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[Bored Huh]

Hi,

I was after textbooks / study guides for some of my prelim subjects:
*in brackets is school-issued texts*

- EXTENSION MATHEMATICS (Maths In Focus)
- CHEMISTRY (Chemistry Contexts)
- BIOLOGY (Heinemann)

What would you guys recommend? I hear Cambridge for maths and Dotpoint for science are good

good to hear from you

 

[RealiseNothing]

Cambridge is very good for maths.

For chemistry, what your school has issued should be sufficient for prelim.

 

[Gigacube]

Take a look at this thread for a comparison of maths textbooks. Maths in Focus doesn't have as many challenging questions as Cambridge or Fitzpatrick. Cambridge has a year 11 & year 12 book and not all the topics in the MiF year 11 book are in the Cambridge year 11 book. Fitzpatrick is just one book covering the whole extension 1 course.

 

[Bored Huh]

Thanks so much for your replies

Which textbook do you prefer for maths ext in terms of explanations etc??

 

[Gigacube]

Thanks so much for your replies

Which textbook do you prefer for maths ext in terms of explanations etc??

In terms of explanations I prefer Cambridge.

 

[qianjixin]

Cambridge 3U seems to be a big change from the Mathscape we had from 7-10. There's no colour and the explanations do get quite convoluted even for simple stuff.

Maths in Focus from what I saw in the library makes more sense in the explanations but the questions are too easy to be effective preparation for assessments, exams etc

 

[RivalryofTroll]

I'd say use Cambridge or Fitzpatrick. (Books with harder questions)

Why? Explanations can come from your teacher and as long as you listen, you'll start to know the content. (Your teacher should be writing stuff about the content on the board as well so mini-notes)

You'll find that after listening to your teacher, you can do MOST of the exercise without referring to the book's explanations...

 

[girlworld_club]

biology heinmann is ridiculous! It is the worst bio book on market, i recommend biology in focus and biology in context. Arguably, conquering chemistry is the best chemistry book out there. Maths in focus is crap.

 

[Georgehana]

biology heinmann is ridiculous! It is the worst bio book on market, i recommend biology in focus and biology in context. Arguably, conquering chemistry is the best chemistry book out there. Maths in focus is crap.

NSW Biology rapes it's like 700 pages. It addresses the syllabus really well though.

 

[fred_fly]

conquering chemistry is quite good

 

[Bored Huh]

I prefer Cambridge.

yeah looks like i'll take cambridge 3 unit,
gonna get prelim and hsc at the same time save on postage

 

[Aerath]

I prefer Fitzpatrick 3U.

In relation to study guides - none.