Elementary Algebra for Schools

by Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight

A fundamental book on Elementary Algebra in Mathematics for school students. Even after a century, this book is an unparalleled and worldwide acceptable book on Elementary Algebra in Mathematics for school students. It creates the backbone of a student in Mathematics. This book mainly consists of 36 chapters on elementary algebra. The special feature of this version of the book is that answers of the practice examples at the end of an article is given immediately after those examples.
This book is suitable for Schools and different Entrance Examinations like SAT, etc. This book helps to the reader to solve any kind of problems on Algebra as discussed in this book.

Genres: Mathematics

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1885

About the author

1848-1934

Reviews

[^ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maths really is all about practice, practice, and more practice. Unlike modern UK mathematical secondary school text books, Hall & Knight give that really deep intensive practice which is the precursor to that light bulb of mathematical literacy lighting up. Just because we benefit from incredible electronic computing power today, it doesn’t follow that we shouldn’t learn about logarithms (and slide-rules). Algebra is fun – that is once the brain is trained to it! It’s also a very good mental exercise habit throughout life; the saying “Use It Or Lose It” doesn’t apply solely to completing crosswords! This book really is ideal for both getting into and easing back into good algebraic habits.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific book, but the coverage of some topics is unsatisfactory and feels more like excerpts from this book’s sequel, Higher Algebra, rather than fully developed chapters in their own right. Probably not H.S. Hall’s fault, though, as I was reading one of the later editions, with a coauthor claiming improvements and additions. It was still way better than modern textbooks.