Links to Foundation to Year 10 Essential Mathematics
For all content areas of Essential Mathematics, the proficiency strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning from the F–10 curriculum are still very much applicable and should be inherent in students’ learning of the subject. Each …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 Essential Mathematics
This unit provides students with the mathematical skills and understanding to solve problems related to measurement, scales, plans and models, drawing and interpreting graphs, and data collection. Teachers are encouraged to apply the content of the four …
Unit 3 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Units 3 and 4 Essential Mathematics Achievement Standard
demonstrates knowledge of concepts of measurement, scales, graphs and statistics in routine and non-routine problems in a variety of contexts selects and applies techniques in measurement, scales, graphs and statistics to solve routine and non-routine …
Units 3 and 4 | Achievement Standards | Essential Mathematics | 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
Rationale Essential 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 used to describe much of the physical world. Statistics is the …
Rationale | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Essential 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 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM122
generate tables of values for linear functions, including for negative values of \(x\)
ACMEM122 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM123
graph linear functions for all values of \(x\) with pencil and paper and with graphing software.
ACMEM123 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM102
recognise relations between volume and capacity, recognising that \(1\mathrm c\mathrm m^3=1\mathrm m\mathrm L\) and \(1\mathrm m^3=1\mathrm k\mathrm L\)
ACMEM102 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM063
determine the overall change in a quantity following repeated percentage changes; for example, an increase of 10% followed by a decrease of 10%
ACMEM063 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM035
substitute numerical values into algebraic expressions; for example, substitute different values of \(x\) to evaluate the expressions \(\frac{3x}5,\;5(2x-4)\)
ACMEM035 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum