These books are great! I originally got the AOPS Prealgebra book for ...
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These books are great!  I originally got the AOPS Prealgebra book for my son and he just couldn't get motivated enough to go through it himself.  I then got the Beast Academy 3 series and he loved it!  I had to give him the books one set at a time, otherwise, he'd rip through the comics and would have had a hard time coming back to do all the practice books.  I also found the problems in BA more to be like puzzles than pure math problems (at least for kids).  I'd highly recommend this!
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LOVE them.  We got the paperback set and are thrilled.  We home school and needed some math reading.  These books were perfect and even my 3 year old enjoys being read the triangle and circle books.  They cover a variety of concepts so you can use the books from age 3 through age 10 including: add, subtract, multiply, divide, 2D shapes like trapezoids and equilateral triangles, sets, measuring length, fractions, time, even and odd numbers, etc.  I was rather impressed at how simple the books made the concepts especially given how some of these concepts are often left to high school (like geometry class for example).  Bravo for making these silly yet full of learning math books that actually make a child want to read math - my son is very reluctant to do math time but he loves these books.  We are going to buy the Word Fun box set as well on punctuation and parts of speech.
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This is a supplement to "Precalculus 5th edition" by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards (search for 0618052852 on amazon.com; see my review and clarifications there). Both books were published in 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. It has incredible resource site [...] I have no affiliation with the publisher. From the pull-down Precalculus window on that site Select Title "Precalculus 5/e Larson/Hostetler ((c)2001)".
You'll be very pleased by what you find there. What's also impressive about these "Precalculus 5/e" and "Solution Guide" is that they are a part of the big learning/teaching package, which includes really cool Interactive CD-ROM (search for 0618072764) among other things.
"Solution Guide" gives solutions to odd-numbered excersizes and to all Chapter Practice Tests and to Chapter and Cumulative Tests.
If you seriously want to ace Precalculus - get this set.
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This is the 2nd math book I've purchased by Danica McKellar for my middle school aged daughter.  She loves both and has found them quite helpful.  Kiss My Math explains pre-allgebra in a way my daughter can understand. The formulas are explained in a way girls find interesting and entertaining as well as applicable.  My daughter attends a parochial school and takes her book several times a week.  Several of her friends have ordered Kiss My Math after seeing hers.  I highly recommend Ms McKellar's books and plan to order the algebra book next year.
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Great books!  My twelve year old son, who has not traditionally been a "read for fun" kid, has been devouring these books!  He willingly reads these books without me having to threaten, wheedle, plead, and beg.  He loves these.  He then tells me about the adventures the main characters are having, which makes me feel happy.  I love that he's talking about things that he's passionate about.  They are very exciting and fun.  The maps are really cool, and I love that they talk about various places in history and describe them in a way that is accessible to kids.

The seller was great, making this a definite repeat buy!  The book arrived very quickly, in awesome shape, and no nonsense.  I recommend this seller.
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I have a number of these books. These in particular are the 2018 3rd grade Multiple Choice and Free Response books. I ordered these for my granddaughter. Even though she just entered second, she is advanced and these books help to challenge her. In addition to public school I home school on weekends and holidays. These books are a great help.

The books come with an online video explanation resources. You will have to register. It also has assessments and answer keys.
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I am taking an abgebra class and the school wanted $170 for this book.  I found this website and got the same brand new book for under $40.00.  The best part was that I had ordered it late and was worried that I would not have it in time for class.  To my delight it came early!!  I would recommend this company and I will be using them for the rest of my school career!!
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My kids have loved all the Scholastic Success workbooks, for both math and language arts. I'm a homeschool mom living outside of the United States and when the language arts homeschool curriculum I purchased for my 3rd grader wasn't working, I was so happy I had randomly purchased the Scholastic Success serious for Language Arts. I stopped using the expensive curriculum and have been using these workbooks with great "success"! I am now purchasing all they have for 4th grade and for 2nd grade! These are great workbooks that can help supplement or reinforce what a child is learning.
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This will be my second time using this book for semi-homeschooling. The first time, my oldest daughter used this book with the online class offered by the publisher, Veritas Press. It was a wonderful experience - both the class and the book! The book is so well laid out. Each day the student completes a "session" with clear instructions and varied assignments. One day the student might read assigned pages in the text or literature then answer several questions about the reading. Another assignment will be to write a short essay. Another assignment might be to read relevant Biblical verses and compare to the literature. The worldview topics and general requirement to analyze the material is excellent.

Veritas Press' approach is Calvinistic (predestination and salvation through works + grace). We are not Calvinist, but this was not a problem at all! In fact, it prompted some really great discussions around these issues. Even in the online class, the instructor gave my daughter an A on her paper around these topics because her reasoning was logical and backed up with scripture. I appreciated the teacher's integrity.

I will confess, I sold the textbook assuming that my younger daughter would not like such a deeply intellectual curriculum, so didn't save it for her. Last year her UMS (University Model School) used Omnibus IV and it was a huge success for her too! Again, the layout of these books is so clear and well organized that it's not at all overwhelming, even for a less academic student. I had to rebuy Omnibus II for her to use this year and we're looking forward to reading the literature again: Beowolf, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Macbeth, Midsummer Nights Dream, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, Merry Adventure of Robin Hood and more! The Middle Ages is such a fun time period for literature.

One thing that may be confusing for new users of this curriculum, is the Primary Literature versus the Secondary Literature section. The Primary and Secondary books are intended to be used concurrently. The Primary books are for a History credit and the Secondary books are for the English Lit credit. When used concurrently, they are generally tied together by a theme. So for instance, when using Omnibus IV, students read The Illiad for history and Death on the Nile for English, which both have a travel/adventure theme and you can discuss greek mythology versus egyptian mythology. The books are broken up into very manageable assignments, so it's not too much work for two classes and Veritas Press recommends giving a third credit for Bible if you complete the entire textbook.

As for non-protestants using this book (ie: Catholics) it would be possible with parental involvement to discuss your family's beliefs. I don't recall seeing anything negative or derogatory about other faiths (like you see in Baptist curriculum which shall remain nameless). The literature is so great it would be a great basis for any Christian family's History and Literature coursework.
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I have got all the lecture series on MathCounts and AMC-8 (three volumes) and AMC-10/12 ( four volumes plus two additional volumes of problem books).
 These textbooks provide the most comprehensive foundation to both MathCounts and AMCs. I think  being great Mathletes has given a great insight to authors about these challenging math competitions in US.
 In their work they provide coaches who want to start a competition prep program with a great curriculum;a curriculum that has not left a single topic out untouched when it comes to both MathCounts and AMCs.
 And students who prepare for the contest will find this work very valuable because these series include thousands of math problems many of which are just from the past contests.
 I used AMC lectures for my AMC-10 class and my students seemed very interested in solving these challenging problems.
 The number of sample examples and exercises at the end of each chapter is more than enough to grasp each aspect of the chapters dealt with.
 I would definitely recommend these textbooks by these authors to students and coaches who want success in MathCounts and AMC-8/10/12
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I was fortunate enough to use these books during school years
1997-1999.  They blend drill, skill and practice as never
before or since, not even the Scott-Foresman books come close.
In comparison to the Glencoe series that I must use in my
classroom now, your books are fantastic!  The only problem
is that I cannot find enough of them.
Help!
Thank you.
Diane White
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Amazing book! I HATED math in high school! When I found myself going to college at 35, the entrance exam with all the algebraic problems was all French to me...I took the Pre-Algebra prep course at the college but found the textbook to be overwhelmingly confusing. This book cured all that. The For Dummies series is one of the best inventions since the wheel and this volume helped me pass Pre-Algebra as well as showing me that math can actually be a better experience than going to the dentist.
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This book has a practice book that is also cheap but not low quality. My daughter finished all the three courses in only one year mostly by herself. The three courses are basically the prealgebra for middle school students. There are some overlap between two consecutive books. You can choose to skip the last two or three chapters. But it is fine to do all of the problems if kids have the promotion to make it perfect.
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My son is about to start Kindergarden. My Son LOVES< LOVES> LOVES these books.  It was a gift from his great aunt who is a teacher.  The box says kids will want (and be able)to read the books to you and everybody else they know.  Boy is that right!  Anyone who comes to the house, and a few people we go visit, have to hear my son read - and he really reads them himself!  What a great confidence booster for his first year of school.  Very highly recommended.  Actually, the reason I came to Amazon.com today was to buy the other sets!
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I love these books!  They are written by a physician and I feel they are so different from your typical boring textbooks.  She really talks about things you want to know!  These are very different!  The only con is that they are very different, so I cannot find a correlating excerpt for every week of our school year.  There are three (circulatory, respiratory, and nervous system) systems covered in the 3 Books, so I am not sure it can be considered all-inclusive anatomy.  That said, I really think they are good enough for 5 stars!
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HORIZONS IS MY FAVE! Just know that since there are so many opportunities for a child to repeat an exercise, and there is a BOOK 1 AND BOOK 2 to get through in a school year, you might end up skipping a few things here and there if you wanna get to the end of both books. STILL- my favorite Math Book for homeschooling by far. It's colorful, detailed and doesnt miss a beat!
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Book came as promised. These math books (Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X Algebra and Girls Get Curves) all by Danica McKellar are fabulous! My daughter is in pre-algebra, and she opened the book to right where she is in class (equations and inequalities) and Danica helped clarify things for her. I had lent my copy of this book (Kiss My Math) and didn't get it back, so I had to buy a replacement copy. I used these books in my college Algebra and Geometry classes (I'm studying to be an elementary school teacher) and Danica came through every time. She uses real life scenarios to explain how people would use math concepts in real life. You will not be disappointed in any of these books.