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Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

All this stuff is available online for free. The books are obsolete. Nobody needs them.

Alright then, tell us where we can get a free prealgebra course in text form

https://openstax.org/subjects/math

That's true, but have you taken a look at the their 1146 page Prealgebra tome? Here, I invite you:

https://openstax.org/details/books/prealgebra-2e

Just be prepared to be bored out of your mind. The quality greatly leaves something to be desired. All the questions are remedially basic, and there are no real problems to be solved. Books are awesome and I'm all for using them, but this is definitely not it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

All this stuff is available online for free. The books are obsolete. Nobody needs them.

Alright then, tell us where we can get a free prealgebra course in text form

https://openstax.org/subjects/math

Math emphasizes on systematic approach. How can students learn from a bunch of random math worksheet without a clear structure? Honestly without a textbook has a bigger negative impact on the mid/weaker student body. The top students will learn regardless what is offered. Involved parents will likely have their kids to go over a math textbook at home.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

All this stuff is available online for free. The books are obsolete. Nobody needs them.

Alright then, tell us where we can get a free prealgebra course in text form

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

All this stuff is available online for free. The books are obsolete. Nobody needs them.

No need for math class, either, amirite?

SMH

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Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

All this stuff is available online for free. The books are obsolete. Nobody needs them.

Anonymous wrote:You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

If the books are so cheap and the course content hasn't changed (because it's MATH, not some history course with a social justice bent), why are all some parents on DCUM so condescending to those who think a textbook with all the course content in one place is best for the kids? Otherwise, you are dependent on the teacher collecting all the right content from online sources and some probably do that and some are more lax. And having a backpack full of loose papers isn't necessarily a good thing for kids.

You can get any old textbook for $5-$10 from a used book store, or a free digital scan, and match up the chapters to your class.

Prealgebra and higher math hasn't changed much in 50 years.

I found this book list from 2017. It's a little out of date but the math books for the grade I was looking for was still available for a reasonable amount. DS complained at first that it wasn't identical to what he was learning in class but he figured it out and has gotten some value from it.

https://fcta.org/FxCo/Schools/2017_fcps_textbooks.html

Getting a decent textbook and just working through it is probably the best you can get. I don't think anything is entirely going to align with whatever FCPS is doing as far as pacing, let alone what the classroom teacher is doing. Attempting to constantly play catch-up is going to make you nuts.

AoPS's textbooks are usually good for very, very bright math students. There are lots of others, though. Give us a math level and DCUM can provide you with all sorts of ill-informed and contradictory opinions as to which textbooks are best.

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Anonymous wrote:The only resource FCPS provides for alg/geo/alg 2 is mathspace. For AP courses there are textbooks because college board mandates it.

Schools eventually figured out that in the age of the internet, the textbook industry is just a scam.

Except the textbook scam involved an actually useful product. Almost a required product.

For a variety of reasons, including no textbooks, kids are learning less and retaining less.

Anonymous wrote:The only resource FCPS provides for alg/geo/alg 2 is mathspace. For AP courses there are textbooks because college board mandates it.

Schools eventually figured out that in the age of the internet, the textbook industry is just a scam.

The only resource FCPS provides for alg/geo/alg 2 is mathspace. For AP courses there are textbooks because college board mandates it.

No. No textbooks.

IS there any math text book that FCPS follows for high school? OTher than AOPS books what are the other text book to follow which aligns with Virginia guidelines. Or if there is any Virginia text books to be specific?