Algebra the Easy Way
by Douglas Downing

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• Painless Algebra (Barron's Painless)
• Forgotten Algebra

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Book Review: Older Kids Might Like it too!
Summary: 5 Stars

I wanted to rebut some of the comments that the fantasy story makes the text applicable only to younger teens. The fantasy narrative format adds a little extra verbiage to the presentation, but helps to set the algebra in a problem-solving context; this de-mystifies the subject considerably, providing a glimpse into the kinds and types of problems for which algebraic techniques provide solutions.

The book covers high school algebra quite completely, IMHO, including most if not all of what would be included in a second- semester algebra class (Algebra-2, it was called when I was in high school).

I'd chime in with other readers who noted the utility of the various exercises at the ends of chapters -- it is true that the problems sometimes demand a short leap beyond material covered in the lessons, but I think most motivated students can master the trickier exercises without serious overstrain. It's also fun to discover a few things on your own -- there is a "method to the madness" adhered to in the exercises that facilitates this quite regularly.

I really can't find any serious flaws with this wonderful, clearly written study guide, and recommend it to anyone who wants a good survey of introductory and intermedeate algebra, with just the right amount of exercise to pound it all home.

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