Mary Jane Sterling

This book is interesting for it's friendly approach and sometimes just a wee bit over the top fun filled phrases and attempts to make it all very catchy and cute. I am glad to see much of the new work out there which attempts to make mathematics more accessible for everyone, but I do wish we could see more people first starting with applications that need doing, and then moving to the mathematics that is needed to build the apps (building, house, structure or non-physical apps), and breaking show more the mathematics down on an as-needed basis rather than insisting on teaching mathematics before the various disciplines or sections of mathematics are actually needed for practical application.

Page 353 has a neat example of the four-color problem. show less

A great source of problems for review that increase slowly and smoothly in complexity per section. There are scattered transcription errors in the bold print answers, but as far as I can tell the solution given at the end of each walkthrough is correct. There was only a single problem out of the entire 1001 that I thought required an unrealistic level of mathematical insight for a typical learner. Some sections covered things I don't remember ever learning despite having a degree in show more mathematics—Heron's formula, for instance—but I always felt like the problem sets guided me gently through such material. show less

This book is interesting for it's friendly approach and sometimes just a wee bit over the top fun filled phrases and attempts to make it all very catchy and cute. I am glad to see much of the new work out there which attempts to make mathematics more accessible for everyone, but I do wish we could see more people first starting with applications that need doing, and then moving to the mathematics that is needed to build the apps (building, house, structure or non-physical apps), and breaking show more the mathematics down on an as-needed basis rather than insisting on teaching mathematics before the various disciplines or sections of mathematics are actually needed for practical application.

Page 353 has a neat example of the four-color problem. show less

I purchased this workbook to prepare me for my calculus class after a 6 year break from school. It was very good as a refresher, skimming over all the material covered by a typical algebra II class. I would not recommend this to a student in algebra II struggling with the content. It would be more appropriate as something to do during summer break after passing the class, or during the last part of class to review for the final. I deducted a star because some of the answers in the back are show more wrong, which can be very frustrating sometimes, but it does make you check your work carefully. show less