No-Nonsense Algebra Practice Workbook

I’m going back to college to finish my degree and I’m prepping for my Calculus classes. I bought this book as a refresher and the online videos are wonderful. Mr.Fisher breaks down all the equations in a very simple way and easy to follow along. The practice problems are great. Didn’t come across any incorrect answers in the solutions section.

I picked this one up to accompany the main lesson book, since sometimes, my homeschooled 8th grader just needs a few more exercises to understand a concept. These problems follow the themes in the main book and do offer extra problems when needed. The answers are clear and easy to locate as well. This series is everything I hoped it be.

This workbook is strictly extra practice for the lessons taught in the "No-Nonsense Algebra, 2nd edition: Part of the Mastering Essential Math Skills series". In that guide book the homeschool parent will have the tools necessary to help their child work through each exercise set. Also the guide book has a key code to use online and view the videos with great explanations if needed. My 8th and 11th grade children are working through these two books (guide book and this workbook) together daily. The 8th grader seeing it for the first time and the 11th grader using it as SAT review. Best way to study is to teach someone else :) very happy with this workbook.

This is extra practice to go with the lesson book. It works well with the lesson book for reinforcement. However in this book and the regular instruction version of the book there are sometimes errors in the answer key. At times when something has seemed hard to solve because it doesn't match the answer key, we've realized the answer key is sometimes wrong, so use another source to verify correct answers if you ever come across a problem that just feels confusing and you can't get the answer that matches the book.

I've been out of high-school for 8 years. Out of college for 6 years. It's been 8 years since I took a math class. I was naturally very good at math, but after 8 years I had forgotten all of the basics. It doesn't matter how good I USED to be at math if I can't remember the basic rules. I'm returning to college next month and will be taking math and chemistry as refresher courses for Pre-calc and General Chemistry. I've been doing a couple lessons every night, in the book, and I also bought the workbook to do alongside the main book. BEST DECISION I HAVE MADE to prepare myself for returning to college after years of being out of the classroom.

I bought both the No-Nonsense Algebra 2nd Edition and No-Nonsense Algebra Practice book for my 9th grader, who is homeschooled. Math has always been his worse subject, he just couldn't seem to grasp mathematical concepts. I've tried a lot of curriculums over the years; Horizon, Math Mammoth, Jump Math, Kahn Academy, Christian Light, and Video Text and some were better than others but still he struggled. So for high school I decided to take a more simplified approach, I ordered the No-Nonsense Algebra books and decided to give Kahn Academy another try and finally, success! My son loves the way Mr. Fisher explains things. He said for the first time he "gets it". The lessons are short with the just the right amount of review built in. If he needs more review I plan on using Kahn but so far he is doing great.

This is strictly a workbook with 10-20 problems per page, one concept per page. There are no instructions or examples. We use this with the textbook, which has easy to understand instructions and practice problems.

Lots of editing mistakes in the answer keys in both the lesson book and practice workbook and even in the lesson example in the lesson books. Spending a lot of time checking whose mistake it is...mine or the editors. Turns out it's the editor, as my algebra checker shows the answer and the steps involved. Also, Chapter 6, lesson 13 is sorely lacking in instruction. This make these more challenging than they need to me. Thank goodness for the trusty algebra checker. The video tutorials are often brief and not detailed. There's no video for chapter 6, lesson 13 "Factoring More Complicated Polynomials". Bummer. In nutshell, the lesson book and practice workbook are helpful but not a stand alone algebra 1 learning source. Find an online algebra checker that lays out the steps for you, try Khan Academy as well to round out the learning process.