The Bottom Line
Kaplan produces some of the finest math resources. This book helps to prepare you for colleges, SATs or specific topic area reviews to improve your academic performance. Increase your GPA!
Pros
- Includes Critical Test Taking Strategies
- Provides Step by Step Reviews
- Excellent Practice Tests
Cons
- Requires Self-Study
- Must Be Disciplined
Description
- Includes a detailed section on how to study for success in Mathematics. Good practical advice!
- Provides Diagnostic tests. These are extremely helpful in pointing out the gaps in your learning.
- Full review on: Complex Numbers, Transformations, Relations & Functions, Circles, Trig, Statistics.
- Five comprehensive practice tests all come complete with solutions.Review provided for area of need.
- This guide provides you with excellent tips that will lead to improved grade scores.
- Complete the suggested problems, reflect on them, change them to derive maximum benefits.
- Each test provides you with a scoring system. When you're wrong, follow the step by step answers.
- Solutions to problems can act as guides prompting you to move to specific areas for review.
Guide Review - Essential Review - High School Resource
I would highly recommend this book by Kaplan if you are: returning to school, experiencing weak results in highschool math, preparing for SATs, requiring additional practice in key areas or simply wanting to improve your grades. This book is practical and focuses on key topic areas. You will find the diagnostic tests to be most appropriate. Use the diagnostic tests to focus on your areas of weakness, thereby targeting areas to improve upon. The step by step solutions will provide you with the guidance needed to determine where you went wrong. Identities, rules and formulas are provided and clear explanations accompany their use. This text is well organized and easy to follow - true to the Kaplan style.
