Brill786 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 What book Lial's Basic College Math (8th edition) or College of the Redwoods Pre-Algebra Textbook is a good book to give strong mathematical training for the rigorous algebra course? A student is currently doing Singapore Math 5B. Prices for Lial's Basic College Math (8th edition) is so much higher on Amazon Canada. What is the affordable way of purchasing this book and its answer key? I would love to read about your experiences. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Redwoods by itself is a quick survey compared to the Lial text. Lial is much more thorough. If I recall correctly Redwoods was made for small schools where more teaching would happen. They're both mostly recaps of arithmetic with some negatives and equations tossed in. Fwiw, Lial's prealgebra book also recaps arithmetic, but is much stronger than both those options on negatives, exponents, order of operations, etc. To get Lial less expensive, get older versions. The math is the same, maybe just in a slightly different order. I only ordered the solutions manual rather than the tm. Just make sure the covers match. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Seconding to use Lial's Prealgebra. I love that it introduces negative numbers right off the bat and keeps using them all year long. My students who used it aced the Algebra 1 course with ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malam Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 What's the difference between Lial's Developmental Math and her Basic College Math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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