Beans Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Will an eighth grader who completes this be ready for Algebra I in 9th? I'm considering this because it covers all of the bases from the beginning, including some things we did not cover, and I'm hoping to make sure she has a firm grasp on basics while doing an intro to algebra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I am not familiar with BCM, but based on Lial's other books, I'd imagine that yes, getting through it will have a student ready for Alg I. Looking at the table of contents on Interact software: http://interactmath.com/home.aspx it looks like what's missing is basic graphing (coordinate plane). That's what I'd be expecting from a prealgebra course. (And personally, I like Martin-Gay's Prealgebra books better than Lial. I'm teaching from a Lial Developmental Mathematics text and it's really written poorly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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