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Title: Basically a Pre-Algebra Book
Review: This book is basically a pre-algebra book. For students who have already completed pre-algebra and are now taking algebra, they would find "The Everything Guide to Algebra: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Basics of Algebra - in Plain English!" far more useful. The Algebra Survival Guide wastes a lot of space that could be used better for instruction. It also provides problems on each page, but also includes the answers on the same page which makes it difficult to use as an exercise book. Further, it emphasizes number properties such as reflexive property, symmetric property, and transitive property, which are rarely taught but ignores more common number properties such as inverse properties. But as for basic algebra, the book is very lacking.
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