Ordered a couple of AoPS textbooks

[RPicard]

I ordered the Intermediate Algebra and Precalculus books for my precal class (half of which is covered in each).

Does anyone have experience with these textbooks?

Here are the links:

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/viewitem.php?item=interm:algebra
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/viewitem.php?item=precalc

 

[Tedjn]

Not those in particular, but I've skimmed their Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 books, which were pretty good.

 

[rasmhop]

I have used their books in high school to self-study for math competitions (haven't seen their calculus and pre-calculus books as they are recent additions). I liked them and feel they adequately prepared me for the earlier stages of competition, and later on prepared me for the more advanced material. In particular I like that they focus on problem solving which is really the hard part of high school and early college material. I have no experience in using them for an actual class though.

 

[RPicard]

I have used their books in high school to self-study for math competitions (haven't seen their calculus and pre-calculus books as they are recent additions). I liked them and feel they adequately prepared me for the earlier stages of competition, and later on prepared me for the more advanced material. In particular I like that they focus on problem solving which is really the hard part of high school and early college material. I have no experience in using them for an actual class though.

Yeah these are for self-study. The online textbook my class uses is crap. The images that are supposed to explain the problems are missing and the formatting is completely off.

I'll probably get Vol. 1 and 2 in a couple of months so I can try my hand at AMC12.