Unit 2 Specialist Mathematics
Unit 2 of Specialist Mathematics contains three topics – ‘Trigonometry’, ‘Real and complex numbers’ and ‘Matrices’… ‘Trigonometry’ contains techniques that are used in other topics in both this unit and Unit 3. ‘Real and complex numbers’ provides a continuation …
Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Specialist Mathematics
For all content areas of Specialist Mathematics, the proficiency strands of the F–10 curriculum are still very much applicable and should be inherent in students’ learning of the subject. The strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM067
define the imaginary number i as a root of the equation \(x^2=-1\)
ACMSM067 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Units 1 and 2 Specialist Mathematics Achievement Standard
demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the concepts of vectors, combinatorics, geometry, matrices, trigonometry and complex numbers in routine and non-routine problems in a variety of contexts synthesises information to select and apply techniques …
Units 1 and 2 | Achievement standards | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Specialist Mathematics Specialist Mathematics
Specialist Mathematics is structured over four units. The topics in Unit 1 broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The unit provides a blending of algebraic …
Structure of Specialist Mathematics | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 Specialist Mathematics
Unit 3 of Specialist Mathematics contains three topics: ‘Vectors in three dimensions’, ‘Complex numbers’ and ‘Functions and sketching graphs’. The study of vectors was introduced in Unit 1 with a focus on vectors in two-dimensional space. In this unit, …
Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Specialist Mathematics
The seven general capabilities of Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding, and Intercultural understanding are identified where …
Representation of General capabilities | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM142
use simulation to illustrate variations in confidence intervals between samples and to show that most but not all confidence intervals contain \(\mu\)
ACMSM142 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM121
integrate expressions of the form \(\frac{\pm1}{\sqrt[{}]{a^2-x^2}}\) and \(\frac a{a^2+x^2}\)
ACMSM121 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM063
prove irrationality by contradiction for numbers such as \(\sqrt[{}]2\) and \(\log_25\)
ACMSM063 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM137
examine the concept of the sample mean X as a random variable whose value varies between samples where X is a random variable with mean μ and the standard deviation σ
ACMSM137 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM139
simulate repeated random sampling, from a variety of distributions and a range of sample sizes, to illustrate the approximate standard normality of \(\frac{\overline X-\mu}{s/\sqrt[{}]n}\) for large samples \(\left(n\geq30\right)\), where \(s\) is the …
ACMSM139 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM070
perform complex-number arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
ACMSM070 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM066
prove divisibility results, such as \(3^{2n+4}-2^{2n}\) is divisible by 5 for any positive integer n.
ACMSM066 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM138
simulate repeated random sampling, from a variety of distributions and a range of sample sizes, to illustrate properties of the distribution of \(\overline X\;\) across samples of a fixed size \(n\), including its mean \(\mu\), its standard deviation …
ACMSM138 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM080
use the modulus \(\left|z\right|\) of a complex number z and the argument \(Arg\;(z)\) of a non-zero complex number \(z\) and prove basic identities involving modulus and argument
ACMSM080 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM005
determine and use the formulas for finding the number of elements in the union of two and the union of three sets.
ACMSM005 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM077
review real and imaginary parts \(Re\left(z\right)\;\) and \(Im(z)\) of a complex number \(z\)
ACMSM077 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM098
use and apply the notation \(\left|x\right|\) for the absolute value for the real number \(x\) and the graph of \(y=\left|x\right|\)
ACMSM098 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM065
prove results for sums, such as \(1+4+9\dots+n^2=\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}6\) for any positive integer n
ACMSM065 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum