Mathematics 2U, 3U, 4U textbooks (2 Viewers)

[Flambeau]

Hello all, I am in yr9, I wanted to start going through 2U, 3U, and 4U textbooks and teach myself to get ahead, can everyone please post what the title of the book your class is using to learn from?

I looked through: Fitzpatrick 2u, Cambridge 2u, Conceptual Development: Maths In Focus, Coroneos, Cambridge 3u, Fitzpatrick 3u, Essentials of Mathematics, book 2, Terry Lee Advanced Mathematics, Cambridge 4u, Fitzpatrick 4u, Excel etc... from the "A Comparison of Textbooks" thread.

The problem I had with the above is that they don't teach the content, and they are more like extra-curricular.

If you can help me figure out what to buy or source please post below:

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[its_ace21]

u still have so long but If u want to go ahead i think starting off with videos would be better than just buying textbooks??

 

[Flambeau]

Nah mate, I just need the right textbook and I'll be right.

 

[carrotsss]

Cambridge, Cambridge and Cambridge

make sure it’s the new syllabus ones, they’re much better than the old ones

 

[scaryshark09]

most textbooks aren't good at teaching, cause you learn through practice, particularly for 3u and 4u.
i agree with @its_ace21, you should start off with some videos. if you want, you can compliment this with a textbook to practice questions. Cambridge is fine for that.

 

[carrotsss]

yeah agreed

none of the textbooks for any subject are particularly good/efficient at explaining content compared to videos imo, I personally used mcgrathematics for 4u and just read a small one-page summary and then did past hsc questions for 3u, both worked well

 

[nsw..wollongong]

dont get in focus.

 

[its_ace21]

dont get in focus.

whats wrong with it

 

[carrotsss]

whats wrong with it

the questions are all basic easy rote learning stuff that sets you up for a band 4

 

[its_ace21]

the questions are all basic easy rote learning stuff that sets you up for a band 4

thats so dumb why would schools use it then

 

[carrotsss]

thats so dumb why would schools use it then

i literally have no clue

my school uses it despite both advanced teachers very openly hating it and repeatedly asking the department to change the set textbook, and so neither of them even use the textbooks (and the other teacher just posted pirated Cambridge on their classroom lol)

 

[synthesisFR]

thats so dumb why would schools use it then

idk some schools have lazy teachers or cant be bothered to challenge students whilst other schools just don't even let students pick challenging subjects

 

[scaryshark09]

the questions are all basic easy rote learning stuff that sets you up for a band 4

lol maths in focus was the only textbook i used last year for advanced and i got 98 hsc mark

 

[its_ace21]

lol maths in focus was the only textbook i used last year for advanced and i got 98 hsc mark

thats honestly a big achievement ngl

 

[carrotsss]

lol maths in focus was the only textbook i used last year for advanced and i got 98 hsc mark

could’ve gotten 100 with cambridge

 

[scaryshark09]

our school only uses maths in focus for adv, and generally get a bunch of high 90s. then when we switch to cambridge for ext 1 and 2, we generally don't do as well, but thats probs cause we have other subject to focus on rather than just 1 or 2 subjects accelerated

 

[synthesisFR]

lol maths in focus was the only textbook i used last year for advanced and i got 98 hsc mark

u disappointed ur asian ancestors

 

[nsw..wollongong]

thats so dumb why would schools use it then

thats a great question ace

 

[synthesisFR]

thats so dumb why would schools use it then

for those who struggle to evaluate Cos(60)

 

[nsw..wollongong]

for those who struggle to evaluate Cos(60)

at least i never had a prufrock phase, mf made it his personality for half a term