Forgotten Algebra: A Self-Teaching Refresher Course

by Barbara Lee Bleau

Book Overview

This updated book is a self-teaching brush-up course for students who need more math background before taking calculus, or who are preparing for a standardized exam such as the GRE or GMAT. Set up as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812019423
• ISBN13: 9780812019421
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

If you need your algebra back like yesterday....

If you are studying for: * SAT * GED * Math placement tests or you need to brush-up on your algebra for work (or because you never understood it in the first place!), I HIGHLY recommend this book. If you are sitting there right now thinking to yourself "...if I don't learn this stuff now I'm in a world of hurt...", and looking for the right learning tool out of desparation, buy this book. Good stuff, highly recommended!

saved the life of a mathematically challenged student

Because of the unorthodox education I received, I have always had a lot of problems with math. Thanks to this book and Forgotten Calculus I was able to go from a background of only 2 years of HS math over 25 years ago and an elementary algebra class taken in college over 10 years ago and parlay that into a B in a Business Calculus class in only one semester!! Granted I had to work VERY VERY hard to do this, but I even managed to come pretty close to making an A. Bleau's books also teach you how to use a TI-83, a valuable skill and something I couldn't figure out how to do with a TI manual at all. I reviewed and bought a lot of other math books and none of them were anywhere near as good as these two. The only other books I'd recommend are Schaum's for extra practice problems.

This makes math fun again

I was looking for a mental challenge and found this book and bought it without looking at any reviews. I have to say that it's been a joy to go through and I look forward to it every evening. I used to be quite good in math, and I'm pleased to realize that I haven't forgotten as much as I had thought. The clear style and to-the-point examples are making it easy to get back up to speed. I particularly like the wide margins and area to work out the problems. I did find the rare error, but it didn't bother me a bit - they can be easily fixed in a new version. I am looking forward to calculus now. :)

I'm not afraid of algebra anymore!

I have been dreading taking a college math class for years because I felt I had never learned algebra, and what I had learned, I'd long since forgotten. This book has undone years of fear! I've been working in the book for about a week and a half, and I'm almost a third of the way through. I feel very confident now because this stuff is acutally makes sense! Thank you, Barbara Lee Bleau!

This book helped me ace my college algebra coarse.

I'd been out of school for twenty years. I was ready to drop my algebra class, fearing I'd forgotten too much and would never be able to keep up. This book cleared up every problem I was having. I've recomended it to two other students and both have improved their grades. I've just ordered Forgotten Calculus to help prepare me for my next step in math.