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(8 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
rife with errors,
July 21, 2010 Studentt "st" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Math: GMAT Strategy Supplement (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Foundations of Math) (Paperback)
I am only on page 74 of this book, skimming it, doing a few problems here and there, and already I've discovered 3 errors. 1 error is harmless (answer key drill section skips from 3 to 5), the other two are math errors. I was sitting there for an hour trying to figure out why I was wrong, and it turns out the book is wrong. It is as if this book was not proofread or peer edited at all. It's ridiculous. In fairness to the book, it reinforces areas that will help improve the GMAT score, it has a good, practical ideas. But an exam prep book guide ABSOLUTELY CANNOT have math errors, it's unacceptable.
I've written all over this thing so I can't return it either, I'm angry.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A lot of mistakes even in the electronic edition, and the combination of web published errata and kindle book is almost unusable,
March 24, 2011 stefan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Math (Kindle Edition)
I'm really upset with the kindle edition of this book. A lot of mistakes in it, and the errata published on their website is really messy to use with the electronic edition of the book (I'm using the kindle app on my ipad). And why should we use an errata with an electronic edition of a book, in the first place ? An extra 1/5 an hour spent by someone anyway compiling the mistakes for the web errata on actually making the corrections in the electronic edition of the book seems like a logic and decent thing to do ... Apparently not. Because of this approach I give the lowest possible rating to the book . It seems like a rip off. It's really annoying spending 1/2 an hour to sort out a math problem and then discover, after another 1/2 an hour of trying to figure out what from the errata goes where on the messy page system of the kindle edition, that somebody made you pay for yet another gratuitously sloppy product.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Study guide filled with errors,
May 9, 2011 Sal Berlingeri (07960) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundations of GMAT Math: GMAT Strategy Supplement (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Foundations of Math) (Paperback)
This GMAT review advertises over 400+ practice problems. There are at least 37 errors in the book (as documented on the MGMAT website). I purchased the other MGMAT materials and like them much better than the Princeton Review, however a test prep guide should not have this many errors. It seems like they were eager to make more money by putting out more books and did not spend time reviewing the materials thoroughly. A huge disappointment! MGMAT should offer a refund for anyone who has purchased this book!
