ATAR Notes: Forum

VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE General & Further Mathematics => Topic started by: SunnyB on November 14, 2013, 09:40:57 pm

Title: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on November 14, 2013, 09:40:57 pm
Hey guys,
anybody know of/recommend any good resources to help with 3/4 further, other then cambridge checkpoints ?
cheers,
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: shooterblitz on November 14, 2013, 09:55:02 pm
Checkout http://www.studyon.com.au/

Great resource, worth the money. Includes downloadable PDF flashcards per topic, helpful for bound reference too.
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: Stick on November 15, 2013, 10:05:20 am
I really liked A+ Notes. :)
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on November 16, 2013, 12:58:11 pm
anybody know if connect education notes are good as well?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: Yacoubb on November 16, 2013, 01:26:33 pm
I recommend A+ notes too! They have great questions that I found highly relevant to sacs.
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on November 29, 2013, 01:12:58 pm
anyone know about neap, connect education, tsfx?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: MagicGecko on December 04, 2013, 10:07:26 pm
Checkpoints? The entire book is a collection of past exams.



Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 07:26:51 am
Checkpoints? The entire book is a collection of past exams.





I brought the 2013 one, which has all the questions upto 2012. I purposely did this become, when end of year comes, i really want to do the 2013 one without knowing the questions/ o raving done them already, if this makes sense.

Is this a good idea?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: MagicGecko on December 24, 2013, 10:27:39 am
I brought the 2013 one, which has all the questions upto 2012. I purposely did this become, when end of year comes, i really want to do the 2013 one without knowing the questions/ o raving done them already, if this makes sense.

Is this a good idea?

Yes, it is, It's always a good idea to save the most recent exam for last, especially since 2013 is the start of the new study design (even though it hardly changed).
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 04:07:44 pm
ahhh really? i saw on the further maths index that the accreditation period was 2006-2014 i think off the top of my head, i defiantly remember not last year, did they neglect changing it because of the minor changes?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: psyxwar on December 24, 2013, 04:16:01 pm
tbh I'd say 2013 checkpoints are still too recent as it exposes you to too many exam questions from recent exams that you may not want to see before actually doing the papers
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 04:31:22 pm
tbh I'd say 2013 checkpoints are still too recent as it exposes you to too many exam questions from recent exams that you may not want to see before actually doing the papers

what did you use for biology this year? what would be a good year to get instead?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: psyxwar on December 24, 2013, 05:56:10 pm
I used 2010 for bio
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 06:03:56 pm
mhm, i should've done something like that. But i found a deal on ebay for 2013 checkpoints and 2 exam booklets (kinda like neap and kinda like atarnotes, its topic test and 3 exams at end).

Will you be using 2011ish ones next year for your subjects?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: brenden on December 24, 2013, 07:12:19 pm
The AN Further Guide is structured in a way that you can get practice questions without ruining the VCAA past exams :)
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 07:52:51 pm
The AN Further Guide is structured in a way that you can get practice questions without ruining the VCAA past exams :)

Nah, i know that, i meant like it was structured in a way so you have topic test and not just JUST exams, if you know what i mean haha :). I my self am getting a ATARnotes book from a bookstore in city i forgot the name, started with A or something ahha I'm clueless right now
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: brenden on December 24, 2013, 08:02:30 pm
Oh I only just read the part of your last post where you said you knew about the AN guides! Derp hahaha :o
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 24, 2013, 08:03:52 pm
Oh I only just read the part of your last post where you said you knew about the AN guides! Derp hahaha :o



haha all good man :)
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: Zealous on December 25, 2013, 10:50:11 pm
The AN Further Guide is structured in a way that you can get practice questions without ruining the VCAA past exams :)
And that is a really good thing.
It's a very good idea to hold off the official past papers until later in the year.
Personally I held off 2007 - 2012 pApers until just a week or two before the exams.
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: SunnyB on December 26, 2013, 07:37:09 am
And that is a really good thing.
It's a very good idea to hold off the official past papers until later in the year.
Personally I held off 2007 - 2012 pApers until just a week or two before the exams.

what kinds of brands and company's did you use for your subjects?
Title: Re: Further Maths Books
Post by: Zealous on December 26, 2013, 09:21:06 am
what kinds of brands and company's did you use for your subjects?

Everything I could find. Some companies made difficult papers, some has easier papers. It's good to get a feel for all sorts of further questions.

A quick search back through this subforum and you'll find a post where a few of us wrote about our perceived difficulty of papers from different companies.

Edit: have a read through here if you want =)
Hard further exams