Mathematics

Why study mathematics and statistics?

By studying mathematics and statistics, students develop the ability to think creatively, critically, strategically, and logically. They learn to structure and to organise, to carry out procedures flexibly and accurately, to process and communicate information, and to enjoy intellectual challenge.

By learning mathematics and statistics, students develop other important thinking skills. They learn to create models and predict outcomes, to conjecture, to justify and verify, and to seek patterns and generalisations. They learn to estimate with reasonableness, calculate with precision, and understand when results are precise and when they must be interpreted with uncertainty. Mathematics and statistics have a broad range of practical applications in everyday life, in other learning areas, and in workplaces.

Level One Mathematics Options:

All Mathematics courses are designed to allow students to develop their Mathematical and Numerical skills to progress down their future pathways.  All courses allow all students to gain their minimum of ten numeracy standards for NCEA and University Entrance.   Students should choose the option that they feel is most compatible with their other subjects, their future pathways and what they think they will find most interesting.