<p>I'm wondering if the books are good for teaching you how to do a certain level of any kind of math or if the books are written ONLY for people that already know the math, but just helps them do well in competitions ONLY??</p>
<p>I'm speaking of The Art of Problem Solving books.</p>
<p>The books appear to highlight math concepts that may be missed in the normal high school curriculum of Alg-Geo-Alg2-Trig/PreCalc-Calc.</p>
<p>I thought they were a relative waste of time. AOPS edition 1 was too easy (mainly for like 8th/9th graders… if you get 800 SAT M, or even 750+, you will likely find this to be a review). AOPS edition 2 was too esoteric (and hard to an extent). Only useful if you are into contest math.</p>