Customer Rating: 
Summary: This book is still out there and still looks the same!
Comment: I was searching for a good textbook to learn Latin and for some reason this book popped up since somebody had purchased it with the Latin text I was considering. I used Algebra Structure and Method Book 1 as a student in 1991 and 1992 in my high school Algebra 1 class. This was a very good textbook and I had previously hated mathematics. My school also used the second book in this series as well as the Geometry book that goes with it. I learned math and did well at it. I think this series would benefit any high school math student still today in spite of the fact that the cover has not changed in almost 14 years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not very great
Comment: I have always been a great student in math. Yet, when I got this book I couldn't understand any of it. They don't show how to do the problems step-by-step. If I missed one day of school, I'd be lost and up to midnight trying to figure out the lesson. Overall, this book just confused me. It's very well organized, and shows some examples. Yet, the examples don't quite help you wiht the problem you're having a hard time with.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hard to Understand
Comment: When I recieved this book from my school, I thought it would explain everything step by step. But to my conclusion, I barely understood it. When the textbook does'nt explain things good, how is the student supposed to understand it? I do not reccomend this book. But I do recccomend Algebra 1 Concepts and Skills.
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Summary: A Real Algebra Book
Comment: This is one of only a handful of books that actually covers Algebra 1 in detail, and in an order that builds a strong foundation along the way. Sure, there will be students who find this book hard to understand -- they are the ones who are not really ready for algebra and should be either taking pre-algebra or one of the many "algebra lite" books that are available. Well-prepared students will find this book a great resource, and should find themselves extremely well-prepared for future classes in mathematics.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The book seems very exciting even for me who afraids of math
Comment: My son says: "the book seems very exciting even for me who afraids of math" This must be important! My son will start to the 6th grade this year in a Turkish school in Istanbul. We bought this book for ... and when I see the actual price at ... I got really angry!!! Who gets the extra money? The school?
But I like the book.
Summary: This book is still out there and still looks the same!
Comment: I was searching for a good textbook to learn Latin and for some reason this book popped up since somebody had purchased it with the Latin text I was considering. I used Algebra Structure and Method Book 1 as a student in 1991 and 1992 in my high school Algebra 1 class. This was a very good textbook and I had previously hated mathematics. My school also used the second book in this series as well as the Geometry book that goes with it. I learned math and did well at it. I think this series would benefit any high school math student still today in spite of the fact that the cover has not changed in almost 14 years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not very great
Comment: I have always been a great student in math. Yet, when I got this book I couldn't understand any of it. They don't show how to do the problems step-by-step. If I missed one day of school, I'd be lost and up to midnight trying to figure out the lesson. Overall, this book just confused me. It's very well organized, and shows some examples. Yet, the examples don't quite help you wiht the problem you're having a hard time with.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hard to Understand
Comment: When I recieved this book from my school, I thought it would explain everything step by step. But to my conclusion, I barely understood it. When the textbook does'nt explain things good, how is the student supposed to understand it? I do not reccomend this book. But I do recccomend Algebra 1 Concepts and Skills.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Real Algebra Book
Comment: This is one of only a handful of books that actually covers Algebra 1 in detail, and in an order that builds a strong foundation along the way. Sure, there will be students who find this book hard to understand -- they are the ones who are not really ready for algebra and should be either taking pre-algebra or one of the many "algebra lite" books that are available. Well-prepared students will find this book a great resource, and should find themselves extremely well-prepared for future classes in mathematics.
It is arguably one of the best algebra books available, and is one of the top algebra textbooks as rated by Mathematically Correct, a group that is concerned with the quality of mathematics instruction in California (and beyond).
Customer Rating:
Summary: The book seems very exciting even for me who afraids of math
Comment: My son says: "the book seems very exciting even for me who afraids of math" This must be important! My son will start to the 6th grade this year in a Turkish school in Istanbul. We bought this book for ... and when I see the actual price at ... I got really angry!!! Who gets the extra money? The school?
But I like the book.