Review of percentage and ratios
Percentages
Percentage increase and decrease
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Ratio and proportion
Dividing quantities in given ratios
Unitary method
Investigating and comparing data distributions
Classifying and displaying categorical data
Interpreting and describing frequency tables and bar charts
Displaying and describing numerical data
Characteristics of distributions, dot plots and stem plots
Measures of centre
Measures of spread
Percentages of data lying between multiple standard deviations of the mean
Boxplots
Comparing the distribution of a numerical variable across groups
Sequences and finance
Number patterns
Writing recurrence relations in symbolic form
An introduction to arithmetic sequences
Arithmetic sequences using recursion
Finance applications using arithmetic sequences and recurrence relations
An introduction to geometric sequences
Recursion with geometric sequences
Finance applications using geometric sequences and recurrence relations
Matrices
The basics of a matrix
Adding and subtracting matrices
Scalar multiplication
Matrix multiplication
Inverse matrices and solving simultaneous equations using matrices
Using matrices to model road and communication networks
Matrix multiplication
Linear relations and modelling
Substitution of values into a formula and constructing a table of values
Solving linear equations and developing formulas
Developing a formula: setting up and solving equations in two unknowns
Drawing straight line graphs and finding their slope
Equations of straight lines
Finding the equation of a straight line graph
Linear modelling
Solving simultaneous equations
Practical applications of simultaneous equations
Investigating relationships between two numerical variables
Scatterplots
How to interpret a scatterplot
Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r)
Graphs and networks
What is a graph?
Isomorphic (equivalent) connected graphs and adjacency matrices
Planar graphs and euler’s formula
Walks, trails, paths, circuits and cycles
Eulerian trails and circuits (optional)
Hamiltonian paths and cycles (optional)
Weighted graphs, networks and the shortest path problem
Variation
Direct variation
Inverse variation
Measurement, scale and similarity
Approximations, decimal places and significant figures
Pythagoras’ theorem
Perimeter and area
Length of an arc and area of a sector
Volume
Volume of a pyramid
Surface area
Similar figures
Similar triangles
Similar solids
Applications of trigonometry
Trigonometry basics
Finding an unknown side in a right-angled triangle
Finding an angle in a right-angled triangle
Applications of right-angled triangles
Angles of elevation and depression
Bearings and navigation
The sine rule
The cosine rule
The area of a triangle