• Length of Study: Semester 2

Subject Overview

In Semester 1 students develop their fluency, problem-solving and reasoning skills. The topics aim to develop students’ understanding in the strands of Number and Algebra, Geometry and Measurement and Statistics and Probability. Students further develop skills in algebraic manipulation through solving algebraic fractions and working with index laws and surds. Students solve pairs of simultaneous equations. Students use triangle and angle properties to prove congruence and similarity and make connections to trigonometric properties. They use trigonometry to calculate unknown angles in right-angled triangles and explore how trigonometric formulas can be developed and applied to non-right angled triangles. They apply Trigonometry in three-dimensional shapes. Students solve linear equations and inequalities. Students investigate how working with linear functions enables them to describe the statistical relationship between two variables. They compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the various data displays and calculate quartiles and inter-quartile ranges to support conclusions about data. Students recognise and explore the connection between simple and compound interest.

Students undertake study in Year 10 Mathematics through the following topics:

• Linear Equations and Inequalities
• Indices
• Expansion
• Radicals
• Pythagoras
• Trigonometry
• Simultaneous Equations

Assessment

Year 10 assessment is comprised of 100% school-based assessment. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:

• Assessment Type 1: Investigation (15%)
• Assessment Type 2: Skills
• Application Tasks (70%) Assessment Type 3: Exam (15%)

Examination:

• This subject has an 100 minute Examination at the end of the semester.