Cambridge Senior Mathematics for Queensland: Essential Mathematics offers a practical interpretation of the syllabus and innovative digital capabilities to encourage students to understand concepts and apply their skills within a real-world context.

• Written specifically for the new Queensland syllabus by an experienced team of Queensland educators who have taught at all levels and at all types of schools and have much success with developing resources for Prevocational Mathematics. 
• Offers clear opportunities for teachers to differentiate learning and cater for the various needs of students taking this subject, including scaffolded questions for learning and unscaffolded questions for assessment practice.
• Encourages students to solve mathematical problems in contexts that are relevant to their lives and future careers, and will prepare them for their internal assessments.
• Provides vital revision and assessment preparation:
• A test of prerequisite knowledge and skills is given at the start of each chapter. For those who need to revise, the Interactive Textbook links to previous years' lessons on Cambridge HOTmaths.
• Assessment-style questions are provided in the chapter reviews, with Degree-of-difficulty indicated and cross-referenced to the section in the chapter.
• Superior internal assessment support includes practice exams and PSMTs for QCAA assessment requirements (IA1, IA2/CIA, IA3 and IA4) in the Interactive Textbook, along with a complete second set in the Online Teaching Suite, unseen by students. Solutions or model answers are provided.
• The Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite, powered by Cambridge HOTmaths, provide a new level of digital support for teaching, learning, assessment and reporting through integrated digital resources and a powerful Learning Management System.

Watch our workshop below on implementing the new Essential Mathematics syllabus, presented by Leanne Butler.

About the authors
Introduction and overview

Unit 3
Topic 1: Measurement
Chapter 1 Geometry and linear measure
Chapter 2 Area measure
Chapter 3 Volume, capacity and mass

Topic 2: Scales, plans and models
Chapter 4 Scale drawings
Chapter 5 Right-angled triangles

Topic 3: Summarising and comparing data
Chapter 6 Summarising and interpreting data
Chapter 7 Comparing datasets

Online assessment practice in the Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite
IA1: A practice PSMT from Unit 3 Fundamental topic: Calculations and Topics 1–3
IA2/CIA: A practice common internal assessment for Unit 3 

Unit 4
Topic 1: Bivariate graphs
Chapter 8 The Cartesian plane and bivariate scatterplots
Chapter 9 Line of best fit 

Topic 2: Probability and relative frequencies
Chapter 10 Simple probabilities and simulations

Topic 3: Loans and compound interest
Chapter 11 Simple and compound interest
Chapter 12 Reducing balance loans

Formula sheet
Answers

Online assessment practice in the Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite
IA3: A practice PSMT from Unit 4
IA4: A practice internal exam on Unit 4
Online appendices
Printable documents in the Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite: 
A1.1 Glossary of terms
A1.2 Glossary of cognitive verbs
A2.1 Online guide to spreadsheets
A2.2 Online guide to the Desmos graphing calculator
A2.3 Links to online guides to using scientific calculators
A2.4 Guide to problem-solving and modelling, and complex unfamiliar questions 

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• A sample chapter is available for preview on Cambridge GO