

Series: Test Preps
Paperback: 229 pages
Publisher: Research & Education Association (August 13, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0878916733
ISBN-13: 978-0878916733
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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(This review covers the CD-less edition of the book.)Let's start with a crucial warning. Contrary to claims elsewhere, this book alone will not prepare you to get a "perfect score," as it fails to address adequately a number of areas covered by the actual CLEP:- Conic sections. No material whatsoever, save for one question on the practice tests. A big omission given the weight conic sections carry in the actual CLEP.- Graphing, as noted by other reviewers. Its basic algebra knowledge is transferrable to graphing, of course, but hands-on practice helps greatly, and there are many more graphing problems on the actual CLEP than on the book's tests.- Abstract problems that test understanding of concepts. Most of the practice problems offered are of the work-through "find x" variety.- Matrices and their determinants.- Logarithms. While there is some material on the subject, it's less substantial then necessary. There's also nothing on the concept of "e" and how logarithms and exponents undo each other.- Geometric series and summation notation. Again, the coverage could be more substantial considering its weight on the exam.On the plus side, the book does boast a good at-a-glance review of factoring sums and differences of squares and a thorough explanation of how to solve linear systems simultaneously and how and when to use the quadratic equation and its discriminant. Its algebra overview, though incomplete, does hit on a number of topics coherently, and the three practice tests are a considerable help - particularly given the step-by-step walkthroughs provided for all the solutions.Oddly, though, the book does contain a few errors. A couple typos pepper the solutions; pg.
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