAKE THIS BOOK OFF THE MARKET! Rating: - Ugh, sick that I spent money on thisAs everyone else has said, the book is chock full of errors. Almost to the point one wonders if anyone took the time to edit. STAY AWAY!!!!! Rating:  - It's not too badYes, it is true, this book has many simple errors. However, the great number of practice examples offered in this book makes up for many of the simple errors. Plus, most of the errors in this book should not fool even the most deficient of math students. I believe that those planning to take the gre or gmat should not put of buying this book. Rating: - This book is riddled with errors - I recommend to stay away.I am preparing for my GMAT and needed a basic math and algebra review book. It has been at least 12 years for me without using any of these skills and I thought this book may fit with my studying, however, when I started working problems and trying to compare my answers to the solutions I was finding they were not even close at times. I started to work back from his answers and found and extreme number of errors in this book. I cannot believe no one proof-read this material before releasing it to publishing. I am amazed that the author would want his name printed on the front of this book as the quality of work in this text would put most people to shame. If you need a basic GMAT math review look elsewhere. I am considering writing to the publisher and requesting a refund for the cost of this horribly incorrect text. Rating: - So many errors...I have to say that on a basic level this book definitely refreshed basic math skills that I had forgotten. However, the errors prevalent through the book made me doubt myself greatly. I liked how the lessons were structured so I could get a step-by-step course, but again, after so many errors, it was hard to determine what I was getting correct in the end. If I'd have known earlier and had more time to get a new book, I would have. Do more research than I did and save yourself the worry and doubt, along with whatever money you'd planned to waste on this book. In association with Amazon.com | |