trudence1 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Does anyone know what the differences between the first and second editions of Saxon Advanced Mathematics are? My son has been doing second edition up through Algebra 2. I ordered an Advanced Mathematics books used from an Amazon seller clearly marked second edition, but what showed up was first. I had already purchased the Art Reed videos, homeschool packet, solutions manual,etc in the second edition. Am I right in thinking that the first edition is not going to work for me? Edited February 9, 2017 by trudence1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I don't know. I have the second edition if you would like to make some basic comparisons. A lot of times there aren't huge differences between editions. For example with Algebra 2 the only difference is they put the section number next to individual problems in the newer edition. That's helpful if you want to look back without constantly needing to search for it. Otherwise, there are no differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudence1 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Thanks. Since I have the solutions manual, I guess I can go through and look at lots and lots of problems and see how similar they are. :confused1: :blink: :001_unsure: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 My guess is the editions aren't that different. Hopefully someone else knows for sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 You want the second edition. If the seller sent you the wrong edition, you should be able to return it and get a full refund. Thankfully Amazon is more focused on the buyer than some when it comes to used books. We've done this multiple times when we got the wrong book. Here's why only the second (scroll down): http://homeschool.getsti.com/index.php/which-saxon-math-edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 You want the second edition. If the seller sent you the wrong edition, you should be able to return it and get a full refund. Thankfully Amazon is more focused on the buyer than some when it comes to used books. We've done this multiple times when we got the wrong book. Here's why only the second (scroll down): http://homeschool.getsti.com/index.php/which-saxon-math-edition They still might not be all that different though. It basically just says the solutions manual is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudence1 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Okay. A quick look through shows that they seem quite different. The answers in the solution manual don't match up to the questions in the book. =( The seller had offered it to me at a reduced price. I was trying to decide if it was in my best interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Oh bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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