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New SAT Math Workbook, 1st ed (Peterson's Master Math for the SAT)

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Peterson's has the best SAT/ACT prep books, and this one tops the list.
It's just math....an explanatiion, then some exercises to test your skills in each area. You can take the diagnostic test at the beginning of each section to see if you need more study in that area of not.
There's no extra reading to do, and it's very well organized. I use it
with all my students.

I bought this book hoping to get some practice for the math section of the SAT. Turns out that I made a huge mistake. Heres why:
Let me start by acknowleging the good part of the book. It gives you a very detailed explanation of how to do a lot of the math problems. It gives you a diagnostic test, exercises, and retests for each chapter. That is why it deserves at least 1 star.
However, I did not like this book because it had irrelevant parts to it. For example, the book starts off "teaching" you how to do simple arithmetic problems like "1+2" or "3x2". it then progresses into harder topics. There were plenty of mistakes. For example, lets say an answer was 3. A mistake would look like this: A)3 B)1 C)3 D)4 E)5. Also, don't get tricked by the "3 full length practice math tests" that is stated on the cover. They give you 30 minutes to do 25 math problems. Normally, I would finish 25 math problems in the 30 minutes that are alloted. In this book, I finished the 25 problems in 20 minutes! Either I am REALLY REALLY improving or the problems are just too easy! For each test, they devote 1 ENTIRE section to grid ins. They give you 30 minutes to do 10 grid in problems, and 10 only!!! I finished in 10 minutes.
Overall, this book has some editing problems. It does not reflect the SATs at all! I mean, come on, does the SAT actually give you 1 entire section for grid in problems?