Clep(r) College Algebra Book + Online

I just passed the CLEP with a 73My background in math is limited. I got up to “precalculus” and trigonometry in high school 14 years ago and tested out of algebra going into college. I was a music major so I took no more math in my collegiate career. Within the past 9 months, I have completed both over 90% of algebra 1 and 2 on khan academy. I can’t recommend that site enough if you feel you are shaky on some algebraic concepts.Like other reviewers, I took the diagnostic test and both practice tests. I got a 30% on the diagnostic, 76% on test 1 and a 53% on test 2. I found the wording in the problems of the practice tests to be a bit confusing. It was like they were trying to trip you. Upon review, I appreciated the increased difficulty because it forced to cement some more abstract concepts. Additionally I reviewed all of the practice problems in the book. I also took the college board practice exam and go a 63% and scored a a 73%, and two 93% on all of the Peterson’s online practice tests. I used study.com, but found the practice test riddled with errors and got a 70%I say all of this so prospective buyers can triangulate where they might need to focus there attention. After each test, I made flash cards for every question I got wrong and then put the answer explanation on the back. I continuously reviewed all of these questions until I was sure I understood all the concepts.I found the diagnostic and practice exams in this book to be more difficult than the actual CLEP itself. While my memory is fresh, I found that the CLEP was more consistent with what I saw on the Peterson’s practice test. Most of the CLEP questions I saw were very straight forward. There were maybe 2-3 questions that required some abstract reasoning. With that being said, I appreciated the thoroughness of this book. I found it to be the most comprehensive of all the study materials because of the detailed answer explanations. This is a good buy to supplement your study for the test.

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I've Just begun to study it but I like what I've seen so far. I'm studying this book so I can test out of College Algebra and on to Trigonometry and Calculus.

This book was not very true to the actual CLEP exam. The exam I took was much easier and more straightforward than the practice questions and exams in this book.For context, I am a returning college student, never been great at math and hadn't done it for 10 years when I picked up this book. I have always been a decent test takerand good student. I relied heavily on my family members and other sources to prepare for this exam, but this was my main print resource. I got a 67 on the exam (out of 80), so I ended up doing pretty well.In terms of teaching, I found this book was a little confusing. I relied heavily on the Khan Academy, which explained the concepts in a much better and simpler way. For some reason, this book was one of the only ones I could find for this test, so I got it despite lackluster reviews. A lot of the content was helpful and relevant, but I felt over prepared and not focused enough to reflect the exam content.