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What edition do you use? I am looking into adding to my daughters ALEKS and am considering Singapore math based on the recommendations here. My question is which edition to use, the U.S. edition or the new Standard edition? There is no home instructor editions yet for the upper level and I think we need to start with 3B or 4A since she is almost done with ALEKS level 4. I also saw that Hey!Math is based on the U.S. edition and we are doing a trial with that right now as well. My daughter is moving so fast through ALEKS I'm worried that she isn't retaining all of it or really grasping the concept beyond the few problems presented. Any comments or suggestions? Are the placement tests the best way to decide what book to use? It's so much easier with the littler ones because we started them with Singapore math this year and just went back to Essential Math B to make sure they understand everything before progressing to Primary Mathematics.

Hi, melmichigan,

A little tip on HeyMath! thanks to LMom. Order the Singapore version instead of the US version. That way you get more grade levels than you would on the US edition. The content is exactly the same, just in a different order and with extra grade levels in Singapore edition.

We use U.S. edition of the workbooks (not the Standards Ed but the regular one). I think the placement tests work quite well. If your daughter has problem with one of the section, let's say she cannot calculate area, do only that section and then move onto the next level. I would suggest that you get the Challenging Word Problems workbook too. It goes more into depth and where the regular workbook (which we do use) is quite easy for DS6 he has to really think about some of the challenging word problems.

As questions said I bought the Singapore version of HeyMath! since it gives me more years for the same price.