If you are preparing for CLEP College Algebra, you do not need this book. This book is a collection of some 10 tests each containing about four sections of 15-20 questions each- basically about 800 questions. Of these questions, there are many, many, many questions that are NOT tested in the actual CLEP exam. For instance, this book contains questions that test conics, hyperbola, ellipse, and several irrelevant, other topics. These irrelevant topic range from way too simple problems to too complex problems involving circles, rate-distance problems, etc that will never be tested on CLEP.
While there are no good prep materials available for college Algebra CLEP, the best way to prep for this clep is to review the tested topics in the Official Study Guide and study the relevant topics from a text book. The end of the chapter question from the test books should give you sufficient practice questions. Precalculus by James Stewart, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson is a good book. ( Chapters 1,2, 3, 4, 9, 11 cover the entire test material). This should take about 15-30 days depending on your current knowledge. Once you are done with the text book, take the sample test from the CLEP Official Guide to see where you stand and then review the topics that you answered incorrectly.
REA's Clep College Algebra provides some study material and two practice tests. REA's test scores are bit inflated. Make sure to deduct your score by at least 5 points to get a realistic idea of your preparedness. In addition, REA does not cover the many graphs that CLEP tests. Peterson's online questions are good for practice. In fact, Peterson's questions closely mimic the retired questions in the official guide. If you score above 75 ( out of 100), you should score 60+ on the CLEP.
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