Customer Reviews

Mathematics Made Simple

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This is a helpful math book,it covers a lot of subjects from basic math to some pretty difficult topics.My only problem with it is that there are a bunch of wrong answers in the "answer" section,but it just made me hunt and work that much harder to find the correct answers.I hope they do a revision of this book because I would like to give it as a gift,but not at this time with all the mistakes in it.

Nice review of basic math principles, but there are an incredible number of mistakes in the answer section in the back of the book. Really confusing.

Overall, the book seems to be a good, quick overview of math. Great if you've been out of school for a while. But it's tarnished by the unbelievable number of wrong answers in the back of the book. Math is an absolute, either right or wrong. How can these errors be allowed in a MATH book?

Disappointing! At first glance this book does have lots potential in terms of simplifying concepts and formulas, but it is loaded with mistakes - not only in the answer sections, but also regarding some of the methods. I applied their "Method for Finding Square Roots" to numbers other than the given examples, and it did not work. This is not a good buy - even if one merely needs a refresher in math.

I personally have tried the formulas for square roots and higher roots and have been successful at obtaining accurate answers. Although these formulas are difficult and mistakes can easily be made, they are accurate if one is careful and pays attention to detail. Although the dot used in the formula is a separator and not a decimal. This may be the cause of inaccurate answers.

As a former university-level math teacher, I have used this book multiple times to help adult students get over math phobia. It presents basic concepts in an organized, simple way. Learning math only makes sense when taken on as a series of logical, sequential steps. If you find yourself struggling with using everyday math, there's a good chance you missed one of those steps during elementary or jr. high school. If that's the case, this book is for you. It fills in the blanks that you might not even know you have. Math really can be made simple, and this book shows how. It's an oldie but goodie.