Klaas Bootsma was head teacher of mathematics at Ambarvale High School in Campbelltown and has taught at Lurnea and Grantham High Schools. He was a senior HSC examiner and has worked on the HSC Advice Line. Klaas has been the lead author of the New Century Maths 9-10 series since 1995, including new editions for the Australian Curriculum in NSW.
Sarah Hamper teaches at Abbotsleigh School in Wahroonga and has taught at Meriden and Tara Anglican schools. Her expertise is in using modelling, problem solving and ICT for the effective learning of mathematics, and she has presented workshops for MANSW and nationally. Sarah is a co-author of new editions of New Century Maths 9-10 for the Australian Curriculum in NSW.
Margaret Willard has taught at numerous TAFE colleges and high schools for 35 years, as well as with OTEN (Open Training and Education Network). Margaret has extensive experience writing and reviewing units of work. She has also served on the executive of MANSW and managed its post-secondary programs.
Robert Yen has taught at the selective Hurlstone Agricultural High School and at Eagle Vale and Ambarvale high schools in southwest Sydney. He conducts workshops for HSC students, writes and presents regularly for MANSW and has co-edited its journal, Reflections. He now works for Cengage Learning as an associate publisher and series editor.
Each chapter begins with a Chapter Outline that includes syllabus outcomes and codes, a terminology word list and a SkillCheck exercise to review prerequisite skills
Graded exercises are linked to worked examples and include multiple-choice questions, HSC-style questions and realistic applications
Investigations explore the syllabus in more detail through group work, discovery and modelling activities
Promotes ICT in the classroom through the use of spreadsheets, graphics calculators and the internet
Each chapter ends with a sample HSC problem, Study Tip, Chapter Summary with a mind map exercise and a Test Yourself revision set of exercises
Practice papers after every three chapters revise students’ skills and knowledge
Syllabus grid and codes, glossary, answers and index included.