Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Prealgebra Solutions Manual

This is a review of the AoP Prealgebra Solutions Manual. That's what you get in this--a whole volume of solutions to chapter end problems and challenge problems as listed in the separate volume "Prealgebra" also produced by AoP (the Art of Problem Solving). This gives full explanations to the problems in the textbook. Do you NEED this? No. If you buy the other book for a class, your teacher may not want you to buy this either, and that might be a good thing to be sure you challenge yourself. But, if you are working through the textbook on your own, this volume is well worth purchasing. There are extra problems you can do online and there are many problems to do and fully explained in the textbook, but being able to look up answers to the chapter end problems and to challenge yourself with the challenge problems and see if you go them right (always a confidence booster when you do!), this volume is invaluable. That's all it is though. No frills, no lesson pages, no wasted space. Could you learn with just this and not the text? Perhaps. But the text gives far more explanations about the hows and whys to do the problems. I don't have much money and so was uncertain about buying thi, but now I'm rather glad I purchased this. Thanks AoP!

I bought this book for my 6th grader. There are different levels of difficulty, so that kids get used to progress from easy ones to difficult problems. The problems are not plug-in formula problems. They are more thinking problems, which ask kids to sit down and think thoroughly. There are many examples of Math Counts and AMC problems too. Excellent source for kids who love challenging math practice.

This is the best math pre-algebra book I have used to teach my kids. It helps them understand the concepts very well and draws the kids to do more. I am glad I found this.

Bought this to accompany my son's Prealgebra book. Easy to use, great quality book, and we are really enjoying this math curriculum! I highly recommend the Art if Problem Solving series, and really recommend getting this solutions manual to go with the student book.

The Prealgebra Solutions Manual is a great companion to the Prealgebra book. Since it's always nice to be able to check out the answers, the Prealgebra Solutions Manual is really a must. While many math books include the solutions at the end of the book, the authors of Prealgebra chose not to do so. Instead, they elected to solve sample problems in the text, and let the students work out the exercises on their own -- without looking in the back of the book for the solutions, I suppose.

Definitely worth buying the solutions manual.

It’s great for my 6 G kid to be challenged with. Hopefully he can go a little deeper than he is now in math.

Yeah, get this too, when you buy Prealgebra, which I've also given five stars. There's a lot of value in seeing fully worked and explained solutions, even if you've already gotten the right answer. The solutions often provide insight into the way a budding top mathematician might think.