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what is the best ( i mean the no.1 book, not alrite ones ) 4 unit maths book that is out there?
 

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the fitzpatrick 4unit is absolute horseshit.

i reckon the best books for 4unit is either the extension 2 maths one by s.k patel or the terry lee one.
 

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lol @ fitzpatrick...

its good for 2 and 3... not that good for 4 unit

umm terry lee is pretty good... same as the excel one

i do cambridge for school work though.. its alrite.. not that good for volumes topic though...

oh and slide rule arent u in yr11......
 

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we use terry lee's one at our skool coz its gots worked solutions...

personally, i also like Cambridge. sum gr8 examples in there.
 

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uh, thats a relative question.

do two at a time. any two should do.
try: fitz with cambridge
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patel with cambridge
best is past paper questions though
 

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Yea, two is good... I have four though,
Fitzpatrick (school)
Coroneos (school)
Coroneos Supp (school)
Patel (text, not Excel) (home)

Excel sucks, and Fitz isn't that great, Patel is great to get a solid understanding and the Coroneos' are great to get that extra edge in certain hard areas
 

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prsce24 said:
what is the best ( i mean the no.1 book, not alrite ones ) 4 unit maths book that is out there?
You're drawing a long bow there dude, Fitz is good for conics and harder 3u, but not much else, while cambridge is good for just about everything.
 

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obviously opinions vary greatly on the best 4u textbook. thers heaps out there. i personally find fitzpatrick a disappointment (the 2u and 3u ones are good tho), patel is alrite (excel is ok for the basics), coroneous (excuse spelling) is very very good (especially for integration), however u cant go past the two best ones, terry lee's Advanced Mathematics which has a shitload of solutions and Cambridge (the authors did wrote a couple of catholic trials)
 

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terry lee and patel
coroneos haven't used much, but its probably good too
 

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Here's a question: How do you buy textbooks? They are a special type of book, and I've never seen a bookstore stock them. Also, their cost is around three times more than your "average" book, with some going above $100.

Also, I've heard Terry Lee doesn't sell his textbooks anymore, or something...?
 

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yeh he does, just go to his website and get his contact details, then call him up and buy the book off him personally, its around $50, btw slide rule, rnt u in yr11?
 

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Slide Rule said:
Here's a question: How do you buy textbooks? They are a special type of book, and I've never seen a bookstore stock them. Also, their cost is around three times more than your "average" book, with some going above $100.

Also, I've heard Terry Lee doesn't sell his textbooks anymore, or something...?
if you're interested, i can get it for you because he tutors me-or you can buy mine after i'm done with it :D

Whats is this book you talk of that is $100 ? :eek:
 

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The $100 textbooks I speak of are exclusively uni textbooks. :)

Kimmeh: PM.

Supra: I'm in year 11, yes. But I will be in year 12 in term four, so... I'm going to need it then. I'm just thinking ahead.
 

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fair enuff...and im also wondering which textobook cud possible b $100
 

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Slide Rule said:
Here's a question: How do you buy textbooks? They are a special type of book, and I've never seen a bookstore stock them. Also, their cost is around three times more than your "average" book, with some going above $100.
Slide Rule said:
The $100 textbooks I speak of are exclusively uni textbooks. :)
why worry about uni textbooks already ? :eek: plus going to a uni book shop would land you textbooks in the hundreds.. ;) maybe thats why you've never seen them ? :eek:

PM'd you back
 

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hmm i went to dominies to check out past paper books and they were like $40. geez, i shud have got some when my school wass selling them for like $14 each o_O
 

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thats a matter of personal opinion because it depends on what mark you want or your career ambitions.

For me as a maths teacher in training, I found the Cambridge Maths book to be the best.
 

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