Okay, so I have been procrastinating on my outside reading for the quarter (due next monday) and chose to read this book. I started like 2 or 3 hours ago and I'm hooked! I just stopped reading at Chapter 18.

Now the predicament is whether I should start studying for my math test or continue reading. :P

I have an 88% in math class and know absolutely nothing about the current unit... but I hardly come across a good book!

Hmm, if your math test is today you probably won't even read this.

Pro test:
-Depends on when the marking period is over. If, for instance, this is your last test, you should study and shoot for that A.
-Prioritize. Reading a really good book is IMO more important than a math test...but since you can only take the math test once, and you can read the book later AND reread it, the math test is more important. I'd even argue that some books need a good pause at times (I don't know if Monte Cristo is one of these).

Anti-Test:
-If you don't know anything, are you sure there's any point in studying? If it's not going to help your grade at all, you shouldn't make yourself stress by doing things which won't help. In the case that you rly don't have a chance to know much, reading might help you better, because at the very least you'll take the test without being stressed out.
-What grade are you in? If you're a senior, why do you care about your grade in math as long as you're passing? But...(pro-test) if you're a junior, get back to work you slacker! This isn't the year to relax and do what you want.

Personally, I do tend to read more than I should (into the wee hours of the morning, if not other stuff) but I usually put my work first until recently.

... You guys actually study for math? I thought it was all knowledge-based stuff. :/

I say book, although sometimes on the tests you can fluke your way through it.

According to my ex-math teacher, we're not allowed to have a life if we're to be able to complete the course.

Suffice to say, since I have a life, I failed.

Edit: To answer your question, I'd say study first. You can read the book when you go to bed.

You see, math tests are a bitch and you can easily get a B if you sort-of pay attention in class(which I do)... but you can't get an A if you don't study because there is always one question worth like 15% of the test/quiz that really requires you to understand the concepts.

... well, last night, I made a bad choice and chose to read the book. :P

Needless to say, I probably only got a B on my math test and totally failed my Spanish geography quiz. :P

I don't but I took IMP, which is like word problems and stuff. I imagine that if Alex is in say, a calc AP course and was absent recently or not paying attention, he has to learn stuff on his own or fail.

And b/c it's math it's prolly less likely he can BS his way through it (unlike an english test, where you can sometimes write a 5 paragraph paper on a book without reading most of it).

Eh, it's only pre-calculus. >_>;... Honors Pre-calculus though! :o

But yeah, I was abscent during a semi-important day (remember how I was bitching about slamming my finger...? :"() and never caught up... and still haven't. :P. I did know a little about it though from last year, which was an adequate amount for the the test. :)