Which Math textbook should I mainly use for studying (1 Viewer)

[Nacseo]

So basically, I got two textbooks for both mathematics and ext 1, which are Fitzpatrick and Cambridge, but I also got the Success One HSC Mathematics Past HSC q one as well.

Nowadays, Ive been using the success one to be more aware of the types of qs in my exams and the HSC

But for just general self-studying and to consolidate a strong foundation in these questions before moving onto HSC qs, should I use Fitz or Cambridge to prepare?

Thank you

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

I would choose Cambridge over Fitzpatrick

 

[gazzaboy]

I prefer Cambridge. It covers the content and worked examples with more depth, and also sorts questions by difficulty. However, it is a bit denser than Fitzpatrick and the difficulty of the questions can sometimes be too much, so just make sure you don't get discouraged when you can't do some of the questions later in the exercise (but they are suitable for Extension 2 students)

 

[hehe43]

Use Cambridge primarily, and Fitzpatrick as a backup and additional textbook for when Cambridge isn't good or too hard etc. Instead of success one go to thsconline.github.io and do questions from thr past papers there.

 

[Average Boreduser]

Terry lee is pretty good too

 

[hscgirl]

Terry lee is pretty good too

ive heard lots of his questions are unnecessarily hard tho

 

[Average Boreduser]

ive heard lots of his questions are unnecessarily hard tho

I've found that its not rlly that hard and its more similar to qns you see in cambridge tbh.

 

[hehe43]

Terry lee is pretty good too

Nah Terry lee is mostly shit. For advanced it's practically useless and for ext 1 it's passable. There's no reason to use it for this case after doing Cambridge and Fitzpatrick. It was very good in old syllabus but now it's not really up to scratch and has poor theory. It's main advantage are the worked solutions after each exercise.

 

[hehe43]

Btw I'd just like to stress the importance of doing past trial questions bc hsc questions are simply not enough, and for adv. and ext. (especially adv) if you do a bunch of trial questions you can pretty much cover 90% of the questions you will encounter in exams.

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

I've found that its not rlly that hard and its more similar to qns you see in cambridge tbh.

ext2 it is pretty good, but I only had the old syllabus one

 

[idkkdi]

iirc 3u lee had a good perms&combs chapter lol. but ye not much point using anything other than Cambridge for 3u and below

 

[hscgirl]

iirc 3u lee had a good perms&combs chapter lol.

rlly?? ive heard the complete opposite, and ive tried terry lee's perms and combs chapter myself and it was WAYYYYYY too hard to be in any exam and basically impossible
i think i spent a whole day just trying to understand how to solve one page of combinatorics questions in lee's textbook

 

[idkkdi]

rlly?? ive heard the complete opposite, and ive tried terry lee's perms and combs chapter myself and it was WAYYYYYY too hard to be in any exam and basically impossible
i think i spent a whole day just trying to understand how to solve one page of combinatorics questions in lee's textbook

depends on the school ig