Courtesy of Joan Reinthaler 

 

These books would be great resources for your professional libraries and I suspect that you can used versions very inexpensively from Amazon, Alibris or Abe Books.  (When I order used texts, the shipping cost is often more than the cost of the used books.)  Any early edition of these would be fine.

 

1. This is a good, no-nonsense series (Alg 1, 2 etc).  If you need a book to help you structure a course and that will provide basic exercises, this is a good one for your library.  The word problems are terrible.

Algebra 1, 2 etc. by Larson, Boswell, et. al.

http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-2-Applications-Equations-Graphs/dp/0395937787

 

 

2. This series has great word problems 

http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Trigonometry-Functions-Applications- Classic/dp/0201324601

 

Algebra 1

Algebra 2

Pre Calculus 

 

 

3. “Mathematics, a Human Endeavor”  Harold R. Jacobs

Geometry  Harold R. Jacobs

Algebra  Harold Jacobs

 

4. A First Course in Algebra

A Second Course in Algebra

A Course in Geometry

 

5. Link to downloadable sets of Exeter’s math texts – entirely problem sets – probably not ones you can use next year but terrific resources for you to have in your math teaching library.

http://www.exeter.edu/academics/72_6539.aspx

 

6. Mathquest 7 or 8 by Brendan Kelly et al. A wonderful Canadian series published (and out of print) by Addison-Wesley.

 

7. This is a link to a excellent set of fraction workbooks (can’t get them second hand) called “Key to Fractions, and there is also a “Key to Decimals” and “Key to Geometry” – all really good for many kids.   All are available through Key Curriculum Press which is a resource for really good materials. http://www.keypress.com/x5197.xml