Subject Code: 1MAPB
Length of course: Semester
Credit points: 10 points
Recommended Background: Satisfactory completion of Year 10 Mathematics

Course Outline:
In the study of mathematics students participate in a wide variety of problem-solving activities. The subject gives students the abilities and skills required in the workplace and in everyday life. Students also learn to appreciate, experience and understand mathematics as a growing body of knowledge in contemporary situations.

They learn how to approach new challenges by investigating, modelling, reasoning, visualising, and problem-solving, with the goal of communicating to others the relationships observed and problems solved. Students who complete 10 credits of this subject with a C grade or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE.

Topics Covered:
Students will study concepts covered in Geometry and Mensuration, Saving and Borrowing and Functions and Graphs.

Assessment:
  • Skills and applications tasks 65%
  • Folio 35%