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• "I have found it to be exceptionally clear and concise in its explanations, and to thoroughly cover the material of precalculus. It is user-friendly, does not overemphasize technology, and is relatively inexpensive for students"
• "This is one of the best written textbooks I have seen. The writing is not only clear, but is remarkably comprehensible. I could find no example in the draft that I could point to and state that a typical student would have difficulty understanding it. The concepts are well arranged, and the text builds upon ideas in a well connected sequence. Particularly noteworthy is outstanding explanation of the interrelationship among the various conic sections"
• "I think the pedagogy is exceptionally effective. Specifically, the Calculus Connections are great. Students take pre-calculus because they want to one day take calculus. Making a connection between what they are learning now and what they will learn in the future is a terrific motivator"
• "It is exceptionally well-organized. Concepts are presented sequentially in a manner which allows each new idea to be related to the topics previously addressed and mastered. An example is applying translations and transformations from the algebra section to trigonometric, logarithmic and circular functions"
• "I would definitely recommend adopting this text. It is well written, focused on what the student needs to prepare for calculus, exceptionally well organized, and addresses the use of technology in the most intelligent manner of any text I've seen. These guys did a great job"

• "The text is well-written and should prove accessible to the students. The examples within the sections are well thought out, and emphasize topics...and particular cases that are worth mentioning to the students for future use"
• "The length of books published recently is almost absurd, because it does not help students concentrate on the main concepts, but rather diffuses their thoughts in nice picture and/or unnecessary numbers of examples. (Faires and DeFranza's) approach is refreshing."

• "This text is written well. The authors' writing style is clear and very reader-friendly."
• "The authors do a nice job of introducing end behavior of the graphs of the polynomial functions in Section 3.2 and definitions of asymptotes in Section 3.4, as well as other definitions."
• "I liked problems from Exercises for Calculus at the ends of the chapters. These types of exercises are important and very good for Calculus connections."