McDougal Littell Algebra 2: Pupil's Edition [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0618250204 | ISBN-13: 978-0618250202 | Publication Date: January 2006 | Edition: Florida

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Hardcover: 1136 pages
• Publisher: McDougal Littel; Florida edition (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618250204
• ISBN-13: 978-0618250202
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Teens > Education & Reference > Science & Technology > Mathematics

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than the rest but still not great, February 23, 2006

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Derek Owens (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Algebra 2: Applications, Equations, Graphs (Library Binding)

This math book is far better than the others, but that is mainly because the others I looked at were very bad.

The typical math book today contains 1) lots of distracting pictures, 2) dozens of unnecessary fonts and colors, 3) lots of forced and contrived examples that have a politically correct focus and, 4) very little math instruction.

This book has fewer distractions than the others (although it still has far too many). The actual instruction, that is, the explanation of the concepts, is often very brief and terse. Each section, however, has numerous example problems that are often very clear and helpful. The book is also well organized and the format is fairly readable. Not a great book, but much better than the others I looked at.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review and reply to that of the teacher from Chicago, IL, June 16, 2003

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John Doe "Rebamaniac25" (Frewsburg, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Algebra 2: Applications, Equations, Graphs (Library Binding)

I have used another book from this series, Algebra 1, and I felt that it was great at explaining everything. Maybe it was partly because of my having a wonderful teacher, however I felt that it did a wonderful job of explaining things.
In response to that of the teacher in Illinois, I would just like to say that maybe the 6th graders didn't understand it because Algebra 2 is a high school course, normally taught in that of 11th grade according to the New York State Curriculum. I feel that her comment on the book should be considered invalid, just because of her lack of explanation, and of the time that she is teaching it. I also feel that if Illinois is teaching Algebra 2 in 6th grade, that they had better change their curriculum, because not even the most advanced 6th graders can take in a good understanding and comprehension of the complex subject at that early level.
Please rethink your decision, because from what Illinois is doing, we can find that it probably has a terrible Mathematic curriculum, and that if it doesn't do something soon, they will have many kids failing in the future. I fully recommend this book as it covers all topics neccessary, and has the ability to explain the complexity of the topics to not only a student being taught by a teacher, but also a student reading the book in order to catch up on work.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A terrible book, November 29, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Algebra 2: Applications, Equations, Graphs (Library Binding)

I'm working out of this book in high school these days - I actually am in high school but I used the kid's review because I've no account - but it's really the worst math textbook I have ever used. It gives practice problems with certain factors that are not explained in the text. In its attempt to teach methods, it provides examples with little or no explanation of how to perform the steps. It recieves two stars only because you can sometimes figure out how to complete a problem by looking up the answers to the odd questions in the back of the book. If you, like me, are being forced to study from this book, do yourself a favor and take great notes in class.