Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Guide for the Thoroughly Befuddled info
It’s no secret that algebra gives students the ‘jitters,’ and word problems give them the ‘shakes.’ As a dastardly duo, the word problems of algebra are just about as nerve-wracking as anything in the teenage years. But now there’s a new book that rescues students from this combination of confusion: the Algebra Survival Guide, Second Edition.
Following on the success of the Algebra Survival Guide’s First Edition, written by longtime teacher/tutor Josh Rappaport, the Second Edition takes a hard look at algebra’s word problems and offers time-tested advice for cracking them. With a new 62-page chapter devoted to these word problems, the new edition tackles the ultimate math nightmares of the puberty years: problems involving rate, time and distance, work performed, and mixture formulas, among others.
With twelve additional content chapters that explain fundamental and advanced areas of algebra, the 352-page Second Edition guides students to succes