Prealgebra

by Elayn Martin-Gay

Elayn Martin-Gay firmly believes that every student can succeed, and her developmental math textbooks and video resources are motivated by this belief. Prealgebra, Sixth Edition was written to help readers effectively make the transition from arithmetic to algebra. The new edition offers new resources like the Student Organizer (available separately) and now includes Student Resources in the back of the book to help students on their quest for success.

Genres: School

888 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Lia · Rating 3 out of 5]

My teacher taught some things better than the book's sometimes more complicated way of doing things, but the book was more clear and thorough about formulas and vocabulary. I learned a little better and was more clear about what was going on from the book. If I studied from the book before the class where she was introducing a section, I did much better. I'm confident enough after this to try an online class for Elementary Algebra.

The little disc symbol used in the book was misleading, though. I thought it would work the occasional problem that is marked with a disc on the CD-ROM disc, but it doesn't work that way. The video just works an example problem for the section. This made me open the disc packaging, deciding I wouldn't resell the textbook because I wanted that specific help, but it wasn't what was actually in there. I felt that was deceptive or at least unclear in a way that will hurt low-income students. [My edition is a spiral-bound edition specifically for my school, so the rather large spiral binding makes NOT tearing pages as you use it nearly impossible, anyway.] It's probably better to see a tutor than to open the disc, if you want to resell the book.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were a lot of errors in the answer key for a textbook. They should check those.