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The covers give a clue. Author, either Stephen Hake + John Saxon or John Saxon. Second Edition preferred but I do have a third edition Algebra 1/2.

Naming convention. From being in the military, Saxon knew that people from different parts of US or even different school districts had different backgrounds and education levels which had nothing to do with IQ or natural math ability but did have an affect.

Math 76 is a guesstimate for grade 6 or 7. Algebra 1/2 mentioned above is a guesstimate for Pre Algebra.

The books when revised, all still had to be in sync for graduating from one concept to another. That’s the reason for the desire to have them close in revisions and/or date-wise.

I just looked at three I have handy and Math 76 is 1992, Second edition. Math 54 is 2001 Second, both by Hake/Saxon. Algebra 1/2 is Third edition, by Saxon only.

Just did a quick search for; “Best Saxon Math Editions” and saw this, http://homeschool.getsti.com/index.php/which-saxon-math-edition

Sounds kinda right and at least is an acknowledgement that there are differences. I didn’t even bother reading wikipedia’s “comparison to common core” because it’s either propaganda or the content of Saxon Math has changed that much.

As far as the teacher’s literature to match, I think once I realized that there was such a thing, I just figured out which ones to look for on my own.

Amazon and Ebay are the two biggest sources for used versions. You may find cases where they’re offering the Student book, test book and answer sheets as a package. I think that’s how I put together my list of what to search for as far as teacher/student matched versions. I wasn’t quite ready, nor could I afford to just buy complete sets of this or that but I did write them down for future reference.

There’s your start.