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great text!
A great book for those refreshing stale algebra skills or those learning algebra for the first time. Simple,concise format makes it easy to use. ... Read more

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A TEXT BOOK FOR UGA STUDENTS ONLY. ... Read more

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Standards Driven MathT addresses the California Content Standards individually through this Student Standards HandbookT. Students can focus more directly on content standards for improved math success. In addition to standards being covered one-at-a-time, explanations of the meaning of each content standard are provided and appropriate problem sets are included. There is also a subject index by standard. Standards driven means that the standard is the driving force behind the content.No matter what textbook students are using, all will benefit from the direct standards approach of Standards Driven MathT. Every student should practice directly from a Student Standards HandbookT. Developed directly from one of the nation's most rigorous sets of state standards-California, this book is useful for spring standards test prep. No classroom should be without one for every student.Nathaniel Max Rock, an engineer by training, has taught math in middle school and high school including math classes: 7th Grade Math, Algebra I, Geometry I, Algebra II, Math Analysis and Calculus. Max has been documenting his math curricula since 2002 in various forms, some of which can be found on MathForEveryone.com, StandardsDrivenMath.com and MathIsEasySoEasy.com. Max is also an AVID elective teacher and the lead teacher for the Academy of Engineering at his high school. ... Read more

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This is a reprint of one of the standard basic college textbooks in Calculus and Analytic Geometry. It is here divided into two volumes. The first volume starts slowly, explaining basic concepts from algebra and geometry including lines, slopes, and curves.The second volume, which starts with Chapter X, reaches integration, differentiation, partial differentiation, Taylor's Series and the really hard stuff. There will be a few advanced students who may be able to skip the first volume entirely and start directly with Volume Two.Thus, in one two volume work, everything about Calculus is covered. Learn everything in this book, and you will not need to study calculus any more.In addition, Volume One could be used as an advanced high school textbook, as it starts with middle level algebra, geometry and trigonometry. ... Read more

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Explains the concepts, strategies and vocabulary of calculus in a conversational and sometimes humorous style. Blurb by Keith Devlin (NPR's "Math Guy"). Recommended by Dean Kaplan on NY Academy of Science radio interview. ... Read more

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understanding calculus concepts
I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. The underlying conceptsof calculus are explained very clearly.Forget about the cat stuff.. it is irrelevant, notdistracting.. but strange. The rest of the book is great though. Understand.. this is not a math book and will not dothe work for you. Whatit does is explain in non mathematical terms,what your math teacher is trying to explain using the opaque language required of mathematicians. read this before math class, then review applicable parts during math class and you will surely benefit.

What is Calculus???
I have done physics, statics, strength of materials, and basic circuit analysis all at the algebra level because I never knew what calculus was. This book explains what calculus is without doing the math. After reading this book I read "Who is Fourier" by College of Lex and "Calculus The Easy Way" by Douglas Downing. And finally learn what Calculus is.

The cats have succeeded
According to the authors, cats want to keep people confused about calculus, and I think that cats helped to write this book. Actually, I have been reading a lot of math and science concept books, trying to find any that really clarify the ideas, processes, and applications; technique is best learned with a good textbook. I did not find the analogies in Calculus for Cats to be particularly engaging or enlightening, but this short book does act as a primer of sorts. I would have enjoyed this book more if the authors had focused on interesting real-world examples rather than on mouse-catching examples.

Learn what your cat is really up to.
The authors make an analogy between what they are trying to accomplish in this book, with an English teacher who first lets his students hear a poem read, before analyzing it technically.This analogy holds up to a point, but not completely.In some ways, the conceptual, no pain approach to calculus presented here is more like an English teacher reading an English languge poem to a bunch of students who can't understand English.

The language of math is still, and always will be numbers.I was left wondering about too may concepts because the real work, the math, was left out in many instances.After reading this book, I went through a more mathematically oriented book oncalculus, suffered with the number crunching, and came to a better understanding of the calculus.No pain, no gain is true in this case.

I also didn't like the way the book was organized with all the chapters running together. More section breaks would have helped.

On the up side, the authors had a difficult job, and did an admirable job.I did indeed come away learning something.Part of the problem I had with this book was probably that I wasn't using it as a supplement to a normal calculus textbook in a normal calc course, but rather was using it for self-study on its own.If you are currently enrolled in a calc course or have previously taken the subject, you might feel better about this book.

Helps me keep up with my son!
In my continuing quest to always be the source of all information for my son, Calculus For Cats has saved me! As his math skills continued, I was starting to pay for sleeping through Calculus in High School. But Ken Amdahl saved me. This is a perfect book for anyone wanting to learn the concepts of Calculus ... even if you hate math and cats!
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The Second Edition of this engaging text for the two-semester applied calculus and finite mathematics course uses intriguing, real-world applications to capture the interest of business, economics, life, and social science majors. This practical approach to mathematics, along with the integration of graphing calculators and Excel spreadsheet explorations, exposes students to the tools they will encounter in future careers.A wealth of pedagogy includes the following distinctive features: detailed Worked-out Examples with Annotations help students through more challenging concepts; Practice Problems are offered to help students check their understanding of concepts presented in the examples; Section Summaries briefly restate essential formulas and key concepts; Chapter Summary with Hints and Suggestions unify chapter themes, give specific reminders, and reference problems in the review exercises suitable for a practice test; and Cumulative Review Exercises appear at the end of groups of chapters to reinforce previously learned concepts and skills. ... Read more

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Pretty good
I used this book for two semesters and it was great! The book gives examples and explanations. The best thing is that I can sell it after the year ended! The professors rarely change the books for math, so i was able to sell if for almost what i purchased it for.

Two good books, less than the sum of the parts
While I teach a course in finite mathematics and received this book for consideration as a textbook, I will not be adopting it. The course is finite mathematics only and the calculus portions of the books are unsuitable for the class. My personal opinion is that it is a mistake to combine finite mathematics and calculus into a single class. The two topics are so distinct that melding them in a single class is inappropriate.
The finite mathematics portion of the book takes up the first 523 pages and calculus the remaining 540 pages. The coverage in the finite mathematics section is standard fare and the chapter headings are as follows:

*) Functions
*) Mathematics of finance
*) Systems of equations and matrices
*) Linear programming
*) Statistics
*) Markov chains

The coverage in the applied calculus section is also standard and the chapter headings are as follows:

*) Derivatives and their uses
*) Further applications of derivatives
*) Exponential and logarithmic functions
*) Integration and its applications
*) Integration techniques and differential equations
*) Calculus of several variables

Two additional chapters that are available on the web are:

*) Game theory
*) Logic

I cover logic in my course in finite mathematics, so I strongly disagree with the decision to shunt it off to the web.
The explanations are within the bounds of most students, although it is clear that this is a text for more advanced students as calculus is not a part of finite mathematics. There are plenty of exercises and solutions to the odd numbered exercises are in the back of the book.
In my opinion, it is two books, suitable only for situations where there is a sequence of finite mathematics followed by applied calculus. If only one of the courses is being taught, then the other half of the book is rendered superfluous at best and an expensive hindrance at worst. The cost of textbooks is soaring and there is no reason to force students to purchase more than they really have to. ... Read more

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Reviews sets, numbers, operations and properties,coordinate geometry, fundamental algebraic topics, solving equationsand inequalities, functions, trigonometry, exponents and logarithms,conic sections, matrices and determinants. ... Read more

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Good Reference
I use this text in my college-level math review course and find it to be an excellent reference. As an earlier reviewer noted, it does not go into great detail on any of the subjects, but that was not the intent of the text. It is intended as a listing of "just the essentials" and should be used only as a reference, not as primary instruction. For its intended purpose, I find it invaluable.

Not recommended.
This study guide didn't match up well with my Precalculus texts, or lectures, and I found it to be useless.Very little information is presented on each topic, and worse, topics seem to be haphazardly picked for inclusion. ... Read more

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Preparation in critical thinking and analysis for success in AP and college courses. Mathematics with Meaning. ... Read more

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Delivered as promised
Book was received in condition as described and in time suggested. No problems; very satsified. ... Read more

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An average book.
I got this book last summer to prepare for next school year (I registered for Honors Precal-Trig). When I got this book, I was rather disappointed. When I look at the book after I finish the course, the book covers what looks more like Algebra 2, and problems are not explained.
If you are having hard time in math, and want easy problems to do, you may want this book. But if you're pretty good, and think using this as a reference throughout the course, then don't get this book. ... Read more

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An Excellent Text
An excellent text.The CD's are especially helpful and enable the student to direct his own study. ... Read more