Math Refresher for Adults: The Perfect Solution (Mastering Essential Math Skills)

I highly recommend this book for any adults returning to school. I am preparing for nursing school after working for several years in a different profession. I have not studied math in about 30 years and used these books before I took the Accuplacer exam. I did VERY well on the Accuplacer Next – Generation Arithmetic (300/300!) after finishing the book and videos. I am now using it to study for the Math section of the HESI exam. The book is an amazing value. Each section comes with very helpful videos online that you can watch and then use the book to practice what you are taught in the video. The videos are broken down into small sections, so you will not be overwhelmed by the material – it is PERFECT for someone trying to fit in studying math between work and family obligations. After a few videos, you will start to hear Mr. Fisher’s calm voice explaining math to you as you work on the practice problems. I am NOT a natural “math-lete”, but these books actually made me enjoy learning math!

The author does a fantastic review from the ground up with repeated reinforcement of prior learning objectives. Drops you off at the doorstep of the next book which covers algebra in great detail.

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This book includes access to training videos. But the book itself doesn't have much in the way of teaching. I don't really want to watch a video for every lesson. I just want to do math on paper. It's a fine product for what it is, but not really what I was looking for.

I'm going back to school (in my 40s) and am preparing to take the ACCUPLACER. I got this book based on its stellar reviews. The workbook, along with the accompanying videos, is not only refreshing my memory of arithmetic, but I'm starting to look forward to completing my exercises each night. At my big age, go figure!

What ever you do. Don't struggle with not knowing how you are going to pay your tests for your diploma. Use this workbook. For practice work. And, before you know it you will be done.

Great questions and amount of them. It covers most of what will be on college placement test. This is also nice for a simple review for SAT lower math segments. However, my complaint is that there are no instructions on how to complete the math questions. So, we use mathhelp and khan for videos, but it would've been nice if they were included.

Wanted to brush up on my math skills 20 years after high school. I've tried several other books but the way they were written left me feeling overwhelmed. I was able to jump right into this and re-learn much of what I had forgotten as well as learn some new things I had never learned in school!Richard W. Fisher's book is written in the simplest way possible. You aren't overwhelmed by half a page of mathematical formulas followed by a complicated explanation and practice quiz. Each mathematical concept is broken down into it's most basic components. A few sentences of instruction are given and then you are given some examples of how it looks on paper and then you are given some practice questions so you can try the formulas yourself. In this way you are given time to build confidence and test your grasp of the formulas by having a top to bottom understanding of how they work.This approach puts you are in a good position to understand the terminology and symbology of the lessons you are studying as well as future lessons.If you ever struggled with math or are a slow learner this is the book for you!