General Mathematics Preliminary Textbook Pdf

About the author

Greg Powers
Greg Powers is currently the Head of Mathematics at Cabramatta High School and the coordinator of the Mathematics Head Teacher Western Network. He is an experienced classroom teacher, having taught for over 30 years in a range of different schools. Greg has been a senior marker for the HSC, educational consultant for the Metropolitan South West Region and presented at numerous MANSW inservices. He has also enjoyed several curriculum roles with the Department of Education and Training. Greg is an experienced author who has written numerous texts on mathematics and technology.

About this title

Cambridge Preliminary Mathematics General Second Edition has been completely revised for the Stage 6 Mathematics General syllabus implemented from 2013, to prepare you for the HSC General 1 or General 2 course.

Designed to cater for a wide range of learning styles and abilities, this student-friendly text reinforces the skills you need to manage your personal finances and effectively participate in an increasingly complex society. It enhances statistical literacy and encourages the application of relevant technologies, while developing other essential employability skills.

This Second Edition closely follows the syllabus to cover all required strands and the two focus studies: Mathematics and Driving, and Mathematics and Communication. These focus studies are presented in two discrete chapters to provide teachers with the flexibility to integrate focusstudy content across the strands in a way that suits the teaching and learning approaches, abilities and knowledge in their classroom. A suggested program for integrating the focus studies is provided for teachers via Cambridge GO, but the options are many.

Features:

Syllabus topics and their content are listed at the start of each chapter to outline the concepts to be covered.
Precise step-by-step worked solutions encourage independent learning.
Graded exercises focus first on basic skills and understanding, building on these through Development questions that encourage you to apply your understanding to contextualised problem solving. Challenge questions in each exercise extend and enrich students, and extra challenge questions are available in the Teacher Resource Package.
Essential rules, formulae and important concepts are highlighted throughout, while a comprehensive glossary and HSC formula sheet are ideal for quick reference and revision.
Applications of relevant technologies are incorporated, such as graphics calculator and spreadsheet activities, examples and questions.
End-of-chapter summaries and multiple-choice and short-response questions provide opportunities to consolidate and revise knowledge and understanding.
Two complete HSC Practice Papers with answers provide valuable preparation for the HSC course and exams.

How to use this book

This Interactive Textbook is an HTML version of the student textbook, with additional interactive features.

Minimum system requirements

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Resources

This interactive textbook contains the following additional resources:

Popup answer pages
Interactive multiple-choice quizzes.

Resources are embedded within the relevant pages of the interactive textbook, or display in popup windows.

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Please note that some text and images are screenshots from the PDF Textbook, so there may be some slight differences in resolution across the Interactive Textbook. Ensure that you are viewing the Interactive Textbook pages at 100% zoom e.g. in Mozilla Firefox, you can reset your view using View > Zoom > Reset.

Copyright

This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.

Texbook first published 2010 under the title Cambridge Preliminary General Mathematics.
Second edition 2013.

ISBN 978-1-107-62729-1 Paperback
ISBN 978-1-139-72767-9 Interactive Textbook

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