BIG IDEAS MATH Algebra 1: Common Core Student Edition 2015

What can I say about a textbook? It's what the school uses. Book was excellent condition. Saving us since there aren't enough textbooks to be sent home and we don't like viewing the textbook on the computer, especially when kid has the online homework pulled up. Much easier than flipping between windows and makes it easier for us parents who are trying to help him learn the info.

I bought this for my daughter so she could review what she had learned in school that day at home. I received a brand new book, in perfect condition. This book is great for students who need extra help and want to improve their understanding of Algebra concepts.

I buy this along with textbook never have to worry about lugging books back and forth. Move ahead or drilling. I find using everything you need to study a wonderful thing. No more I lefr my book at school. Easy to follow great tool

Product and shipping as expected. The cost of textbooks are expensive these days.

Perfect for my childs. 9th grade math.

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This book deserves 1.5 stars and is just slightly better than the worst Algebra 1 books I have seen. The only reason I don't give it one star is that I'm reserving my one-star rating for the accompanying Big Ideas Algebra 2 textbook which, in my mind, is even worse.First off, this book suffers from the same problem as many textbooks published since 2000. It tries to cover too many topics too lightly, rather than covering fewer topics deeply. For instance, if a student can solve equations in one variable and understands ratios, there is no reason not to teach mixture problems. E.g. "How much pure water do I need to add to 100 ml of a 40% saline solution to dilute it to a 30% solution?" But these problems are not included. Likewise, when learning to solve systems of equations, Algebra 1 students ought to be able to handle motion problems where a boat or airplane operates with a tailwind or against a current. Such deeper applications are completely missing. In addition, only the easiest factoring problems are taught. If a student can factor x^2 + 7x + 6, then he certainly ought to be able to factor x^10 + 7x^5 + 6 or even x + 7sqrt(x) + 6. They are all variations of the same problem. But deeper knowledge and understanding is absent from this watered-down text.Rather, the book attempts to cover topics historically reserved for Algebra 2 or even Pre-calculus, like the equivalency of fractional exponents and radicals, compound interest, and arithmetic & geometric sequences. As a math tutor, it is evident to me why so many juniors and seniors come to me struggling to factor more advanced trigonometric expressions and prove trig identities, when they never had factoring reinforced sufficiently at the Algebra 1 level. A little less time spent on non-Algebra 1 topics and a little more time drilling down more deeply on Algebra 1 would certainly benefit more students. They'll get to the other topics later, and they'll probably master them more quickly when they're older anyway.By comparison, my favorite Algebra 1 book is still Stanley Smith's Algebra 1, originally published by Prentice Hall. The California edition is what I usually use. It is robust and doesn't sell short our kids or pull any punches. The basic problems are standard, and the harder problems are rather complex. Despite being 15+ years old, it is lightyears ahead of Big Idea's sorry excuse for an Algebra 1 text.  Algebra 1 (California Edition)

My kid used this book in school. This is a very bad book. Almost every problem asks you to graph, and almost every wording problem asks you to explain, Some of the problems use very tedious numbers. Even with a calculator, it is hard to get them right. There are some sessions teaching students how to do estimation by using graph or guessing. That is waste of time and is impossible to do because the answers are likely very large numbers or decimal numbers. It also introduces very hard concepts without much explanations. Students are so confusing and cannot comprehend the material. On the other hand, for the important concepts they just go through very quickly, and do not offer enough practice. Some of the questions are badly worded and you have to guess what they want to ask. The textbook market has been cornered by a few big publishers. They do not do a very good job. Combined with the stupid common core curriculum, kids are really suffering. If your school uses this book, I feel sorry for your kids. If you just want a book for homeschool, try other books like Singapore Math. They know how to educate math.