Description

Maths in Focus 11 & 12 have been rewritten and updated to cover the new senior mathematics courses: Advanced and Mathematics Extension 1 & 2. The student book includes graded exercises with multiple-choice questions and realistic applications, while the included Investigations allow students to explore the syllabus in more detail, providing ideas for research projects and modelling activities.

NelsonNet resources available*
Teacher Resources:
• Chapter topic tests
• Worked solutiosn to all questions in book
• ExamView® software and questions bank
• Chapter PDFs of the book

Student Resources:
• NelsonNetBook
• Worksheets
• Puzzle sheets
• Skillsheets
• Spreadsheets
• Video tutorials
• ExamView® chapter quizzes

Features

• Each chapter begins with a Chapter Outline that includes syllabus outcomes and codes, as well as a terminology word list
• Graded exercises are linked to worked examples and include multiplechoice questions, HSC-style questions and realistic applications
• Investigations sections explore the syllabus in more detail through group work and modelling activities
• Did you know? sections contain interesting facts and applications of chapter content
• Each chapter ends with a Test Yourself revision set and a Challenge exercise, and practice papers throughout revise the skills and knowledge learned from a group of chapters
• Syllabus grid and codes, glossary, answers and index included.

Contents

1 Sequences and series
2 Transformations of functions
3 Trigonometric functions
4 Further differentiation
5 Geometrical applications of differentiation
6 Integration
7 Statistics
8 Correlation and regression
9 Investments, annuities and loans
10 Continuous probability and distributions

About the Author

Margaret Grove has spent more than 30 years teaching HSC Mathematics, most recently at a TAFE campus in Sydney. An author for over 20 years, Margaret has continually drawn on her extensive experience to create and revise the Maths in Focus series, which has been a bestseller for almost ten years. Outside of teaching, Margaret’s interests are many and varied. A mother of three children, she began as a breastfeeding counsellor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association over 25 years ago and subsequently spent several years on the association’s board and three as its national president. She is also an enthusiastic choir member and names concerts with the Stomp Company and Andrea Boccelli as highlights of her singing career.