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Best textbook?
« on: December 24, 2010, 05:32:04 pm »
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Could someone tell me which Spesh textbook has the best explanations?

I want to give myself basic knowledge of the course (enough to get a RAW 30+) becuase I wanted to do it this year but didn't have the time =[.
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Re: Best textbook?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2010, 05:33:46 pm »
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I've gone through the essentials textbook for specialist and the explanations combined with the exercises and worked solutions have been more than sufficient for me. =)
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2010, 05:33:59 pm »
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Maths Quest?

MHS uses maths quest and they do the best in maths i think rest of state uses essentials..
i used maths quest this year for advanced general and i did a lot more better (averaging an A+)compared with methods which I used essentials that got me about average B+
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Re: Best textbook?
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2010, 05:37:55 pm »
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maths quest for explanations
essentials for questions
stewarts calculus if you love maths and wanna pwn calculus
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« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2010, 07:05:41 pm »
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Thanks guys, I just want a thorough understanding of theory and will probz use past exams for questions.

I'm too dumb for Essentials Explanations :(
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« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2010, 07:08:11 pm »
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aww don't be so hard on yourself :P
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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2010, 10:03:43 pm »
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Quote from: TrueTears on December 24, 2010, 05:37:55 pm
maths quest for explanations
essentials for questions
stewarts calculus if you love maths and wanna pwn calculus

dunno about the last one (I'll d-load it though), but TT's right (again) :)
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2010, 10:10:14 pm »
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Does anyone have a copy of the maths quest pdf?
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2010, 10:10:22 pm »
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Quote from: bomb on December 24, 2010, 05:32:04 pm
Could someone tell me which Spesh textbook has the best explanations?

I want to give myself basic knowledge of the course (enough to get a RAW 30+) becuase I wanted to do it this year but didn't have the time =[.

Are you doing just the one subject next year?
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2010, 10:10:53 pm »
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Quote from: Rohitpi on December 24, 2010, 10:03:43 pm

dunno about the last one (I'll d-load it though), but TT's right (again) :)

host it on VN also plz :)
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2010, 11:32:07 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on December 24, 2010, 10:10:22 pm
Quote from: bomb on December 24, 2010, 05:32:04 pm
Could someone tell me which Spesh textbook has the best explanations?

I want to give myself basic knowledge of the course (enough to get a RAW 30+) becuase I wanted to do it this year but didn't have the time =[.

Are you doing just the one subject next year?

I'll be in uni next year, I just wanted to do spesh for the extra bit of knowledge :) Plus it looks interesting, and my friends said I would have enjoyed it :)
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Re: Best textbook?
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2010, 04:11:34 am »
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Quote from: bomb on December 24, 2010, 11:32:07 pm
Quote from: taiga on December 24, 2010, 10:10:22 pm
Quote from: bomb on December 24, 2010, 05:32:04 pm
Could someone tell me which Spesh textbook has the best explanations?

I want to give myself basic knowledge of the course (enough to get a RAW 30+) becuase I wanted to do it this year but didn't have the time =[.

Are you doing just the one subject next year?

I'll be in uni next year, I just wanted to do spesh for the extra bit of knowledge :) Plus it looks interesting, and my friends said I would have enjoyed it :)

Aah, couldn't you try find a Uni Equivalent? :P
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« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2010, 03:29:12 pm »
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Haha I'm not sure which book to get though. I want to do pure maths subjects but I don't want to be behind all the people who got 40+ for meth and spesh :(
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2011, 11:35:24 pm »
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Quote from: bomb on December 25, 2010, 03:29:12 pm
Haha I'm not sure which book to get though. I want to do pure maths subjects but I don't want to be behind all the people who got 40+ for meth and spesh :(
good man! pure maths is fun as :)
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Re: Best textbook?
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2011, 07:33:00 pm »
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bump, did anyone end up finding the e-book/pdf for stewart's calculus? i'm very interested in reading it. :)
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