Margaret Grove has spent more than 30 years teaching HSC Mathematics, most recently at a TAFE campus in Sydney. An author for over 20 years, Margaret has continually drawn on her extensive experience to create and revise the Maths in Focus series, which has been a bestseller for almost ten years. Outside of teaching, Margaret’s interests are many and varied. A mother of three children, she began as a breastfeeding counsellor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association over 25 years ago and subsequently spent several years on the association’s board and three as its national president. She is also an enthusiastic choir member and names concerts with the Stomp Company and Andrea Boccelli as highlights of her singing career.

Each chapter begins with a Chapter Outline that includes a list of objectives and a Terminology glossary

Investigations explore the syllabus in more detail, providing ideas for research projects and modelling activities

Did you know? sections contain interesting facts and applications of the mathematics learned in a chapter

Each chapter ends with a Test Yourself revision set and Challenge exercise

Practice sets (after several chapter) include exam-style questions from various chapters, including short-answer, free-response and multiple-choice questions