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
ACMSM049
prove and apply other trigonometric identities such as \(\cos3\mathrm x=4\;\mathrm c\mathrm o\mathrm s^{3\;}\mathrm x-3\cos\mathrm x\)
ACMSM049 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM021
recognise features of the graph of \(y^2=x\) including its parabolic shape and its axis of symmetry.
ACMMM021 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | 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
Unit 1 Specialist Mathematics
Unit 1 of Specialist Mathematics contains three topics – ‘Combinatorics’, ‘Vectors in the plane’ and ‘Geometry’ – that complement the content of Mathematical Methods. The proficiency strand, Reasoning, of the F–10 curriculum is continued explicitly in …
Unit 1 | 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
ACMSM055
define and use basic linear transformations: dilations of the form \((\mathrm x,\mathrm y)\longrightarrow({\mathrm\lambda}_1\mathrm x,{\mathrm\lambda}_2\mathrm y)\) , rotations about the origin and reflection in a line which passes through the origin, …
ACMSM055 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Mathematical Methods
Mathematics is the study of order, relation and pattern. From its origins in counting and measuring it has evolved in highly sophisticated and elegant ways to become the language now used to describe much of the modern world. Statistics is concerned with …
Rationale | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Essential Mathematics Essential Mathematics
Essential Mathematics has four units each of which contains a number of topics. It is intended that the topics be taught in a context relevant to students’ needs and interests. In Essential Mathematics, students use their knowledge and skills to investigate …
Structure of Essential Mathematics | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of General Mathematics General Mathematics
General Mathematics is organised into four units. The topics in each unit broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The units provide a blending of algebraic, …
Structure of General Mathematics | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Mathematical Methods Mathematical Methods
Mathematical Methods is organised into four units. The topics broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The units provide a blending of algebraic and geometric …
Structure of Mathematical Methods | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Specialist Mathematics
Rationale Mathematics is the study of order, relation and pattern. From its origins in counting and measuring it has evolved in highly sophisticated and elegant ways to become the language now used to describe much of the modern world. Statistics is concerned …
Rationale | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM106
apply the product, quotient and chain rule to differentiate functions such as \(xe^x\), \(\tan x,\), \(\frac1{x^n}\), \(x\sin x,\text{ }e^{-x}\sin x\) and \(f(ax+b)\)
ACMMM106 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM086
identify subsets of the complex plane determined by relations such as \(\left|z-3i\right|\leq4\) \(\frac\pi4\leq Arg(z)\leq\frac{3\pi}4\), \(Re\left(z\right)>Im(z)\) and \(\left|z-1\right|=2\vert z-i\vert\)
ACMSM086 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM037
examine amplitude changes and the graphs of \(y=a\sin x\) and \(y=a\cos x\)
ACMMM037 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM036
recognise the graphs of \(y=\sin x,\;y=\cos x,\) and \(y=\tan x\) on extended domains
ACMMM036 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | 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
ACMMM039
examine phase changes and the graphs of \(y=\sin{(x+c)}\), \(y=\cos{(x+c)}\) and \(y=\tan{(x+c)}\) and the relationships \(\sin\left(x+\frac\pi2\right)=\cos x\) and \(\cos\left(x-\frac\pi2\right)=\sin x\)
ACMMM039 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM065
recognise the qualitative features of the graph of \(y=a^x(a>0)\) including asymptotes, and of its translations \(y=a^x+b\) and \(y=a^{x+c}\)
ACMMM065 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM082
define the derivative \(f'\left(x\right)\) as \(\lim_{h\rightarrow0}\frac{f\left(x+h\right)-f(x)}h\)
ACMMM082 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum