Judy Binns is a Mathematics Coordinator and experienced author. She has an interest in motivating students with learning difficulties, and has taught senior applied mathematics courses.

Gaspare Carrozza is head teacher of mathematics at Homebush Boys High School and was head teacher at South Sydney High School. He has conducted inservices in both mathematics and computing, with a particular interest in the professional development of teachers. He has been involved in HSC and School Certificate marking and trial HSC exam writing.

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.

Explicit coverage of Australian Curriculum clearly labelled

SkillCheck revises prerequisite skills while Power Plus promotes extension work

Graded exercises are linked to worked examples that reflect the five components of Working Mathematically; Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Communication. The exercises include multiple-choice questions, longer exam-style problems and real life applications

Technology feature promotes ICT in the classroom, including spreadsheets, GeoGebra software, graphics calculators and the Internet

NelsonNetBook is an interactive version of the student book with multimedia links and annotation tools.

Two pathways for Years 9 and 10 – New Century Maths Stages 5.1/5.2 and New Century Maths Advanced Stages 5.2/5.3