This is a great resource for Beginning Algebra! It is the newest edition of this book, and has some helpful updates. As the instructor's edition, it also includes all of the answers, so you can check your work and be confident that you are doing the problems correctly. The "Pass the Test" CD is a great tool and resource (if you choose to use it). In addition, the book comes with re-usable, customizable tabs in bright colors so that you can mark important pages of the textbook for quick reference and review.