Math Smart, 2nd Edition: Get a Grip on Basic Math

by Marcia Lerner

Book Overview

NEVER GET CRUNCHED BY NUMBERS AGAIN. We all know math can be scary--but let's face it: you need a basic command of math to surivive in today's number-crunching world. That's why The Princeton Review... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375762167
• ISBN13: 9780375762161
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Princeton Review
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!!

If you are having trouble in math, this is the book to purchase. It goes Step by steps very easy to understand.

Math Smart, 2nd Edition ( Princeton Review Series )

I always am the best math person in the whole class. I just can't remember each formula, rule, and specific step to do so. So when we went to Border's we saw this and Math Smart 2. I picked it up and scanned some of the pages. To my amazement, they had everything I was currently doing in my school. Integers, Fractions, Decimals. I was so good I finally found books with precise facts and easy-to-understand step-by-step guide. So I showed my mom and she said she would by it. Since then, I take Math Smart everywhere I go. It a perfect reference tool for math terms and the best studying guide I have ever seen. If you have a kid at home or want to brush up on math skills yourself, this is the book. Trust me your purchase will be worth it.

The best math review for standardized tests!

I was preparing for the GRE, but I had one big problem. I had not taken a math class in 5 years. I had made it through calculus, but after a 5 year hiatus, it had all left my brain. Even the basic stuff, such as rules about exponents was out of my memory. This book takes you back to the very beginning (we're talking, "Here are the positive numbers, and the negative numbers"), and reteaches you math step-by-step in a very easy-to-understand way. It is also fun to read, as the author keeps the book interesting by using jokes and quips. This was the most helpful math review that I had (and I even took the Kaplan GRE course!). Teaches you how to solve math problems quickly by also giving tips and shortcuts. You won't regret buying this book.

Excellent review of basic math

I bought Math Smart to review all of the math that had gotten rusty from disuse in my brain. In just a couple of days, I was most of the way through the book, remembering how easy math can be.Others have complained about this book and the sequel, Math Smart II, saying that they do not cover things in very much depth. I would disagree. Math Smart is not a comprehensive math text--nor does it pretend to be. It provides quick coverage of the basics.Yes, there are a few incorrect answers to test questions. This is not a huge problem, as checking your work can ferret them out easily enough. The only negative comment that I do agree with is that there is not very good explanation of the answers to the test questions. However, this has not stopped it from being a useful and effective book. And for the price, it is hard to beat.

loved the book, it really helped me

i am an nontraditional college student who knew she would need refresher math courses after being out of school for 20 years.i paid the local bookstore a visit and spent an hour pouring overwhich 'cliffnote type'of math help book would i buy while my 13 year old kept bugging us to leave...i chose 'math smart' because the first chapter had me understanding math terms and formulas that i was never taught in high school. i could grasp the material easily and the humour made me relate the mathematical problems in real examples of math that i actually have toperform in my everyday life...something that most of us did nothave to experience while under mom and dad's roof...i was impressed because outside of the basics adding, subtracting, multiplication and division i had not one clue what 'exponent'means because i let math terrify me as a youngster...i am nolonger intimidated by the imaginary 'math dragon' and 'math smart' really helped me to decode quite a few items in my basiccollege math book that were not clear to me and i would have tohire my math instructor on a private basis to help me with a lotof the questions that 'math smart' just not only explained buthelped me to understand boosting my self esteem and zoom alongto the next math challenge...i would strongly recommend this bookas an excellent supplement/tutorial math guide for younger students as well as the young at heart like myself. make the extra effort and buy this easy to read help guide!!!!