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ESSENTIAL

MATHEMATICS

Students undertaking this subject, will further develop It also contains statistic topics that will equip students
21st Century skills as critical and creative thinkers, for the ever-increasing demands of the information age
innovators and problem-solvers in an ever-changing equipping them with knowledge & applying formulae to
world. spreadsheets for efficiency.

They develop their ability to take initiative and promote General Mathematics is designed for students who want
curiosity in an increasingly complex and datadriven world. to extend their mathematical skills beyond Year 10 but
Learning reinforces prior knowledge and continues to whose future studies or employment pathways do not
develop key mathematical ideas, including: require calculus. It incorporates a practical approach
• rates and percentages that equips learners for their needs as future citizens,
• concepts from financial mathematics preparing them for tertiary studies, vocational education
• linear and non-linear expressions or work in a complex and rapidly changing world.
• sequences
• the use of matrices and networks to model and solve Emphasis is placed on the mastery of content, ensuring
authentic problems key concepts or procedures are learnt fully. This assists
• the use of trigonometry to find solutions to practical students to make connections between related concepts
problems and adapt what they already know to new and unfamiliar
• the exploration of real-world phenomena in statistics. situations.

Topics are developed systematically, with increasing
levels of complexity and connection as skills in patterns,
order and generality and uncertainty are investigated.
Problems are explored and solved through observation, Career Opportunities:
reflection and logical reasoning using a concise
communication system involving written, symbolic, • Cashier
spoken and visual components.
• Data entry clerk
A real-life application of the finance topic assists students • Sales assistant
to become literate consumers of investments, loans & • Importer and Exporter
superannuation products at varying complexities. • Bank officer

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