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Ive bought what I believe are to be most of the maths extension 1 textbooks, so here is my quick review of each of them Maths in Focus - Easy to understand, plenty of worked examples, good explanations but no exam style questions and too much similarity in style of questions New Senior...

As a qualified teacher, I wouldn't say that 2 U has stupid stuff in it. Its just that every student is different and some kids will find 2U or Maths General 2 to be hard because of their mathematical skills and understanding Out of 2U, 3U and 4U, I would personally say that 3U is the most...

From a learning and teaching perspective, Im more in favour of Maths Extension 1 over Maths Extension 2, my argument being that the working out towards an answer is more logical and easier to visualise, as opposed to maths extension 2. I also feel that the syllabus outcomes are much more...

there's no right or wrong answer to this. it really comes down to what works with you in the end of the day. Personally, I find the Terry Lee book to be the best for practice problems as it contains comprehensive worked solutions to each question For conceptual understanding, I prefer the...

For those of you who have done this course, would you say it is more pure or applied mathematics? Im just interested in people's opinions on this, as Im currently studying it from an applied perspective (coming from an engineering background).

Conics at a foundational mathematical level (finding the eccentricity, foci coordinates, length of semimajor and semiminor axis) is okay. Once it gets into the more complex problems that's when I begin to hate it (e.g. finding the equation of the line that cuts point (x,y) on the ellipse). Im...

Im a qualified secondary school mathematics teacher who is interested in teaching mathematics extension 2 Recently, I went to the MANSW lectures run by someone from Sydney Grammar (who taught the subject brilliantly). One question I asked him was what is considered an average 4 unit student...

have travelled to New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Taiwan and Phillipines. Am hoping to travel to Nanjing, China or Kunming, China in a few years time

Depends on what you like to do in your spare time. If you like the city vibe, Melbourne is a great place to visit. For more outdoorish people, Queensland has a lot of nice rainforerst and natural scenery to see. Im currently in Canberra and its the ideal place for those into history or learning...

it depends on your personal strengths and weaknesses. Engineering is a practical as well as theoretical discipline. In school I was a math and science nerd, so I got through exams pretty easily. However the practical labs and workshops is what I struggled with more, as Im not a very hands on...

If you enjoy programming and computers, just do a computer science degree. If your considering pursuing an engineering degree, try and do more practical activities like camping, girl guides or amateur radio. Being a decent engineer, in my opinion, requires a good degree of practical skills as...

As a qualified mathematics teacher and someone who went through the after school tutoring program during High School, I would suggest that you do Mathematics Extension 2 (formerly 4 Unit) if you have a passion for the subject and can show a strong degree of creative thinking. The mechanics and...

I'd say conics is useful for studies of satellite orbits and astrodynamics, but even when those subjects cover conics, its only at the definition level (x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1) and solving problems relating to eccentricity, size of fociis and curve sketching rather than the Ext 2 way of...

Circular motion is useful if your interested in studying mechanical engineering. physics or aerospace engineering. Anyone who wants to study actuarial or pure maths might think otherwise.

As a qualified mathematics teacher and a graduate of an engineering degree, I strongly welcome these changes. The existing MEX2 course in my opinion is too abstract, particularly in the conics and circular motion topics. Also, not enough statistics and probability is covered at an advance...

I've heard somewhere that they are going to be replacing the existing mathematics extension 2 syllabus in NSW with a completely new course sometime in the future. If so, would anyone here know what will be covered in the new course? Reason is because Im an accredited maths teacher and...