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GENERAL MATHEMATICS

 

MATHEMATICS – GENERAL                                                                         15230

Course: Mathematics General                                   Category:  A

2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC

Board Developed Course

Prerequisites:  The course is constructed on the assumption that students have achieved the outcomes of the 5.1 course in Mathematics for the School Certificate, together with the recommended options: Trigonometry and Further Algebra.

 Exclusions:     Students may not study any other Stage 6 Mathematics course in conjunction with General Mathematics.

Course Description:

General Mathematics focuses on mathematical skills and techniques which have direct application to everyday activities. The course content is written in five areas of study, with an emphasis on applications and modelling tasks.

The modelling tasks may draw from more than one area of study, and encourage transfer of knowledge across the entire course, as well as linking with study in other Stage 6 subjects. The course is fully prescribed, and is designed to support TAFE and other vocational courses. It provides an appropriate mathematical background for students who do not wish to pursue the formal study of mathematics at tertiary level, while giving a strong foundation for university study in the areas of business, humanities, nursing and paramedical sciences.

Main Topics Covered:

Preliminary Course

·         Financial mathematics

·         Data analysis

·         Measurement

·         Probability

·         Algebraic modelling

HSC Course

·         Financial mathematics

·         Data analysis

·         Measurement

·         Probability

·         Algebraic modelling

Assessment:  HSC Course only

 

External Assessment

Weighting

Internal Assessment

Weighting

A single HSC examination of two and one half hours' duration.

 

No more than 30% of the examination will be based on the Preliminary course.  Questions based on the Preliminary course can also be asked when they lead in to questions based on the HSC course.  Marks from these lead-in questions will not be counted in the 30% Preliminary allowance.

Calculators, including graphics calculators, that meet Board requirements (as advised through the Official Notices section of the Board Bulletin) may be used.

 

Geometrical instruments and approved geometrical templates may be used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A variety of assessment tasks across all of the content of the course.

 

Once the assessment of the HSC course has commenced, some Preliminary course work can be included in assessment tasks for General Mathematics.  No more than 30% of the assessment is to be based on the Preliminary course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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