math textbook

[bill.gray24]

Hope I am not breaking any rules. can anyone suggest some good text (pre-algebra thru advanced algebra)

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Hope I am not breaking any rules. can anyone suggest some good text (pre-algebra thru advanced algebra)

Are you planning to teach yourself?

review?

for the first time?

Schaum series Books published by McGraw-Hill are pretty good. Review those at your library and or the local book-store. Those include many worked out problems and practice problems with answers.

 

[fcabanski]

The "For Dummies" books are good for self teaching.

 

[Quaid]

The "For Dummies" books are good for self teaching.

A few years back, I proofread the "For Dummies" book on Algebra.

It was rife with errors in logic, arithmetic mistakes, typos, and convoluted language.

Let their readers beware... :shock:

 

[Quaid]

Googling free online algebra texts provides many results.

Here are three samples; I did not review them.

http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/

http://mathrev.redwoods.edu/ElemAlgText/chapter1.pdf

http://msenux.redwoods.edu/IntAlgText/


Also, there are many free teaching resources, such as

http://www.purplemath.com

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra


Cheers ~ Mark