Extension 1 Textbooks (1 Viewer)

[Mark576]

which textbooks do you use and what do you think of them? Detailed questions, completely explained examples etc.

 

[pLuvia]

Have you taken a look at the maths textbook thread

 

[SoulSearcher]

For 3 unit, my preference would be the Cambridge 3 unit textbook.

 

[pLuvia]

But for 3u, Fitzpatrick is alright. But I heard cambridge is also very nice

 

[haque]

We use both but personally i think cambridge has a greater range of questions dealing with different situations which is why i prefer cambridge-also the questions they give are closely related to the examples they give-so cambridge 3U would be first choice for me. wish Pender had written a four unit book as well-Arnold is good but the difficulty levels aren't as high as u'd hope for 4U.

 

[SoulSearcher]

Same here, I use both of them, but I really do like the Cambridge textbook.

 

[Riviet]

I like the variety that Cambridge has and the slight repetitiveness of Fitzpatrick. Excel has some nicely explained examples but lacks comprehensive excercises.

 

[gamecw]

lol ive only used excell

 

[bboyelement]

if your up for the challenge then cambridge but be prepared ... i liked to think cambridge 3 unit is designed for students taking the 4 unit course

 

[Riviet]

Yeah, I agree with bboyelement, the extension and last few development questions are more equipped for 4 unit students, many of them fall into the harder 3u category of the 4 unit course.

 

[onebytwo]

100 mini HSC's by John Smith is probably the best for practise and revision, heaps of very tough questions, particularly in the 4 unit version

 

[dongwon88]

Maths in Focus by Grove is good to start off with... it has easier problems and better explanations..
then move on to Fitzpatrick 3Unit book and you'll be set..

 

[~shinigami~]

What? No love for coroneos?

Nah, I use Cambridge, Fitzy and Coroneos but I was thinking of getting excel or Math in Focus for the stuff that I need nice examples for.

 

[zeek]

DONT WASTE UR MONEY ON MATHS IN FOCUS it SUX

 

[~shinigami~]

okay, thanks for the heads up. What about excel?

 

[SoulSearcher]

It's got alright questions, but not really a textbook per se.

 

[Riviet]

Excel has a pretty good summary of formulae, the examples are nice to read (ie they are explained well).

 

[~shinigami~]

That's good cause I want is a nice supplement to my current combo of textbooks.

 

[gamecw]

yea use excel i only used excel. and that green book, phoneix or sumthin... alot of typo in that book tho (phoneix one)