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Schaum's Outline of Intermediate Algebra (Schaum's Outlines)
by Ray Steege, Kerry Bailey
from McGraw-Hill
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
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Good for review
As a student returning to calculus, after many years without touching the subject, I found that the hardest part for me was just going through the simple mechanics of algebra. Conceptually early calculus is not that difficult, but often to get the right answer it requires a lot of intricate algebraic manipulations. I found myself making easy mistakes and my calculus book less than helpful at refreshing the algebra I needed to know (and had forgotten). I ended up getting this book as well as the precalculus... more info
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Some quirks that need to be worked out 
People learn in many different ways and my way is to know exactly what is going on in the problem and why the equation took that next step. Many of the problems in the book do this but there are a nagging few that do not show what formula they used. Of course the skills are built upon each other and it assumed that you remember the past formulas. For me though this doesn't always work out.
It is a great outline for those who need to brush up on their skills and it also helps out the beginners. Take... more info
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Schaum's Outline of Intermediate Algebra
Great tool too have, especially if you haven't had Algebra in over 16 years!
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Better than elementary
This book, I must say, is very good companion for any high school or middle school students who want to master the subject. I like this intermediate algebra better than the elementary one--simply more interesting. But to well prepare yourself for college math/algebra, you only need this book: the most useful problem or resource book that I have ever read in English :
Algebra: A study aid for self-education
ASIN: B0007C0IUS
in my school library. This book is just so useful that every... more info
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