<p>I recently discovered that my 7th edition book does not cover some of the minor topics of the test, like matrices, standard deviation, that occasionally come up in the real test. I don't have the 8th edition, which my friend told me has the extra info. </p>
<p>So my question is, what are the major differences between the two editions? Should I bother to buy myself the 8th edition??</p>
<p>i dont think you need to, since while there may be some difference in the topics they address, when i looked at both of them the practice tests seemed almost identical..but thats just my opinion.</p>
<p>learn the extra topics off Sparknotes.com</p>
<p>do you happen to know what the extra topics are
i know matrices, standard deviation are not covered, but what other topics should i know?</p>
<p>bump
bump</p>
<p>My D has both (we borrowed one and bought the 8th edition). I glanced at the first two tests in both books & they are almost identical. In the intro to 8th edition, they indicate new edition has been updated to reflect the current content and format of the new Math II Subject test. Not sure if that helps.</p>
<p>In the new edition, there was a question on FOCI (???) on the 1st model test, which she believes will not be tested on the actual test. So there may still be stuff on the Barrons that will never be tested on the real thing. Wonder why they would cover stuff like this and NOT include standard deviation and matrices. </p>
<p>Also, she got a 670 on the Barrons 1st Model test, and 720 on the PR test, what range can she expect on the real thing? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>