Mathcounts State Competition Preparation Volume 1 (Mathcounts State Competition Preparation 5 Volumes)

I am a homeschooling mother who purchased this book to give my son additional problems that aren't available in MathUSee and to stretch his thinking. He will be taking pre-Algebra as a 7th grader. I am currently in the first chapter, which involves different base systems. Some of the problems given in the base number system involve quadratic equations and higher levels of probability than he is used to doing. My son is good in math, but not that advanced. The solutions to the problem are not ALWAYS explained in detail. As a homeschooling parent, you should have a very strong background in math to follow it at times. I have also found errors in the book. In addition, this is NOT what I was desiring for my son. I will not be buying any more in this series.

I bought this book and will purchase the remaining four volumes for my son. The book is well organized with plenty of examples for many important math concepts and skills. in addition, the authors also provide detailed answers for all the chapter questions. The material appears to reflect up to date mathcounts competition and will benefit to anyone who want to improve mathcounts skill.

I bought this book for my 7th grade son to practice math during summer time. After a few chapters, I found that the book might not be a good candidate for my son. It spent only a few pages to explain the principles but not thoroughly, which makes it hard to follow the concepts. The questions are not sorted by the difficulties (I saw in several chapters the 1st question is pretty tough). Also, you could find some questions exactly the same as the examples in the chapter. I am not going to recommend the book to my friend.

My child likes it. He said it's a good book.

This book was very helpful for the MATHCOUNTS competitions. It has a variety of problems that focus on MATHCOUNTS. The book also has many practice problems from past MATHCOUNTS state competitions. After doing this book, I felt like it was a big reason that I made MATHCOUNTS nationals this year. Thank you Yongcheng!- Alix C.

if your kid loves math and challenges, THIS is the book (and the next 4 volumes) for him/her. we used them and they are so effective! highly recommended.