Review for the CLEP General Mathematics Examination

by Michael O'Donnell

Book Overview

Complete review for the CLEP Mathematics Examination. Earn up to 6 credits when yor go to college. This book is an updated edition of our popular CLEP Mathematics book. A new section covers how to get... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560300000
• ISBN13: 9781560300007
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Comex Systems, Incorporated

Customer Reviews

CLEP Prep Companion Material

Excellent companion material to the official CLEP guide. Dteailed explainations to practice problems - written in "mini" text book format covering the subject matter and not only test questions.

A real lifesaver!

I just passed my College Mathematics CLEP test and I owe it all to this study guide. I'm not kidding; at this point I feel like composing epic love poetry to the greatness that is the Review for the CLEP General Mathematics Examination! I originally bought the official study guide from the CLEP organization, but that was useless other than to show me just how lacking my math skills were. It was essentially a practice test with no instructional material. This guide, however, shows you exactly how to solve each kind of problem in a straightforward manner. It doesn't just show you the right answers; it tells you why they are the right answers and shows you how to get there. I spent roughly 2 hours each weeknight studying this guide, and my college mathematics skills went from almost nonexistent to CLEP-worthy in about a month. Without this guide, I would have had to waste a lot more time and money attending classes. With it (and some serious studying), I was able to knock out 6 credits in one shot. Unless you're coming straight out of high school and excelled in algebra, this study guide is a must-have for preparing for the College Mathematics CLEP test. You'll probably never use your newfound mathematics knowledge ever again, but I suppose that's beside the point! NOTE: I would have given this guide a 5-star rating, but there was one area of the CLEP test that it completely overlooked. It made no mention of basic geometry, and there were a handful of questions on the test that required knowledge of geometric formulas.

Great Study Guide

I recently used this book to study for the College Mathematics test- since a college math course was all I needed to receive my associate's degree. I took the test on April 12th and was able to pass with no problem. Should have bought this book a long time ago. The best part of the book was the review for probability and combination problems since I did see a lot of those on the test.

It works.

I suck at math. It may be a fear or genuine problem, I don't know. I got this study guide so I could get the 6 math credits I needed to graduate college. I read and studied everything in this book cover to cover 3 times and I took every test in this book 3 times as well. I used this book as sole preparation for my CLEP test. I beat this book to death and probably spent 30 hours reading or testing myself. I couldn't afford to fail since I had to get the 6 credits and my other options were algebra or business math... which were likely just as difficult. I passed the CLEP test with flying colors. Much room to spare. To be honest, HARDLY ANY of the questions matched what I read, in fact, they were INCREDIBLY different and I was scared... but this book gave me the basic logic I needed to solve the problems. Get the book, read it and study it exhaustively and you'll pass. Get the book, spend a couple hours on it, and you'll fail... unless you already know all kinds of math.

SOOO HAPPY!! I passed!!!!

I have been out of Math classes for quite sometime. The only thing standing between me and my BS Degree was the Clep College Mathematics test. I bought this book and I was very thankful I did. Not only did it cover all the areas on my test, it gave me practice problems with answers and explanation of how they got to that answer. It was a very helpful book and I highly recommend it. Use this book combined with the Online Clep practice tests and you should have no problem passing the test.