Geometry: Reasoning, Measuring, Applying

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5 Reviews

1. When we ordered our son’s “Geometry: Reasoning, Measuring, Applying” book from Amazon, we were quite satisfied with the condition of the book and how quickly it ended up coming! We will be using Amazon again!

2. i am a student and this is what I needed, but when I got it, it wasn’t really what I wanted. I know they say there isn’t much difference but there IS indeed, I mean in every chapter you will not see Virgina but you will see new york in every single chapter! I’m not sure about the other stuff but this guy didn’t really tell the truth.

3. I am a relearner of geometry, having been years since I have been in high school. A lot of new stuff is in this text than what I remember. I love the “Key Concepts” which identify the main idea I have to learn. The theorems and postulates are well written and thoroughly explained. There are several ways to review concepts. I do wish the answers to the “Guided Practice” problems, which help to learn from the examples, were in the back of the book. As a self-study learner, I find the text easy to understand and would recommend this edition.

   As far as the review about how the postulates “cannot be proven,” On page 9 the text says postulates are “accepted without proof.” Also, there is no problem #24 on page 306.

4. This book is way too easy, especially for a high school geometry class. There aren’t any proofs over 3 steps in the whole book. I want my students to learn how to reason logically through a proof, not how to see that since two triangles share a side by the reflexive property they are congruent (with the other given information). I had to create my own curriculum for the proof section because of how easy it is.

   I saw another review on here talking about postulates vs theorems, and its true. This book tries to tell the students that SSS and ASA are postulates… they’re theorems! And, to back track, who defines ‘point’, ‘line’ , and ‘plane’… Euclid, being one of the only things we criticize him for, and this book! really?

   On the up side, this book as a lot of extra resources for the teacher. The teachers edition is packed full of extra materials, lesson plans, unit plans, and hands-on activities.

   This book does go through many important topics that I have seen missing in other geometry books, but the bottom line is that it is TOO easy and there are too many mistakes giving incorrect information.

5. Very good book, good condition -purchased for student in High School– I have even read alot of it!