Rating: Summary: This book is toooooo basic Review: Don't buy this book - unless you are a complete zero in math. This book reviews stuff that you have in 3rd of 4th grade in school. I sat down and worked through all of the problems in this books, and it took me about 2 hours (with no difficulty). Believe me, this book is for PSAT or SAT rather than for graduate school exams such as GMAT or GRE!
Rating: Summary: Great for GMAT Prep! Review: I am horrible at math but needed to brush up for my second shot at the GMAT. This book did an exceptional job of reintroducing math concepts I hadn't seen in years. There were plenty of practice problems with simple and practical explanations.The first time I took the GMAT, I used Kaplan's math prep book. Although it gave me practice answering GMAT type questions, the reality was I really needed to first was brush up on my math fundamentals. This book covers arithmatic, algebra, and geometry in 37 lessons. A great buy for anyone taking an ETS test!
Rating: Summary: Great for GMAT Prep! Review: I am horrible at math but needed to brush up for my second shot at the GMAT. This book did an exceptional job of reintroducing math concepts I hadn't seen in years. There were plenty of practice problems with simple and practical explanations. The first time I took the GMAT, I used Kaplan's math prep book. Although it gave me practice answering GMAT type questions, the reality was I really needed to first was brush up on my math fundamentals. This book covers arithmatic, algebra, and geometry in 37 lessons. A great buy for anyone taking an ETS test!
Rating: Summary: Really helpful Review: I hated the idea of tackling math again until I found this little Math Refresher book. The book gave me the easy-to-understand brush-up that I needed and it didn't hurt a bit! For anyone who hasn't tackled math in awhile and who needs an inexpensive jump-start, this book is a great buy.
Rating: Summary: Really good refresher Review: I have a degree in Applied Math so I know a thing or two about the subject in this book. After flipping throught the pages, I can say that this book is a good refresher for those who took math in high school and at the beginning of their college years and now is trying to take GMAT or GRE. This book will not give you an extensive knowledge of math, but it does keep its focus on relevat topics needed to score high on GRE/GMAT.
Rating: Summary: very intresting one Review: I haven't deal with math for 5 or 6 years. (BTW: And never loved subject really.) :))) But this book was very good first step in my GMAT math. It's worth it's money and your time if you are starting from "below zero'.
Rating: Summary: A good refresher, no practice questions Review: I'd recommend this book for anyone who needs a good math refresher. This book is in an easy to use format, starting with easy material and progressing to the more difficult from there. Each section contains a brief (but good) explanation followed by a fair number of practice questions. Don't look for any long-winded explanations in this book, it is a refresher, just as they say. Also, it is printed on good stock, so it holds up nicely. I took mine cross country with no problems, unlike the review books printed on newprint which didn't fare as well. The biggest problem I encountered with this book is that it does not contain any test specific questions such as the GMAT's data sufficiency questions or the quantitative comparisons on the GRE. If you are looking for practice questions, this is not the book for you. If you want a math refresher, this is the book for you. If you are particularly strong in math, you probably won't find this book very helpful, unless you want to do basic math problems, out of test format. I used this book as a math refresher, then went on to one of the other review books for specific question practice. That combination seemed to work for me.
Rating: Summary: What a refreshing way to refresh your math skills. Review: I'm a 55-year old female that has been in the banking business for 30 years. I graduated from college with a degree in math and science a long time ago. I have always wanted to get a graduate degree, but have been afraid that I would have forgotten so much. The Ultimate Math Refresher took that fear away as it was a great, fun and easy refresher for me. The language is clear and concise, and the practice sets are well designed to refresh your math skills and concepts. I couldn't have found a better step-by-step method to get up to speed for the GMAT--even though I had a Math Degree and use to teach math many years ago!
Rating: Summary: What a refreshing way to refresh your math skills. Review: I'm a 55-year old female that has been in the banking business for 30 years. I graduated from college with a degree in math and science a long time ago. I have always wanted to get a graduate degree, but have been afraid that I would have forgotten so much. The Ultimate Math Refresher took that fear away as it was a great, fun and easy refresher for me. The language is clear and concise, and the practice sets are well designed to refresh your math skills and concepts. I couldn't have found a better step-by-step method to get up to speed for the GMAT--even though I had a Math Degree and use to teach math many years ago!
Rating: Summary: Refresher for those who aren't too rusty Review: It's been a long time since I have utilized many of my math skills and I had gotten pretty rusty. The instructions were succinct with one or two examples. More detailed explanations and examples would have been helpful.
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