best maths book? (1 Viewer)

[ronaldinho]

whats the best maths book for ext 1 year 12 course?

 

[vafa]

personally i think no text book in really good in everytopic but a combinatiom of cambridge,coroneos, and 50 hsc tips should sound excellent.

 

[SoulSearcher]

The thing is, you can't just rely on one textbook to do well in maths, you'll have to learn it from a variety of textbooks. Having said that, the Cambridge 3 unit books are quite good

 

[jemsta]

cambridge itself is really good
should get the yr11 and yr 12 one if you really want to do good in this subject

 

[housemouse]

Ive used a mixture of Cambridge, Fitzpatrick and Maths in Focus over these two years. Cambridge itself can get you through however Maths in Focus on itself is not enough. The questions in that book are too easy.

 

[ronaldinho]

how bout jones and couchman?

 

[Jono_2007]

I use Fitzpatrick, for the level of degree of dificulty. Fitzpatrick makes you think about questions in ways you wouln't always and forces you to understand the topics covered in more detail. This means you'll be more prepared for your exams, however, doing many many past papers is a sure way to success.

_JONO_

 

[adgala]

fitzpatrick for theory and cambridge for questions, i just can't learn from the cambridge book. personal preferences i guess.

 

[SoulSearcher]

how bout jones and couchman?

I personally haven't used Jones and Couchman much, but I reckon it's an ok book. Which maths books you think are best are basically a question of personal preference.

 

[pLuvia]

http://community.boredofstudies.org/12/mathematics/91726/comparison-textbooks.html
Check out this thread

 

[housemouse]

I hear that Jones and Couchman has some dodgy stuff when explaning how to do a certain topic which i cant remember.

 

[Raginsheep]

Personally I recommend Cambridge. Fitzpatrick is mostly just *meh for me......decent source of questions if you get bored I guess. If you are using Cambridge, make sure you at least attempt some of the extension questions even if you can't get them out.