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I think that Maths in Focus: Extension 1 is good for a "Basic" Introduction to the main topics but "Excel Fast Track HSC Step-By-Step Study Guide" is great for a deaper understanding of the Syllabus, also, as a plus it has worked solutions!!!
My School, I noticed, only, for extension 1 Mathematics, uses "Maths in Focus: Extension 1" which is just basic! They dont use the Excel Fast Track, I dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing?
I personally dont like the normal Excel ones beause there way of writing in two collumns is both unatractive and messy, but the Fast Track version is way better!
My School, I noticed, only, for extension 1 Mathematics, uses "Maths in Focus: Extension 1" which is just basic! They dont use the Excel Fast Track, I dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing?
I personally dont like the normal Excel ones beause there way of writing in two collumns is both unatractive and messy, but the Fast Track version is way better!
itadakimus
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What about Jones & Couchman 3U Maths Book 1? My school uses that one and so far it seems good. I think there's a 3U Book 2 too, although I'm not sure if that's continued from Book 1 in the preliminary course or the book for the HSC course...
osamabanana
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coroneous all the way.
Cambridge
- has a nice variety of questions for learning and revising
Terry Lee
- has a good variety of questions, but the font and colours are eww
Fitzpatrick
- has a good variety of simple questions for building the foundation
Jones Couchmon
- has too many simple questions, out of date, hard to read
- has a nice variety of questions for learning and revising
Terry Lee
- has a good variety of questions, but the font and colours are eww
Fitzpatrick
- has a good variety of simple questions for building the foundation
Jones Couchmon
- has too many simple questions, out of date, hard to read
foram
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Cambridge 3U is proberbly the best for practice questions. The development questions are the best for practice, and they're not hard enough to need worked solutions, even though they're more than hard enough for 3U exams. Extention questions are a waste of time mostly. It's totally irrelevant, and most of the time, I have no idea what they're trying to ask, although some of them are quite good.
Texts books arn't that good, especially for people who have trouble trying to sit down and study, (like me). What i found is that doing practice tests and past papers is the BEST method to study for tests. Just do a few past papers, and once you get over 90% in those, you're proberbly going to get >90% in your actual test too.
Math in Focus is a joke. Their questions are not worth doing, it's a major waste of time. Just stick with the Cambridge book or past papers.
Texts books arn't that good, especially for people who have trouble trying to sit down and study, (like me). What i found is that doing practice tests and past papers is the BEST method to study for tests. Just do a few past papers, and once you get over 90% in those, you're proberbly going to get >90% in your actual test too.
Math in Focus is a joke. Their questions are not worth doing, it's a major waste of time. Just stick with the Cambridge book or past papers.
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I use these:
1. Maths in Focus - this is supplied by my school
2. 3U Cambridge - that i bought myself
3. Corenoes (sp?) - that my dad bought my sisters yonks ago
4. Understanding 3U Maths - which is a total dud.
I find that what I do first is attack Maths in Focus to learn the basics and grasp a hold of the work until I get it then move onto Corenoes where I find harder equations and work from there. Then if I'm up for the challenge I move onto 3U Cambridge. I wouldn't suggest though, going onto Cambridge without learning the basics first. I find that their methods of teaching aren't exactly too good, but their questions are always challenging which makes you feel good when you work out the answer after 3 hours
1. Maths in Focus - this is supplied by my school
2. 3U Cambridge - that i bought myself
3. Corenoes (sp?) - that my dad bought my sisters yonks ago
4. Understanding 3U Maths - which is a total dud.
I find that what I do first is attack Maths in Focus to learn the basics and grasp a hold of the work until I get it then move onto Corenoes where I find harder equations and work from there. Then if I'm up for the challenge I move onto 3U Cambridge. I wouldn't suggest though, going onto Cambridge without learning the basics first. I find that their methods of teaching aren't exactly too good, but their questions are always challenging which makes you feel good when you work out the answer after 3 hours
hi, im using maths in focus @ my school.
i heard really good things about cambridge and have ordered the edition called cambridge 3 unit mathematics year 11... does anyone know if this book has topics on polynomials, division of a line in a ratio and circle geometry... cause im in year 11 and these are the sorts of topics i have been doing.
could someone please let me know what topics are in that book.
most appreciated.
i heard really good things about cambridge and have ordered the edition called cambridge 3 unit mathematics year 11... does anyone know if this book has topics on polynomials, division of a line in a ratio and circle geometry... cause im in year 11 and these are the sorts of topics i have been doing.
could someone please let me know what topics are in that book.
most appreciated.
benji6667
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math in focus for school
fitzy for harder questions
past papers for practice
fitzy for harder questions
past papers for practice
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Well despite the fact that it is seemingly despised in this forum we use the Maths in Focus at our school and my Maths teacher seems to think it is the best of all the text books she has ever used in her many years teaching
