Year 9 Mathematics

LENGTH: Full year

KEY CONTACT: Sam Eager

COURSE CONTENT:
In this subject, students demonstrate understanding, fluency, problem solving and reasoning over a range of mathematical topics, as described by the South Australian Curriculum.

These include:

• Number and Algebra (the real number system, index laws, expanding and factorising, linear and quadratic relationships, gradient and distance on the Cartesian plane, financial mathematics);
• Measurement and Space (surface area and volume, scientific notation, Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry, similarity and enlargement, measurement error); and
• Statistics and Probability (sampling and bias, comparing data distributions, statistical reports, relative frequencies, compound events with and without replacement).

ASSESSMENT:
Students are assessed based on the concepts, capabilities and dispositions of the South Australian curriculum.

Student assessment will be based on a combination of skills and application tasks and folio tasks. Contextual problem solving and real-life examples will be drawn on to develop student understanding, fluency, and reasoning.

SUBJECT COSTS: Nil