Unit 1 General Mathematics
This unit has three topics: ‘Consumer arithmetic’, ‘Algebra and matrices’, and ‘Shape and measurement’. ‘Consumer arithmetic’ reviews the concepts of rate and percentage change in the context of earning and managing money, and provides a fertile ground …
Unit 1 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM015
perform matrix addition, subtraction, multiplication by a scalar, and matrix multiplication, including determining the power of a matrix using technology with matrix arithmetic capabilities when appropriate
ACMGM015 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM012
use a spreadsheet or an equivalent technology to construct a table of values from a formula, including two-by-two tables for formulas with two variable quantities; for example, a table displaying the body mass index (BMI) of people of different weights …
ACMGM012 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM016
use matrices, including matrix products and powers of matrices, to model and solve problems; for example, costing or pricing problems, squaring a matrix to determine the number of ways pairs of people in a communication network can communicate with each …
ACMGM016 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM013
use matrices for storing and displaying information that can be presented in rows and columns; for example, databases, links in social or road networks
ACMGM013 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum