Sample chapters for download

Graphics calculator instructions
1. Number
3. Percentage
8. Indices
13. Coordinate geometry
18. Comparing categorical data
24. Introduction to networks

NB: Sample chapters do not have working links.

About the book

This is the third book in our new Middle Years series for international schools (for use with MYP 3, approx. Grade/Year 8).

This book may also be used as a general textbook at about Grade 8 level in schools where students are expected to complete a rigorous course in mathematics.

A URL may be made available so that teachers can preview the contents - email ray@haeseandharris.com.au.

The complete series comprises:

• Mathematics for the international student 6 (MYP 1)
• Mathematics for the international student 7 (MYP 2)
• Mathematics for the international student 8 (MYP 3)
• Mathematics for the international student 9 (MYP 4)
• Pre-Diploma Studies (MYP 5): Presumed Knowledge for Studies SL
• Pre-Diploma SL and HL (MYP 5 Plus) second edition: Presumed Knowledge for SL & HL

About the accompanying CD

A feature of the accompanying CD is our new ‘self-tutoring’ software where a teacher’s voice explains each step in every worked example in the book. Click anywhere on any worked example where you see the icon to activate the self-tutoring software.

Other features include:

• Areas of interaction links to printable pages
• graphing and geometry software
• computer demonstrations and simulations
• statistics package
• video clips

For a complete list of all the active links on the MYP 3 CD, click here.

The CD is ideal for independent study and revision. It also contains the full text of the book so that if students load it onto a home computer, they can keep the textbook at school and access the CD at home.

Table of contents

Using the interactive CD

The interactive CD is ideal for independent study.

Students can revisit concepts taught in class and undertake their own revision and practice. The CD also has the text of the book, allowing students to leave the textbook at school and keep the CD at home.

By clicking on the relevant icon, a range of new interactive features can be accessed:

• Self Tutor
• Areas of Interaction links to printable pages
• Printable Chapters
• Interactive Links – to spreadsheets, video clips, graphing and geometry software, computer demonstrations and simulations

SELF TUTOR is a new exciting feature of this book. The icon on each worked example denotes an active link on the CD.

Simply ‘click’ on the (or anywhere in the example box) to access the worked example, with a teacher’s voice explaining each step necessary to reach the answer.

Play any line as often as you like. See how the basic processes come alive using movement and colour on the screen.

Ideal for students who have missed lessons or need extra help.

Areas of interaction

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme focuses teaching and learning through five areas of interaction:

• Approaches to learning
• Community and service
• Human ingenuity
• Environments
• Health and social education

The Areas of Interaction are intended as a focus for developing connections between different subject areas in the curriculum and to promote an understanding of the interrelatedness of different branches of knowledge and the coherence of knowledge as a whole.

In an effort to assist busy teachers, we offer the following printable pages of ideas for projects and investigations:

Foreword

This book may be used as a general textbook at about 8th Grade (or Year 8) level in classes where students are expected to complete a rigorous course in Mathematics. It is the third book in our Middle Years series ‘Mathematics for the International Student’.

In terms of the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), our series does not pretend to be a definitive course. In response to requests from teachers who use ‘Mathematics for the International Student’ at Diploma level, we have endeavoured to interpret their requirements, as expressed to us, for a series that would prepare students for the Mathematics courses at Diploma level. We have developed the series independently of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in consultation with experienced teachers of IB Mathematics. Neither the series nor this text is not endorsed by the IBO.

In regard to this book, it is not our intention that each chapter be worked through in full. Time constraints will not allow for this. Teachers must select exercises carefully, according to the abilities and prior knowledge of their students, to make the most efficient use of time and give as thorough coverage of content as possible.

We understand the emphasis that the IB MYP places on the five Areas of Interaction and in response there are links on the CD to printable pages which offer ideas for projects and investigations to help busy teachers (see p. 5). Other features worth nothing include ‘Graphics Calculator Instructions’ (p. 9) and ‘Challenge Sets’ on the CD (see p. 25). Chapter 25 is a collection of miscellaneous activities which we hope students will find interesting and challenging (see p. 495).

Frequent use of the interactive features on the CD should nurture a much deeper understanding and appreciation of mathematical concepts. The inclusion of our new software (see p. 4) is intended to help students who have been absent from classes or who experience difficulty understanding the material.

The book contains many problems to cater for a range of student abilities and interests, and efforts have been made to contextualise problems so that students can see the practical applications of the mathematics they are studying.

We welcome your feedback.