Overview
Walker Maths is a series of single standard workbooks containing high-quality, up to date material at NCEA Mathematics levels 1, 2 and 3.
The well-designed, write-on workbooks contain teaching material, including relevant formulae, and ample practice exercises along with sample tasks and questions. The workbooks reflect the content and style of the new standards, and allow teachers total flexibility in course design for students at all levels.
As a single standard series, Walker Maths offers Maths department the ability to buy titles all at once, or throughout the year as required.
A Walker Maths Digital Teacher Resource is available for $9.95 per year for a single download. Each Digital Teacher Resource includes a Walker Maths projection file. Plus a selection of
• Worksheets
• Extra questions
• Teacher notes
• Videos
• Puzzle sheets
• Practice quizzes
• Worked solutions
Schools qualify by adopting the corresponding workbook. Please contact your Learning Consultant for more information or email nz.sales@cengage.com
Schools qualify by adopting the corresponding workbook. Please contact your Sales Representative for more information.
Glossary
What is a simulation?
Probability revision
The range of values for probabilities
Using numbers to write probabilities
Ways of calculating probabilities
1. Equally like outcomes
2. Long run relative probability
Expected numbers of outcomes
Mixing it up
Randomness and independence
Some situations suitable for simulation
The simulation process
1. Using a device to stimulate probabilities
2. Trials
3. Create a table, calculate your results and write them in a sentence
4. Discussions and assumptions
Putting it all together
1. State which device you will use and describe how you will use it
2. Describe one trial
3. Create a table, calculate your results and write them in a sentence
4. Discussion and assumptions
Practice simulation
Practice tasks
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
Victoria has twenty years’ experience in teaching Mathematics and has recently retired as Teacher of Mathematics and Specialist Classroom Teacher at Riccarton High School. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).
New, fresh and up to date content
Cost effective write-on workbooks for individual standards allows for flexibility in course design.
Rigorous trialling of both text and answers.
Clearly modelled worked examples, with plenty of practice opportunities.
A high standard of design and production – the clean design allows for plenty of open space and text.
Talented mother-daughter team with many years of combined teaching experience in New Zealand schools.