Access to Stage 5.1 Maths 10 Value Pack

Access to Stage 5.1 Maths is written to meet the needs of those students who are following the Stage 5.1 pathway in years 9 and 10. The aim of the text is to present maths in interesting and relevant everyday contexts to motivate students.

Key features

• Contents address the syllabus topics studied at year 10.
• A theme-based exercise at the end of each chapter, called Application, provides a set of exercises to show the practical application of the maths learned in the chapter.
• Written in straightforward language to ensure ease of comprehension.
• Each chapter opens with a problem to illustrate the relevance of the maths to be learned. This problem is reviewed at the end of the chapter.
• The chapter-opening page also includes a list of the key concepts to be covered in the chapter plus a clear reference to the relevant syllabus outcome so that students know exactly what they will be studying.
• A background quiz, Before you start, to test that students have the skills to complete the chapter, immediately follows the chapter-opening page.
• Plenty of clear worked examples and well-graded exercises - each question is coded to indicate the level of difficulty.
• Did you know? boxes in the margin provide interesting snippets of information to stimulate students' interest.
• Language references in the margin explain key terms and other language features to address maths literacy.
• Hints remind students of key points to remember when tackling specific questions; Error Alerts! remind students of common mistakes.
• Many practical and group activities are included throughout the text.
• Visually appealing design with not too much material on each page, enlivened by frequent use of cartoon-style illustrations.
• Each chapter concludes with Test Yourself! which reviews the work of the chapter.