About these books

Volume 1 - Topic Tests
    This mammoth hybrid paper-and-digital study guide totalling nearly 800 pages comes in three volumes:
  • Volume 1: Topic Tests (spiral-bound question and answer book)
  • Volume 2: Trial Examinations (spiral-bound question and answer book)
  • Volume 3: Solution Manual (digital PDF e-book, can be accessed by purchasing Volume 1 or Volume 2)

    Feature list

  • Designed to cover every dot point of the NEW 2020 NESA-accredited syllabus!
  • Solution Manual (Volume 3) available as a free digital download from our website for your convenience, or directly via QR code printed in Volumes 1-2
  • Model solutions and marking schemes show students how to answer questions to obtain full marks (Volume 3)
  • Detailed walkthrough solutions mean students can fix their own knowledge gaps and are never left confused (Volume 3)
  • More worked solutions, in more detail, than any other study guide

Volume 1 (Topic Tests):

  • 6 topic tests mapped to each Topic within the syllabus
  • Tests formatted to resemble the NESA examination format
  • Access to 400+ pages worth of content:
    104-page question and answer book (Volume 1), plus
    360+ pages of answers and detailed worked solutions found within digital Solution Manual (Volume 3)

Volume 2 (Trial Examinations):

  • 3 full-length and original trial HSC examinations
  • Examinations graded in order of difficulty to aid in stepwise revision
  • Access to 300+ pages worth of content:
  • 93-page question and answer book (Volume 2), plus
  • 230+ pages of answers and detailed worked solutions found within digital Solution Manual (Volume 3)

    Table of Contents

    Volume 1 (Topic Tests)
    Topic Test 1: Functions - 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours
    Topic Test 2: Trigonometric Functions - 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours
    Topic Test 3A: Differential Calculus - 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours
    Topic Test 3B: Integral Calculus- 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours
    Topic Test 4: Financial Mathematics- 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours
    Topic Test 5: Statistical Analysis - 50 marks (5 MCQs, 45 marks of SAQs), 1.5 hours

    Volume 2 (Trial Examinations)
    Trial Examination 1 - 100 marks (10 MCQs, 90 marks of SAQs), 3 hours
    Trial Examination 2 - 100 marks (10 MCQs, 90 marks of SAQs), 3 hours
    Trial Examination 3 - 100 marks (10 MCQs, 90 marks of SAQs), 3 hours



Thushan Hettige

    Dr Thushan Hettige is the Managing Director and the most senior content developer at Decode, also authoring the Decode HSC Chemistry title. His talent in Mathematics has been apparent from his youth, when he became the first primary school student in Australia to complete the Kumon Mathematics programme in 2005. His achievements in Mathematics during his secondary schooling is no less impressive, and include a 2011 VCE (Victorian Certificate in Education) ATAR score of 99.95 with top scores in his Mathematics subjects, and a Silver Medal in the 2011 Australian Mathematical Olympiad.
    Thushan has since racked up extensive tutoring experience spanning nearly a decade, and he has utilised his unique and original teaching methods in his detailed solutions to the Mathematics Advanced problems.


Tim Koussas

    Tim Koussas is Decode's resident Mathematics expert, with his credentials in Mathematics being phenomenal. After graduating with top scores in his Mathematics subjects in the 2012 VCE (Victorian Certificate in Education), Tim has proceeded to obtain an average of close to 100 in his Mathematics subjects at undergraduate level, before embarking on his PhD at La Trobe University (Melbourne) in Pure Mathematics. Tim has been involved in the development of all of Decode's Mathematics titles, both in the HSC and the VCE.