 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Edexcel AS and A Level Modular Mathematics: Core Mathematics 1 for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
Written by Chief Examiners and providing the best match to the specification, Edexcel Modular Mathematics for AS and A Level motivates students by making maths easier to learn. Publishing for all modules, it is Edexcel’s own course for the 2008 GCE specification.
Features:
- Student-friendly worked examples and solutions, leading to a wealth of practice questions.
- Sample past exam papers for thorough exam preparation.
- Regular review sections help to consolidate learning.
- Opportunities for stretch and challenge are presented throughout the course.
These books also feature real-life applications of maths through the 'Life-links' and 'Why...?' pages to show readers how this maths relates, presenting opportunities to stretch and challenge more apply students. Each book includes a Live Text CD-ROM which features: fully worked solutions examined step-by-step, animations for key learning points, and revision support through the Exam Cafe.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
This chapter provides the foundations for many aspects of A level Mathematics. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This chapter provides the foundations for many aspects of A level Mathematics. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I only give 5 stars when a textbook serves you the A grade on the plate (or at least with all the means to reach it), this is one.
I can guarantee you that if you do every single question right you will not score below 90% in the exam. You may not get 100% even if you answer all the questions because you most likely dropped method marks, it happened to me and I scored 92%. Edexcel is known to be the easiest board to score an A in maths and this is also due to the excellent material they supply you with.
The book also contains a CD with questions walked through to the answers. On the other hand the textbook prepares you to each topic with "examples" on how to answer the new questions. Usually these examples use questions which are fairly easy to understand. The scope is for you to struggle when you get to the actual questions so that you keep stimulating your mind until you get it. Once you do understand it then you know that things look bright.
Past papers are not difficult at all once you have covered all the questions in the book.
I can guarantee you that if you do every single question right you will not score below 90% in the exam. You may not get 100% even if you answer all the questions because you most likely dropped method marks, it happened to me and I scored 92%. Edexcel is known to be the easiest board to score an A in maths and this is also due to the excellent material they supply you with.
The book also contains a CD with questions walked through to the answers. On the other hand the textbook prepares you to each topic with "examples" on how to answer the new questions. Usually these examples use questions which are fairly easy to understand. The scope is for you to struggle when you get to the actual questions so that you keep stimulating your mind until you get it. Once you do understand it then you know that things look bright.
Past papers are not difficult at all once you have covered all the questions in the book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a teacher of another subject who wanted to teach Maths and came to these as the standard text.
Some have criticised the graphical layout; I'm actually 48 and I find it really lovely and a REALLY BIG HELP in following the text. In my opinion, the use of colour and layout are imaginative, to the point and a complete positive.
It wouldn't be, if the content wasn't so good; this is light-years ahead of the irrelevant, stuffy books we had when I did my A Level #^* years ago - the authors focus very clearly on the syllabus - not surprising considering who they are. There is everything you need to teach yourself here.
Living in the real world as I do, I can say that there's more than enough to save you from a bad teacher which may be a CRITICAL difference to you.
My only criticism would be the splitting of materials between the enclosed CD and the book - why not put it all into the book? Nothing happens on the CD that couldn't have been done in the book, better, imho.
Some have criticised the graphical layout; I'm actually 48 and I find it really lovely and a REALLY BIG HELP in following the text. In my opinion, the use of colour and layout are imaginative, to the point and a complete positive.
It wouldn't be, if the content wasn't so good; this is light-years ahead of the irrelevant, stuffy books we had when I did my A Level #^* years ago - the authors focus very clearly on the syllabus - not surprising considering who they are. There is everything you need to teach yourself here.
Living in the real world as I do, I can say that there's more than enough to save you from a bad teacher which may be a CRITICAL difference to you.
My only criticism would be the splitting of materials between the enclosed CD and the book - why not put it all into the book? Nothing happens on the CD that couldn't have been done in the book, better, imho.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Returning to maths 25 years after leaving school, I thought these books would be a great way of re-learning what I was once taught. Whilst there is a great deal of content and numerous exercises to work through, the examples given that explain the key topics really are too simplistic! They do not really explain anything more complex than the basic concepts leaving the user to make a leap of faith. If you get a question wrong, there is no explanation to get you back on the correct track which is a shame as many of the exercises actually contain much more complicated questions. Also the book obviously has a target age group (which I left a long long time ago) and while this is not the main reason for dismissing the book, it is a big turn off for me - but this is a personal opinion and no reflection on the content.
This may be a great book if you are studying the course with a tutor who can fill in the gaps, but for anyone looking to learn on their own there are other books and free web content available that will do a much better job.
This may be a great book if you are studying the course with a tutor who can fill in the gaps, but for anyone looking to learn on their own there are other books and free web content available that will do a much better job.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Poor
I was very disappointed with this book. The main reason i bought this book was to use the CD as i have used them in the past with a lot of success, but it turned out to be a huge... Read more
Published 3 months ago by TeddyBear_23
AQA core Maths
This is a brilliant book to provide simple explanation at all steps along the way with maths.
Purchased it for my 16 year old, as he was struggling with algebra - this has... Read more
Purchased it for my 16 year old, as he was struggling with algebra - this has... Read more
Published 3 months ago by juliac
Excellent for self study.
I wanted to learn A Level Maths in my own time & own pace. This book explains every aspect with step by step instructions in a thoroughly brilliant manner. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lee
How could anyone say this is not perfect !!
This book covers all topics to full extend for the C1 syllabus.
There are examples of all types of problems, fully explained step by step. Read more
There are examples of all types of problems, fully explained step by step. Read more
Published 5 months ago by mariov64
Amazed!
I am extremely satisfied with the product. It was received within a very short time since the order was placed.
Published 5 months ago by petrosuk
good
i think this book is good , it can help me , i really like this book , thank you very much.
Published 7 months ago by queenie
Quick delivery
This item arrived next working day. Very efficient and very much appreciated. Book was needed for A level studies as part of son's Maths course.
Published 8 months ago by Finno
Good book
Good book. Helpful and moves forward in well spaced steps. Does make one or two leaps in knowledge for self learners.
Overall I recommend this book.
Overall I recommend this book.
Published 12 months ago by johnny
A level study
An essential resource for my A level studies which contains lots of good test examples. Well set out, with easy to follow tuition sections helping to keep track of necessary... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Little Grey Cell
Excellent, the examples are exactly what is needed!
Excellent. The CD is also amazingly helpful. Although, there are some slight errors.
For example, the one that confused me was finding the derived function, given that... Read more
For example, the one that confused me was finding the derived function, given that... Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Gorman
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
