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The Art Of Problem Solving Prealgebra By Richard Rusczyck, David Patrick, Ravi Boppana (z Lib.org)

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Prealgebra prepares students for the rigors of algebra and also teaches students problem-solving techniques to prepare them for prestigious middle school math contests such as MATHCOUNTS, MOEMS, and the AMC 8.

Topics covered in the book include the properties of arithmetic, exponents, primes and divisors, fractions, equations and inequalities, decimals, ratios and proportions, unit conversions and rates, percents, square roots, basic geometry (angles, perimeter, area, triangles, and quadrilaterals), statistics, counting and probability, and more!

The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, giving the student a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions to these problems, through which algebraic techniques are taught. Important facts and powerful problem solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text. In addition to the instructional material, the book contains well over 1000 problems. The solutions manual contains full solutions to all of the problems, not just answers.

This book can serve as a complete Prealgebra course.

The publisher site includes a free innovative online learning system,  Alcumus , and a free  collection of videos , both aligned to this textbook.

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How to use the AOPS books?

I just acquired the art of problem solving prealgebra book.

I would like to ask, how does one use the AOPS books, are they meant to be supplementary to a full textbook? Or are they used for introducing new concepts that you would have leant in a textbook etc. I would like advice on how to get the most out of the Art of problem solving books, as a self learner that is.

Soon I am also hoping to use the AOPS Introduction to algebra book alongside a full textbook on algebra 1 once I am finished with prealgabra.

Also, would anyone be able to recommend a complementary full algebra 1 textbook to buy for my AOPS introduction to algebra book?

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The AoPS subject books (Prealgebra, Introduction to Algebra, etc) are meant to be stand-alone textbooks which you can learn from without using another textbook. That said, they are intended for dedicated students who will work hard and learn relatively quickly. They do not have many routine practice problems, and instead have mainly more challenging problems which force students to think hard and explore the concepts more deeply. A weaker student may prefer a more traditional textbook, to use either instead of or in conjunction with an AoPS book. AoPS books also tend to be less useful as definitive references than traditional textbooks: you will find fewer well-organized statements of important facts and identities and theorems in them (though I think this is more relevant to the more advanced books than it is to Prealgebra).

To get the most out of an AoPS book (or pretty much any other math book), do the problems . Seriously, do them. I can't stress this enough. Spend a good chunk of time trying all the problems at the beginning of each section, before you move on to read their solutions. Do the exercises at the end of each section, and the review and challenge problems at the end of each chapter. There are a lot of problems, and some of them are quite difficult, so you should not expect to be able to solve every single one of them. But you should take the time working on the problems and reviewing the material until you can solve most of them.

I would also recommend you get the Solutions Manual which has full, detailed solutions to all the problems, if you don't have it yet. That allows you to verify your solutions and also learn a lot more by reading solutions that might approach the problems in different ways than you did. (Just resist the temptation to peek at the solutions before solving or at least working hard on the problems on your own, since you'll learn a lot less if you don't work through them on your own.)

If you learn better from oral instruction than just reading a book, there are also videos on the AoPS site which are associated with each section of the book which you can watch to see Richard Rusczyk explaining the ideas.

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Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Prealgebra Solutions Manual Paperback – August 10, 2011

• Part of series Art of Problem Solving
• Print length 224 pages
• Language English
• Publisher AoPS Incorporated
• Publication date August 10, 2011
• Dimensions 10.38 x 8.38 x 0.5 inches
• ISBN-10 1934124222
• ISBN-13 978-1934124222
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ AoPS Incorporated; F Fourth Printing Used edition (August 10, 2011)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934124222
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934124222
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.38 x 8.38 x 0.5 inches
• #7 in Intermediate Algebra (Books)

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Richard rusczyk.

Richard Rusczyk founded Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) in 2003 to create interactive educational opportunities for avid math students. Richard is one of the co-authors of the Art of Problem Solving classic textbooks, author of Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Algebra, Introduction to Geometry, and Precalculus textbooks, co-author of Art of Problem Solving's Intermediate Algebra and Prealgebra, one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and a past Director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search. He was a participant in National MATHCOUNTS, a three-time participant in the Math Olympiad Summer Program, and a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner (1989). He graduated from Princeton University in 1993, and worked as a bond trader for D.E. Shaw & Company for four years. AoPS marks Richard's return to his vocation: educating motivated students.

David Patrick

David Patrick has been an author and curriculum developer at Art of Problem Solving since 2004. He is the author of Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Counting & Probability, Intermediate Counting & Probability, and Calculus textbooks, and co-author of AoPS's new Prealgebra textbook. He is also an instructor in AoPS's widely-acclaimed online school for high performing middle and high school students.

Dave earned the sole perfect score on the American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME) in 1988 and was a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner that year. He attended the Research Science Institute (RSI) in 1987, and the Math Olympiad Summer Program in 1988, where he first met fellow student Richard Rusczyk. He also finished in the top 10 on the Putnam exam in 1991. Dave graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1992 with a BS in Mathematics/Computer Science and an MS in Mathematics. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT in 1997. He was an acting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington from 1997 to 2001. Dave is originally from Western New York and is an alumnus of the SUNY Buffalo Gifted Math Program.

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Customers find the math content in the book great, useful, and helpful for understanding concepts. They also say the author is a master explainer and concise but thorough. Readers also appreciate the full explanations to the problems in the textbook. Overall, they say the book is well worth purchasing.

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Students should expect to spend 1-3 hours on homework every week. Homework will be assigned and completed through the class website, where students receive immediate feedback on their work. Students will take three in-class exams throughout the course.

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