Forgotten Algebra: A Self-Teaching Refresher Course

If you are studying for: * SAT * GED * Math placement tests or you need to brush-up on your algebra for work (or because you never understood it in the first place!), I HIGHLY recommend this book. If you are sitting there right now thinking to yourself "...if I don't learn this stuff now I'm in a world of hurt...", and looking for the right learning tool out of desparation, buy this book. Good stuff, highly recommended!

Because of the unorthodox education I received, I have always had a lot of problems with math. Thanks to this book and Forgotten Calculus I was able to go from a background of only 2 years of HS math over 25 years ago and an elementary algebra class taken in college over 10 years ago and parlay that into a B in a Business Calculus class in only one semester!! Granted I had to work VERY VERY hard to do this, but I even managed to come pretty close to making an A. Bleau's books also teach you how to use a TI-83, a valuable skill and something I couldn't figure out how to do with a TI manual at all. I reviewed and bought a lot of other math books and none of them were anywhere near as good as these two. The only other books I'd recommend are Schaum's for extra practice problems.

I was looking for a mental challenge and found this book and bought it without looking at any reviews. I have to say that it's been a joy to go through and I look forward to it every evening. I used to be quite good in math, and I'm pleased to realize that I haven't forgotten as much as I had thought. The clear style and to-the-point examples are making it easy to get back up to speed. I particularly like the wide margins and area to work out the problems. I did find the rare error, but it didn't bother me a bit - they can be easily fixed in a new version. I am looking forward to calculus now. :)

I have been dreading taking a college math class for years because I felt I had never learned algebra, and what I had learned, I'd long since forgotten. This book has undone years of fear! I've been working in the book for about a week and a half, and I'm almost a third of the way through. I feel very confident now because this stuff is acutally makes sense! Thank you, Barbara Lee Bleau!

I'd been out of school for twenty years. I was ready to drop my algebra class, fearing I'd forgotten too much and would never be able to keep up. This book cleared up every problem I was having. I've recomended it to two other students and both have improved their grades. I've just ordered Forgotten Calculus to help prepare me for my next step in math.