Year 11 Mathematics Year 11 Mathematics 20152015

What type of Maths courses are What type of Maths courses are there in year 11?there in year 11?

►ATAR Courses: Examinable courses, ATAR Courses: Examinable courses, which may be used towards a which may be used towards a university entrance score.university entrance score.

►General Courses: TAFE, traineeships, General Courses: TAFE, traineeships, apprenticeships and employment apprenticeships and employment pathway.pathway.

Organisation of CoursesOrganisation of Courses

►Each course has 4 units.Each course has 4 units. Units 1 and 2 are taken in year 11.Units 1 and 2 are taken in year 11. Units 3 and 4 are taken in year 12.Units 3 and 4 are taken in year 12.

►The WACE (Western Australian The WACE (Western Australian Certificate of Education) examination Certificate of Education) examination for ATAR courses is based only on for ATAR courses is based only on units 3 and 4.units 3 and 4.

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

►Mathematics Foundation:Mathematics Foundation: is appropriate for students to meet the is appropriate for students to meet the

numeracy requirements for graduation, ie numeracy requirements for graduation, ie pass OLNA.pass OLNA.

cannot be chosen by students, students will cannot be chosen by students, students will be placed into this course.be placed into this course.

is appropriate to prepare students for is appropriate to prepare students for employment and further training.employment and further training.

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

►Mathematics FoundationMathematics Foundation provides provides students with the knowledge, skills students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to solve problems and understanding to solve problems across a range of contexts, including across a range of contexts, including personal, community and personal, community and workplace/employment. workplace/employment.

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

►Mathematics Foundation Content:Mathematics Foundation Content: Whole numbers and moneyWhole numbers and money Length, mass, capacityLength, mass, capacity TimeTime Data, graphs and tablesData, graphs and tables Fractions and decimalsFractions and decimals Metric relationshipsMetric relationships Perimeter, area and volumePerimeter, area and volume ProbabilityProbability

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

Mathematics EssentialsMathematics Essentials is a course for students who wish to study is a course for students who wish to study

Mathematics to prepare for employment Mathematics to prepare for employment or further training (such as TAFE, or further training (such as TAFE, apprenticeships or traineeships).apprenticeships or traineeships).

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

► Mathematics Essentials focuses on enabling Mathematics Essentials focuses on enabling students to use mathematics effectively, students to use mathematics effectively, efficiently and critically to make informed efficiently and critically to make informed decisions in their daily lives. decisions in their daily lives.

► It provides students with the mathematical It provides students with the mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding to solve knowledge, skills and understanding to solve problems in real contexts for a range of problems in real contexts for a range of workplace, personal, further learning and workplace, personal, further learning and community settings. community settings.

Year 11 General CoursesYear 11 General Courses

►Mathematics Essentials Content:Mathematics Essentials Content: Basic calculations, percentages and ratesBasic calculations, percentages and rates Using formulas for practical purposesUsing formulas for practical purposes MeasurementMeasurement GraphsGraphs Representing and comparing dataRepresenting and comparing data PercentagesPercentages Rates and ratiosRates and ratios Time and motionTime and motion

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

► Mathematics Applications:Mathematics Applications: is a Mathematics course for students who wish to is a Mathematics course for students who wish to

extend their mathematical skills but do not extend their mathematical skills but do not require knowledge of calculus.require knowledge of calculus.

is appropriate for students wishing to study is appropriate for students wishing to study courses at university that do not require a strong courses at university that do not require a strong mathematical background.mathematical background.

is appropriate for students who have a wide is appropriate for students who have a wide range of educational and employment range of educational and employment aspirations including TAFE.aspirations including TAFE.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

► Mathematics Applications focuses on the use Mathematics Applications focuses on the use of mathematics to solve problems in contexts of mathematics to solve problems in contexts that involve financial modelling, geometric and that involve financial modelling, geometric and trigonometric analysis, graphical and network trigonometric analysis, graphical and network analysis, and growth and decay in sequences. analysis, and growth and decay in sequences.

► It also provides opportunities for students to It also provides opportunities for students to develop systematic strategies based on the develop systematic strategies based on the statistical investigation process for answering statistical investigation process for answering questions that involve analysing univariate and questions that involve analysing univariate and bivariate data, including time series data. bivariate data, including time series data.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

►Mathematics Applications Content:Mathematics Applications Content: Consumer ArithmeticConsumer Arithmetic Algebra and MatricesAlgebra and Matrices Shape and MeasurementShape and Measurement Univariate Data Analysis and the Univariate Data Analysis and the

statistical investigation processstatistical investigation process Linear Equations and their graphsLinear Equations and their graphs

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

►Mathematics Methods:Mathematics Methods: is a challenging Mathematics course for is a challenging Mathematics course for

strong students of Mathematics.strong students of Mathematics.

is appropriate for students wishing to is appropriate for students wishing to study courses at university that require study courses at university that require mathematical and/or statistical mathematical and/or statistical background, such as Health Sciences, background, such as Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and Finance courses.Finance courses.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

► Mathematics Methods focuses on the use of Mathematics Methods focuses on the use of calculus and statistical analysis. calculus and statistical analysis.

► The study of calculus provides a basis for The study of calculus provides a basis for understanding rates of change in the physical understanding rates of change in the physical world, and includes the use of functions, their world, and includes the use of functions, their derivatives and integrals, in modelling physical derivatives and integrals, in modelling physical processes. processes.

► The study of statistics develops students’ ability to The study of statistics develops students’ ability to describe and analyse phenomena that involve describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation. uncertainty and variation.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

►Mathematical Methods Content:Mathematical Methods Content: Functions and graphsFunctions and graphs Trigonometric functionsTrigonometric functions Counting and probabilityCounting and probability Exponential functionsExponential functions Arithmetic and geometric sequences and Arithmetic and geometric sequences and

seriesseries Introduction to differential calculusIntroduction to differential calculus

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

► Mathematics Specialist: Mathematics Specialist: is the most challenging Mathematics course and is is the most challenging Mathematics course and is

suitable for students who are very strong at suitable for students who are very strong at Mathematics. Mathematics.

cannot be taken as a stand alone course and must cannot be taken as a stand alone course and must be taken with Mathematics Methods. be taken with Mathematics Methods.

is appropriate for students wishing to study is appropriate for students wishing to study courses at university that require a strong courses at university that require a strong mathematical background, such as Engineering, mathematical background, such as Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Physical and Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Physical and Chemical Sciences.Chemical Sciences.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses► Mathematics Specialist provides opportunities, Mathematics Specialist provides opportunities,

beyond those presented in the Mathematics Methods beyond those presented in the Mathematics Methods ATAR course, to develop rigorous mathematical ATAR course, to develop rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs, and to use mathematical arguments and proofs, and to use mathematical models more extensively. models more extensively.

► The Mathematics Specialist ATAR course contains The Mathematics Specialist ATAR course contains topics in functions and calculus that build on and topics in functions and calculus that build on and deepen the ideas presented in the Mathematics deepen the ideas presented in the Mathematics Methods ATAR course, as well as demonstrate their Methods ATAR course, as well as demonstrate their application in many areas. application in many areas.

► This course also extends understanding and This course also extends understanding and knowledge of statistics and introduces the topics of knowledge of statistics and introduces the topics of vectors, complex numbers and matrices. vectors, complex numbers and matrices.

Year 11 ATAR CoursesYear 11 ATAR Courses

►Mathematics Specialist Content:Mathematics Specialist Content: CombinatoricsCombinatorics VectorsVectors GeometryGeometry TrigonometryTrigonometry MatricesMatrices Real and Complex NumbersReal and Complex Numbers

Which course is right for you?Which course is right for you?

►Talk to your teacher; they know your Talk to your teacher; they know your mathematical ability and are able to mathematical ability and are able to recommend a course that you will find recommend a course that you will find challenging but are capable of challenging but are capable of succeeding in.succeeding in.