Sue Thomson is a prolific and successful author with an interest in language development, financial literacy and making mathematics accessible to all. She is an experienced educational leader, examination writer and curriculum writer. Sue has written many successful series for Queensland, NSW, Victoria, and WA, including the Access to Prevocational Mathematics series.

Judy Binns Judy Binns is an experienced author and former head of mathematics who has taught in urban and rural schools. She has an interest in motivating students with learning difficulties, with wide experience in teaching senior practical mathematics courses. With Sue Thomson, Judy has written for senior practical mathematics in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, and WA.

Short chapters written in plain English with an emphasis on numeracy and literacy

Each chapter begins with a chapter problem, chapter table of contents, chapter outcomes and a 'How are we going to use this?' list of applications

Graded exercises are linked to worked examples and include problem-solving and realistic applications

Investigations and Practical Activities explore the syllabus in more detail through group work, discovery and modelling activities

Did you know? sections contain interesting facts and applications of the mathematics learned in a chapter

Each chapter ends with a Language activity, the solution to the Chapter Problem, a Chapter Summary with a mind map exercise and a Test Yourself revision set of exercises

Syllabus grid and codes, glossary, answers and index included.