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Practice books and interactive lessons for ACT BSSS Specialist Methods — work through each topic with worked examples, guided practice, and questions you can check yourself.

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Interactive lessons

Learn it, try it with help, then try it on your own

Every lesson follows the same three steps: I do (watch a worked example), we do (fill in the gaps of a guided problem), you do (practice questions you mark yourself). Lessons teach the concept — the practice book tests it, topic for topic, so you can use either on its own or both together.

Topic 1Unit 1

Trigonometry

  • The Sine RuleStart
  • The Cosine RuleComing soon
  • Area of a TriangleComing soon
  • Radians & the Unit CircleComing soon
Topic 2Unit 1

Counting and Probability

  • Combinations & Pascal's TriangleComing soon
  • The Binomial ExpansionComing soon
  • Venn Diagrams & Set NotationComing soon
  • Conditional ProbabilityComing soon
Topic 3Unit 1

Functions, Lines and Quadratics

  • Functions, Domain & RangeComing soon
  • Quadratics: Factorising & the DiscriminantComing soon
  • Lines: Gradient, Distance & PerpendicularityComing soon
Topic 4Unit 1

Polynomials, Graphs and Transformations

  • Polynomial Division & the Factor TheoremComing soon
  • Graphing Cubics & Higher-Order PolynomialsComing soon
  • Transformations of GraphsComing soon

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Practice books

Printed practice, fully worked solutions

Topic tests and exams you can write straight into, with complete worked solutions so you know exactly where every mark comes from. Numbered to match the lessons above, topic for topic.

Cover of Year 11 Specialist Methods: Practice Tests & Exams

Year 11 Specialist Methods: Practice Tests & Exams

8 topic tests + 2 unit exams with full worked solutions, matched to the ACT BSSS Specialist Methods (T) course, Units 1 & 2.

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Year 12 Specialist Methods: Practice Tests & Exams

Units 3 & 4 companion volume — calculus and statistics. In progress.

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