Art of Problem Solving: Beast Academy Grade 3 Complete Books Set (8 Books) - Math Guide 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D & Math Practice 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D

Spent numerous months and dollars buying various supplemental math books for my then rising 6th grader. Finally stumbled upon "Competition Math for Middle School" by J. Batterson. Having done math olympiads in my school years I could immediately appreciate the combination of material review, break down of the examples and a supporting practice set which is not just "10 copies of the same problem".Bottom line I was a very happy customer of that book and was praising it to my friends. One day in a conversation I lamented, "I wish he had written a similar book for younger students" (having 2 younger kids myself). "Well, have you tried googling?" was the response. Doh!And that's how I found Beast Academy. I can honestly say it has exceeded all my expectations. All the same great qualities of "Competition Math", plus great visualization of the solutions for the younger minds.Much bigger practice sets and still none of the mundane repetition -- each problem has a slightly different angle at the material.Double-start problems that can be fun for the kid and his/her older sibling to work on together.I highly recommend evaluating your kids level using practice test on their website. My 4th grader wasn't ready for Grade 4 set at the beginning of the year. So we started with 3 and I can see how his progress is accelerating. He's flying through 3d part now and we'll be starting on 4 before the end of the school year.

My son and I have worked on the four sets of second-grade books, and we found them to be excellent.

kid loves it!!

Books needs To be better

These problems are extremely interesting, challenging and different than the school curriculum. Very good for kids who like Math and want to expand their skills. However, the books do not follow the common curriculum. As a parent, it's very tiresome to browse the books and go back and forth to check what they can solve.Many problems are far beyond the 3rd grade level. Not talking about difficult logic or reasoning problems, just about problems that address concepts that are not taught in 3rd grade like for instance, division with remainders. I know the exercise books come with 'guides' but honestly I don't agree with teaching kids concepts 'in advance'. There are tons of problems with higher grades of difficulty involving 3rd grade Math only, so why teaching in advance ? I wish these were actually 3 books, without problems related to concepts that are 4th grade. Unfortunately, same happens with the other books - level 4 is actually 4th grade mixed with 5th grade and so on.I like the level of difficulty and the challenge, but don't like the mixup.

I've looked into large number of Eastern European, Singaporean, UK and US Primary School Maths books and I'm sure that Best Academy is the best one. Comic stories are great fun to read and create strong attachment to the subject.Best Academy Grade 3 covers all necessary areas and gives very gentle introduction to complicated topics like variables and fractions.