Essential Mathematics For The Australian Curriculum Year 8 Answers

Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 Third Edition (print and interactive textbook powered by HOTmaths)

AUTHOR(S):

David Greenwood / Bryn Humberstone / Justin Robinson / Jenny Goodman / Jennifer Vaughan / Stuart Palmer

REGION:

Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

SUBJECT AREA:

Mathematics / Australian Curriculum

PUBLICATION DATE:

05/12/2019

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Included components

The complete series

About the authors

This third edition ofEssential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum Years 7 to 10&10A retains all of the features that have made this series so popular, and now addresses the needs of a wider range of students, provides even greater assistance for teachers and offers a new level of digital support.

Revised treatment of the proficiency strands
Pre-exercise 'Building understanding' questions immediately after 'Key ideas' promote class discussion and help consolidate the lessons' fundamental skills and concepts for students who need the support, and allow stronger students to move more quickly to the worked examples and the Fluency of the exercise.
'Now you try' questions for every worked example
Questions without worked solutions have been added to every worked example. These additional questions give students immediate practice at the same type of question covered in the worked example before they get to the exercise. 'Now you try' questions also provide teachers with material if they want to demonstrate a question in the same style as the worked examples.
Modelling activities
Modelling activities in each chapter encourage students to use the modelling process to define, solve, verify and communicate solutions to real-life problems.
Tools to help students keep track of their progress
'Learning intentions' at the beginning of each lesson clearly state what the student should expect to learn in the lesson. A checklist of success criteria, complete with short example questions, is then provided at the end of every chapter to assist students with keeping track of their progress, and also doubles as a form of quick revision.
Extra calculator material
In addition to the CAS calculator activities retained as per previous editions, non-CAS activities will be provided for the first time for Years 10&10A (print) and Year 9 (online).
A new level of digital support
The Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite, powered by Cambridge HOTmaths, now offer an even greater level of digital support for teaching, learning, assessment and reporting through integrated digital resources and a powerful Learning Management System (LMS).

Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum Third Edition combines a proven teaching and learning formula and complete curriculum coverage with a new level of innovative digital capabilities to guide every student through Years 7 to 10&10A mathematics and prepare them for success in their senior courses.

Logical and sequential development
The sequencing of topics throughout the textbook for each year level encourages deep understanding, reduces lesson time planning, and allows the teaching program to be built around the textbook. Logical topic development is supported by carefully graded questions, linked examples, investigations and key point summaries in an uncluttered layout.
Pathways for differentiated learning
Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum supports differentiated learning by offering three pathways (Foundation, Standard and Advanced) through the exercises to cater for learners of a wide range of ability levels. These pathways are indicated in the textbook through detailed working programs subtly embedded in the exercises.
A practical interpretation of the proficiency strands
Our highly regarded interpretation of the Australian Curriculum proficiency strands supports precise grading of questions and consistent depth across all topics in the curriculum. Every question is grouped according to the four proficiency strands plus Enrichment, and every lesson contains questions for all four strands.
By including the 'Building understanding' questions after the 'Key ideas' we have improved the flow of each lesson and exercise, while at the same time making each lesson more accessible to students who need additional support.

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ALL TITLES IN SERIES:

David Greenwood

David Greenwood is the Head of Mathematics at Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne and has 25+ years' experience teaching mathematics from Years 7 to 12. He has run numerous workshops within Australia and overseas regarding the implementation of the Australian Curriculum and the use of technology for the teaching of mathematics. He has written more than 30 mathematics titles and has a particular interest in the sequencing of curriculum content and working with the Australian Curriculum proficiency strands.

Bryn Humberstone

Bryn Humberstone graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours degree in Pure Mathematics, and has taught secondary school mathematics for over 15 years. He has been a Head of Mathematics since 2014 at two independent schools in Victoria. Bryn is particularly passionate about designing engaging mathematical activities and effective assessment tasks for students with a variety of backgrounds and ability levels.

Justin Robinson

Justin Robinson is the inaugural Director of the Institute of Positive Education, based at Geelong Grammar School, where he leads a team of staff dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of Positive Education. Prior to this, he spent 20 years teaching mathematics, covering all levels of secondary education and with significant experience teaching VCE, IB and A-Levels. Justin is passionate about challenging students within a safe learning environment. Justin is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education, and was listed in The Educator's 2017 'Top 50' Hot List.

Jenny Goodman

has taught in schools for over 25 years and is currently teaching at a selective high school in Sydney. Jenny has an interest in the importance of literacy in mathematics education, and in teaching students of differing ability levels. She was awarded the Jones Medal for Education at Sydney University and the Bourke Prize for Mathematics. She has written for CambridgeMATHS NSW and was involved in the Spectrum and Spectrum Gold series.

Jennifer Vaughan

Jennifer Vaughan has taught secondary mathematics for over 30 years in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland and New Zealand and has tutored and lectured in mathematics at Queensland University of Technology. She is passionate about providing students of all ability levels with opportunities to understand and to have success in using mathematics. She has extensive experience in developing resources that make mathematical concepts more accessible, to develop student confidence, achievement and an enjoyment of maths.

Stuart Palmer

Stuart Palmer has been a head of department in two schools and is now an educational consultant who conducts professional development workshops for teachers all over NSW and beyond. He has been a Project Officer with the Mathematical Association of New South Wales, and also works with pre-service teachers at the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney.