Kaplan SAT Math Workbook, 4th Edition [Paperback]

Kaplan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kaplan SAT Math Workbook | Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Maximize Your SAT Math Score

Targeted Review

Kaplan's SAT Math Workbook: Fourth Edition focuses your preparation on exactly the key concepts you need to know. This targeted review helps you maximize your study time and builds the skills you need to score higher.

Realistic Practice

Each chapter in this book comes with in-depth practice sets with complete explanations for every answer. In addition, you can test your skills on 2 practice math exams. Question after question, practice set after practice set, you will build the skills and confidence you need.

Tips & Tools

In SAT Math Workbook, you receive helpful techniques and strategies for conquering the toughest math questions on the SAT. In addition, you can get a bird's eye view of the test with Kaplan's exclusive Top 100 SAT Math Concepts.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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With nearly 70 years of experience, Kaplan’s SAT products and programs are designed with students in mind. Kaplan's unique combination of the highest quality study materials, realistic testing experiences, and dynamic writers, teachers and tutors is unrivaled. We have the test-prep product that best meets every students needs, from online programs, classroom courses, small group and one-on-one tutoring, to self-study guides. We even offer help and advice on paying for college and getting through the admissions process. Kaplan provides advantages no one else can match!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 4th edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743230558
• ISBN-13: 978-0743230551
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Workbooks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 80 point increase!, November 16, 2002

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"trickdacy" (SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaplan SAT Math Workbook, 4th Edition (Paperback)

I used this book for about two weeks, completing all of the sections. I looked over all of the questions I had gotten wrong on my first go-around with the book on the Thursday bfore the test. I also took one of the practice tests, and it predicted within 20 points what I got on the real Math SAT.

In my sophomore year, I had gotten a 640, which was disappointing, but after using this book for two short weeks my score shot up to a 720 (as a Junior)! I would recommend this book to anybody wishing to increase their score with a concise, concentrated workbook.

Unless your score is very low on the Math section, a book full of basic skills and tricks will probably not help you. Using this workbook could be the difference between a mediocre 640 and a pretty-durn-good 720 (and only in two weeks).

Good luck!

PS: On the SAT, there was a problem that even used the same numbers as one of the questions in the Kaplan book! Weird...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true review of this Book, July 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kaplan SAT Math Workbook, 4th Edition (Paperback)

In general, this book satisfies its purpose as being a math workbook, not lesson book, which provides a large number of SAT-like math questions, partitioned into categories. The book does not teach concepts like the Barron's book, but through doing the questions and reading the explanations you can extract the concepts and the train of thought. The only part where the book is slightly flawed is that some of its questions, towards the end of a question set, titled "hard," really require more thinking than is required on the real exam. However, this can only help your practice, but do not be discouraged if you can only solve some of those!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good help for any struggling Math student, August 3, 2004

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Rock Troy (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaplan SAT Math Workbook, 4th Edition (Paperback)

This book helped me achieve a higher score after I went through half the workbook. I increased my math score from a 610 to 700 in 3 weeks. This book does do wonders. However, some of the explainations of the problems and how to work them are vauge and really don't give you a sense on how to apply them to other problems with the same underlying concept. In conjunction with this book, I would have to recommend Kaplan's SAT 1600 and Kaplan's SAT II Math IC for mastery of harder questions and for more review.