Prealgebra: Marvin L. Bittinger, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, David J. Ellenbogen, Community College of Ver

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The book was brand new, came right on time, and exactly what i ordered. Thanks.

This book has been a life-saver during my first year of teaching. Here's my basic summary of its myriad virtues: 1. The problems are beautifully authentic. They never try to take a basic concept and contrive a problem around it, like "What is the absolute value of the temperature of Pluto?" (I have had this problem with the textbook for my lower course quite often.) 2. Each lesson is full of examples showing fully-worked problems, and in the margins are similar problems. So if you want to highlight a certain problem-solving technique, you can walk the kids through the example and then have them try it on their own right next to it, even writing in the book. 3. Nothing corny. The images are helpful. No reference to manipulatives, but helpful diagrams in their place. There are also proofs of new ideas, often done informally through patterns. These are used to show why a negative times a negative is a positive, etc. You can really get the kids talking about the concepts in a meaningful way. 4. One of my favorite things is to pull one of the few writing questions out of the problem set and use it as an opening question for the lesson. These provide great concepts for debate, like "Why is this graph deceptive?" or "Why is this solution incorrect?" Sixth graders are at just the right age to play Sherlock and root out the fallacy, or engage in a good argument. Use this book! It will not disappoint!

Everything was in the shape I expected and it arrived on time. I would purchase from this buyer again!