This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills in working mathematically, improve their skills to solve problems relating to their present and future needs, and improve their understanding of how to communicate in a concise and systematic manner. The Mathematics Standard Year 11 course is a common course for all students studying the Mathematics Standard Syllabus. In Year 12, students can elect to study either the Standard 1 course (Category B) or the Standard 2 course.
Students choosing to study Mathematics Standard can not also chose Mathematics Advanced.
The Mathematics Standard course does contribute towards an ATAR.
The outcomes and content in the Mathematics Standard Stage 6 syllabus are written with the assumption that students studying this course will have engaged with all substrands of Stage 5.1 and with the following substrands of Stage 5.2 – Financial Mathematics, Linear Relationships, Non-Linear Relationships, Area and Surface Area, Volume, Right-Angled Triangles (Trigonometry) and Single Variable Data Analysis, and at least some of the content from the following Stage 5.2 substrands – Equations and Probability. Consequently, content in the NSW Mathematics K–10 Syllabus up to and including this level is also implicit in this syllabus. In a number of cases where content from Stage 5 is included it is in the context of review for clarity and completeness.
The topics you cover in the Mathematics Standard course are:
Year 11: Formulae and Equations, Linear Relationships, Applications of Measurement, Working with Time, Money Matters, Data Analysis, Relativ Frequency and Probability
Year 12: Types of Relationships, Right-angled Triangles, Rates, Scale Drawings, Investment, Depreciation and Loans, Further Statistical Analysis, Networks and Paths.