Hardcover: 837 pages
Publisher: Saxon / Harcourt Achieve; 1 edition (March 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600325408
ISBN-13: 978-1600325403
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.3 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #29,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #70 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Homeschooling #186 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Math #4732 in Books > Textbooks
Grade Level: 4 and up
Math text book, the best I've ever encountered. I have nightly reviewed my 8 year old daughter's 3rd grade math homework, and this is the book she uses, "4 intermediate". Simple straight-forward presentation. Steady increments in concepts. Excellence in setting the appropriate level, perfectly targeted. Full of math and math problems, individual practice. My daughter attends the most academic and challenging grade school in the United States that I am aware of, Challenger School, and they use Saxon. They really know how to pick text books such that kids have contact with and practice their math every day to learn it best. Not over-filled with rainbows and pictures of kids of every skin color. Not too many group exercises or assignments in discussing what the child groups think. No one-way political edicta as in government/public school math books. Plenty of arithmetic, charting, graphing, measuring with a ruler, perimeter and area, shapes, symmetries, geometric shapes, variables smoothly introduced and used in prep for algebra to come in following years, and plenty of word problems. Lots of associated materials, the answer book, power-up book, I see them with an search. A local private school here has dropped Saxon, stating that it is missing topics. That can be said of the excellent Singapore math also. I'm guessing that the local public and private schools teach to the standardized test only, and they prefer a book that touches each subject more lightly and does not review the concepts to the extent that Saxon math does. I wish that the book makers would discuss these trade-offs, but products must be all things to all people I guess.
I received this hard cover text book very quickly and in new condition. I ordered this for my 4th grader to supplement his public school math workbook. Our two older kids attended the private school, Challenger School, where Saxon math was used to teach very effectively.
Nice outline form. Some chapters can get a little confusing at times but I liked the use of mathematical examples given to rectify any confusion. Questions at the end of each chapter ensures that the student has learned the material. All in all, this is a great way to excel in mathematics at young age.
My boy needs this for his math class and I didnt want him to carry this heavy book in his bag pack every day. So I bought this one for home.He has a school supplied one to use at the school and he keeps it in school. The book is pretty comprehensive like other saxon math versions and he likes working on these math lessons and problems.
With this book, someone took every known math problem put them in a box and randomly pulled them out to place them in this book. This book fails to teach foundations. This book fails to give instructions. This book expects children to do square roots before teaching squares or division. The language that is used in the book is not commonly used language. "Dot cubes" is used- what is a dot cube? The common term is dice so why use such an unfamiliar word? This is for math not a crossword puzzle. There are so many definitions for "dot cube" why not use the word that would be understood and say exactly which you mean? There are many other unusual terms used strictly to confuse and waste the time of the student as well as those who lend assistance. There is no organization to the book. In this book multiplication does not come before division, it is all just thrown at the student at the same time. Not enough practice is given on each skill so that a student can master that skill in order to move on to the next. Skills are not taught. The practice exercises provide reference numbers for assistance but these number are not page or chapter numbers. They may refer at anything in the book, anywhere in the book and are impossible to find without wasting hours looking for it. There are better math books out there which teach skills in order and give enough examples and instructions. People who use this book do not have the student's best interest in mind.
If you can, I strongly recommend getting the whole set, that way you can better help your students and renew your love for Mathematics. Many schools will not follow the sequence as it appears in the book but the good thing is that the principle behind the mathematical concepts remains unchanged at this level. A good boost to our ego as a parent/guardian "" TEACHER""
Like all Saxon products, this newer Intermediate math series will NOT disappoint! Nice quality text, great math program. I will be using it.
Came in good shape and has been a big help my 8 yr old doesn't have to lug it back and forth to school!!! One at home one at school!
Saxon Math, Intermediate 4 (Student Edition) Math 3: An Incremental Development Set: Student Workbooks, part one and two plus flashcards (Saxon math, grade 3) Anglo-Saxon Rune Lore: A Brief Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Runes Saxon Math 5/4, 3rd Edition Home school Student Edition. Workouts in Intermediate Microeconomics: for Intermediate Microeconomics and Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus, Ninth Edition Math in Focus: Student Workbook 2A (Math in Focus: Singapore Math) Saxon Math 7/6, Homeschool Edition: Tests and Worksheets (Reproducible) Saxon Math 5/4 Homeschool: Complete Kit 3rd Edition Saxon Math, Course 1 Saxon Math 5/4 Saxon Math 2: An Incremental Development Part 1 & 2 (Workbook and Fact Cards-2 volume set) Saxon Math 6/5 (Teacher's Manual, Volume 2) Saxon Math 1: An Incremental Development, Part 1 and 2 28 New SAT Math Lessons to Improve Your Score in One Month - Intermediate Course: For Students Currently Scoring Between 500 and 600 in SAT Math Double Agent! Piano Duets: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Popular Songs Series Intermediate 1 Piano, 4 Hands (Popular Songs, Hal Leonard Student Piano Library) McGraw-Hill My Math, Grade 2, Student Edition, Volume 1 (ELEMENTARY MATH CONNECTS) Cool Paper Folding: Creative Activities That Make Math & Science Fun for Kids!: Creative Activities That Make Math & Science Fun for Kids! (Cool Art with Math & Science) Math For Everyone Combo Book Hardcover: 7th Grade Math, Algebra I, Geometry I, Algebra II, Math Analysis, Calculus Math Triumphs, Grade 4, Student Study Guide, Book 1: Number and Operations and Algebra (MATH INTRVENTION K-5 (TRIUMPHS)) Math in Focus: Singapore Math: Student Workbook Grade 5 Book A