Best MX2 textbook (1 Viewer)

[shaon0]

Lets settle the debate once and for all. What is the best MX2 textbook all-round.

 

[QuLiT]

i think there's already a thread on this pinned, but anyway, it's cambridge for sure!

 

[u-borat]

i like cambridgee, though it gets a bit complex in its basic theorywork at times.

 

[Poad]

I'd like to pitch a negative vote for Cambridge. >_>

Its very unappealing with its mass walls of text, confusing theory explanations, and I find the questions to be pretty bad too.

But hey, thats just me. A lot of people seem to like it. :\

 

[vds700]

Overall Cambridge, but certain books do topics better than others, see the thread on this topic

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=125560

 

[friction]

I dont believe in textbooks. They did me nothing all year just got me bored and lazy. Past papers all the way.

 

[CardCheat]

s.k Patel

 

[jkwii]

terry lee overall.

patel - not enough on harder 3U esp perms and combs which it has none
cambridge - too much text, lack of harder Qs, explanation is shit
fitzpatrick - good in some bits like conics, polys and harder 3U.

 

[eliseliselise]

i grew quite attached to dear old fitzpatrick. the examples are brilliant, the questions get a bit hard in some cases though [ie mechanics]. but geha's 50 tips is just the holy grail of maths books.. has taught me almost everything i know [in 4u]!!

 

[bored of sc]

What are your thoughts of Terry Lee? That's our textbook.

 

[tacogym27101990]

What are your thoughts of Terry Lee? That's our textbook.

i use terry lee
i reckon its a real good textbook, but he tends to make huge jumps between lines, and do unneccesary manipulations just to show off

but the worked solutions were a life saver

 

[QuLiT]

i prefer cambridge over terry lee

 

[undalay]

Cambridge only negative is that it doesn't have harder questions and thats a BIG negative.

Terry Lee has hard questions, but some are just too hard that will never come up in the HSC.

One thing I will say: ALL 4u TEXTBOOKS DO NOT FOLLOW HSC FORMAT.

 

[tacogym27101990]

ive actually found that quite a few terry lee questions are straight from past hscs

 

[vds700]

terry lee overall.

patel - not enough on harder 3U esp perms and combs which it has none
cambridge - too much text, lack of harder Qs, explanation is shit
fitzpatrick - good in some bits like conics, polys and harder 3U.

I found Fitzpatrick covered conics absolutely shit, just waffles on about this random shit and doesn't cover eveything in the syllabus (theres only like 1/2 a page on rectangular hyperbola, doesn't have prperties etc) Though the questions are decent. Cambridge was much better for conics IMO (for the theory).

 

[vds700]

Sorry a bit off topic but can someone give me any of the MX2 textbooks' (Cambridge, Fitz and Terry Lee) ISBN?

Thanks.

why do u need their ISBN?

 

[johnec10]

:uhhuh: :angry: the tery lee one kills all others nd all u cambrige losers suck me cos i got it aswell and half the answers are wrong nd for most theres only like 10 questions nd the book is a little bitch

 

[tacogym27101990]

From what I hear:
1. Cambridge (got that )
2. Terry Lee (buying that)
3. Patel (school gives)
4. Fitz (stealing off the library for 1 year)

why on earth do you need 4 text books
no offence but its very unnecessary
just learn the theory and do the excercises then do past hsc questions

 

[vds700]

why on earth do you need 4 text books
no offence but its very unnecessary
just learn the theory and do the excercises then do past hsc questions

Well i had 4 textbookks, found it really useful coz when i couldn't understand one thing from fitz, i could look it up in one of the others.

 

[shaon0]

I'm planning to get 4unit fitzpatrick (borrowed from library), 4unit Cambridge (main textbook) and 4unit Terry Lee (optional, not sure to buy it)