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Title: Overwhelming, confusing, and unnecessary!
Review: Do not buy this book. You are better off simply working through the practice problems in the CBEST instructional booklet. I bought this book because I needed to review basic math before taking the test. The book gave such complex descriptions that I was incredibly intimidated. This book recommends that you memorize all kinds of formulae, even the quadratic equasion(!), whereas the test will give you complicated formulae--your task is to perform operations. A look at the English grammar section was equally, if not more, intimidating to me, and I am a grammarian! I also found more than a few typos in the math section--one wonders how many more there are throughout. The CBEST tests basic proficiency, not expertise. If you need to review some basic concepts, look online, or get a different prep book, just not this one. I wasted a lot of time because of this book.
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