What's the best College Algebra CLEP prep guide?

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<p>Being the idiot that I am, I didn't take a math class my senior year, and while taking the math placement exam for my college, the questions were obviously basic, and I simply couldn't remember how to solve them. The exam forces me to take college algebra. </p>

<p>Since I have already learned this stuff before, I was thinking about just re-learning all the material and taking the CLEP exam. I can't seem to find anything about the college algebra CLEP exam. Should I just buy a textbook and study it? Or is a guidebook going to go over all the material again?</p>

<p>Help!</p>

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<p>Hi, I would get a good book, I saw some at Borders yesterday like College Algebra DeMystified, it has practice exams and reviews the material, there are CLEP study guides as well but I don’t know how well they review the actual material, hope this helps!</p>

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<p>Try this: [Virtual</a> Math Lab - College Algebra](<a href=“http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/index.htm]Virtual”>Virtual Math Lab - College Algebra)</p>

<p>Also read the specific exam feedback on instantcert.com (discount code is 85722).
There’s two pages of detailed info/resources from people who have taken the test.</p>

<p>[CLEP</a> Forum - CLEP Study - CLEP Testing - Study Guide and Strategies](<a href=“Online Degrees and CLEP and DSST Exam Prep Discussion”>Online Degrees and CLEP and DSST Exam Prep Discussion)</p>

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<p>I have heard that the REA books along with the Petersons practice tests (which can be accessed for free if you have the right link) are the best resources out there. There are other various sites that offer prep courses that arent bad but I would definetly start out with the REA book. </p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>College Algebra’s Virtual MathLab is a good one. I was thinking it might’ve helped to have prepared for your mathematics placement exam but seeing as you have to take another route, I’ll list some resources I used in getting a good grasp on College Algebra to test out of that portion of the placement exam I had to take as well as the CLEP one for credit.</p>

<p>Get REA’s CLEP Calculus. It’ll help a lot. Besides that, look for tons of problems on the Internet, purchase a cheap College Algebra book online for a dollar or two (I’d go with Robert Blitzer’s, an early edition) and head over to khanacademy.org to brush up on all of the essential Algebra II topics. [Just</a> Math Tutoring](<a href=“http://www.justmathtutoring.com%5DJust”>http://www.justmathtutoring.com) is also a great resource for learning College Algebra. </p>

<p>I heard College Algebra DeMystified was also a good resource, but I haven’t personally been through that book. I have the Precalculus DeMystified, but I’ve only gone through some of the beginning chapters. That was months ago.</p>