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Kaplan Math Power, Third Edition : Score Higher on the SAT, GRE, and Other Standardized Tests

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Covers the vast majority of math material that you will encounter on the GMAT. The author's style is conversational, so this book is especially good for people who are more verbal oriented than math oriented. Explanations are easy to follow but also in a good amount of depth. I especially liked the explanations of how everyday formulas were derived. Much better than just memorizing the formulas. Not a lot of practice problems, so you'll have to get those elsewhere.

Definitely skip the introduction. It will insult your intelligence and make you want to burn the book. Nevertheless, the remaining 18 chapters are solid.

Lots of good explanations - but also many sidebars which don't help. Biggest problem is lots of errors in the math examples which hopefully will be caught if reprinted:
pg20 - 94 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 (meant to be 96=2x2x2x2x2x3)
pg21 - this time correct prime factorization but still says 94
pg100 - products of 4 & 9 roots mixes addition and multiplication... 3 errors in the step-by-step process; complicated by using yet another "+" when should be "X" in the description afterwards.
pg103 - denominator of final answer should be 5, not 15
Frustrating I've been marking the book up for errors.

This book is obviously made for people studying (or reviewing) for standardized tests. It contains a good overview of algebra and geometry. Topics are explained in a "light" and easy to understand language. Although I liked the inclusion of "formulas" throughout the book, I wish the authors would have made an appendix with all these formulas consolidated into one easy reference section. I also would have liked more of the "plug ins" (sample problems at the end of each chapter). For each chapter/topic there were only 5 problems to do. If you want to read about math and not a lot of "homework" this is the book for you.

I found this math book to be very well written and very helpful. I used this book to teach myself complex math and simple math for job exams. This is a great choice for a study guide.

helpful math review I recieved a lot out of reading this book.