The Year 10 General Maths course is an Australian Curriculum course. The Semester 1 and 2 units form a complete Year 10 course, however they complement the Advanced Maths course. This means that a student can choose to move at the end of semester 1 from General 1 to Advanced 2, or from Advanced 1 to General 2. Such a choice will be determined by their VCE study intentions and discussions with their teacher and curriculum coordinator. Students intending to study VCE General and Further Mathematics will acquire the knowledge and skills they need from Year 10 General Maths 1&2 or a combined Advanced and General course.
General Maths 1
By the end of the 10 General Mathematics 1 course, students who have achieved at a satisfactory level will be able to:
make connections between simple and compound interest
construct box-plots and compare data sets
investigate and describe statistical relationships and evaluate statistical reports
compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the various data displays
calculate quartiles and inter-quartile ranges
describe bivariate data where the independent variable is time
describe statistical relationships between two continuous variables
find unknown values after substitution into formulas
solve problems involving linear equations and inequalities
apply reasoning to proofs and numerical exercises (involving plane shapes)
apply trigonometry to solve right-angled triangle problems
use triangle and angle properties to prove congruence and similarity
use trigonometry to calculate unknown angles in right-angled triangles
General Maths 2
By the end of the 10 General Mathematics 2 course, students who have achieved at a satisfactory level will be able to:solve surface area and volume problems relating to prisms and composite solids
perform the four operations with simple algebraic fractions
represent relations on the Cartesian plane and solve linear and quadratic equations
recognise the relationships between parallel and perpendicular lines
make the connections between algebraic and graphical representations of relations
list outcomes for multi-step chance experiments and assign probabilities for these experiments
list outcomes, assign and determine probabilities for chance experiments and investigate independent events
expand binomial expressions and factorise monic quadratic expressions
solve simple quadratic equations and pairs of simultaneous equations
