The series: New in 2006! The complete resource package for every student thoroughly rewritten to reflect the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. The Year 9 student pack includes * the full colour student text * the student CD-ROM (with an electronic version of the book and interactive tests) * the Homework book (which provides at least one homework activity per week) Series features: * Carefully rewritten to incorporate the new VELS content throughout, providing students with the highest quality maths texts available. * VELS projects have been extensively trialled in schools to ensure they work well in the classroom environment. * Suitable for both standard and enrichment courses in Years 7 to 10 (In 2007 we are releasing a Gold edition at Year 10 for students struggling with mainstream maths). * Includes correlation grids clearly matching our texts to the Progression Points and VELS on the Teacher CD-ROMs to assist teachers with reporting.

 

This book is part of a book series called Essential Mathematics .

There are 672 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Cambridge University Press .

David Robertson, author of `The Dawkins Letters' and `Magnificent Obsession', is a well-known pastor and apologist who is passionate about engaging culture with the message of Christ. Dr Michael Evans is Head of Mathematics at Scotch College and also actively involved in the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. His interest in mathematics extends to the Mathematics Olympiad Team. David Greenwood teaches at Scotch College and has special expertise in the creative use of graphics calculators. Professor Peter Jones from Swinburne University has taken a keen interest in secondary school mathematics and has also had a key role in the development of the new course of study. Dr Kay Lipson's experience extends through secondary and tertiary courses. She is currently a lecturer in statistics at Swinburne University. David Greenwood is the Head of Mathematics at Trinity Grammar School and has also taught mathematics for many years at Scotch College. He is an experienced author of mathematics and technology texts which apply to all secondary levels. He has presented at many conferences and run a number of workshops outlining the implementation of VELS, and the use of technology including graphics calculators and dynamic geometry software. David Robertson is the Head of Mathematics and VCE coordinator at Mowbray College. He has been an author for the last 10 years, and a teacher for the last 26 years in both the state and private school system. He has written two series of books in the Maths area, and also currently teaches Mathematics to students in Years 7 - 12. Georgia Sotiriou has 25 years of experince teaching year 7 - 12 mathematics, and in this time she has been the Maths Coordinator, Year Level Coordinator and VCE Coordinator across a number of schools. For many years she was a member of the VCAA CAT setting panel for Maths Methods as well as a VCAA examiner in Maths Methods and Specialist Maths. She has also been a member of the Monash International College Mathematics Examination Panel, and has authored many Maths texts. She currently teacher at Melbourne Girls College, and is responsible for the Maths Task Centre. Voula Sotiriou is currently Senior Mathematics teacher at Taylors College. She is a former Head of Mathematics at a leading Catholic school and has been an examiner and reviewer in VCE Mathematics for the VCAA. She is a highly experienced author having published both junior and senior Mathematics texts in Victoria.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Computational skills; 2. Algebra skills; 3. Measurement; 4. Equations and simultaneous equations; 5. Geometry; 6. Indices and scientific notation; Cumulative revision; 7. Pythagoras' theorem; 8. linear relations; 9. Probability; 10. Trigonometry; 11. Quadratics; 12. Statistics; Cumulative revision.