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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ACMSM101
review the concepts of vectors from Unit 1 and extend to three dimensions including introducing the unit vectors i, j and k.
ACMSM101 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMSM116
integrate using the trigonometric identities \(\mathrm s\mathrm i\mathrm n^2x=\frac12(1-\mathrm c\mathrm o\mathrm s\;2x)\), \(\mathrm c\mathrm o\mathrm s^2x=\frac12(1+\mathrm c\mathrm o\mathrm s\;2x)\) and \(1+\;\mathrm t\mathrm a\mathrm n^2x=\mathrm …
ACMSM116 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | 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