Customer Reviews

Precalculus, Seventh Edition

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I'd say that probably the only flaw I found with this book is that the word problems should be included in the solution's manual because those are quite difficult even starting out in the first chapter.

My Pre-Calculus instructor picked one out and basically it was a Physics problem, which is a class I haven't taken in some time and I think she filled like a board and a half trying to explain it to us (which she didn't do a very good job of). It would help if there were more applications relevant to the word problems in the textbook.

Most of the exercises at the end of each section aren't complicated, but I've noticed that sometimes things that should be in there are not listed as far as I know. Like converting DMS to decimal degrees and all that (it was listed as problems to do but they didn't go over that in the section). Luckily I had already learned that in a previous class and had kept that textbook to see how you'd do it again. I haven't noticed any errors (unless I'm getting the same errors) with the problems in the book. I think they give you a wider scope on what there is to do with what you've just learned, but I think a few more examples would go a long way in furthering the student's knowledge and make it a lot easier to tackle the homework. It'd be good to see the problems done in all sorts of different ways so you can apply what you know to the homework. The graphing ones especially. *Two or three general examples aren't majorly helpful.

Apart from that, I find the book to be a great help in understanding Pre-Calculus. I wouldn't say it'd be one of those books that are a fantastic thing to hold onto if you really enjoy math though like Calculus by Michael Spivak. It will, however, teach you a lot of the technical stuff.

When it come to the subject of pre-calculus mathematics you could do a LOT worse. It's a textbook worth learning from without the need for any supplemental material. It gets helps you learn each concept fairly well and doesn't given you any unnecessary headaches while still being accurate. A nice mix of abstract and practical problems that are well set-up for each topic. The chapters are arranged in a logical order for learning each topic unlike some textbooks I've had to deal with over the years.

I bought this for two of my classes. Although the description talks about accessing Eduspace you should know that the passkey is NOT included with this product. You will have to spend an additional $67 on the Eduspace site to buy that passkey.

What can I say...it's a textbook. Chances are you are not buying this one for pleasure reading. It's decent, suffers from the same problems of all math text books, trying to be an encyclopedia and just moving things around from the last edition so that they can sell new copies. But it's a good solid Pre-Calc book.

This ia a hardcovered textbook. There are other books of the same edition which have a black cover and are soft covered editions. The book pictured is hardcovered.
A great buy!

I can make a better math book than this.My teacher pointed out all the crummy stuff about their way of doing things. The examples are terrible and they don't show enough work they are terrible at covering material some of the answers in the back of the book are wrong. I con go ranting on and on about how crummy this book is but I would go way over the limit this thing is crummy beyond belief.

As a former student with this book
Save your money and save the grief of your students and don't buy it.

*note this is from a person who loves math

I needed a math book and I found it in amazon.com! It was cheaper than the schools bookstore and kb books. It got to me right on time. Overall I have no complaints. It simply does its job and I'm satisfied with that.

needed it for class. it is well written, answers to most exercises r in the back so you can check your work.

They could only get my order half right. Should have went to the book store

My order was here earlier than I expected and the book was in excellent condition!