Curriculum statements (phase four, by the end of Year 10): 

Students know that: 

• A rate compares two quantities that have different units of measure.

• There are many different, equivalent equations for expressing a linear function.

Students know how to: 

• Use rates to model and represent change.

• Express functions arising from linear and simple quadratic patterns.

• Graph linear functions and interpret the gradient, x-intercept and y-intercept in relation to a function or the practical situation represented.

• Substitute into expressions

• Create or use a formula, rule or equation, solve for unknowns and evaluate by substitution.

• Identify how sequence, selection, and iteration are used in algorithms for generating patterns.

Students can:

• Use representations to find, compare, explore, simplify, illustrate, prove and justify patterns, variation and trends.

• Use visualisation to mentally represent and manipulate relationships, objects, and ideas.

• Recognise and explore patterns, and make conjectures and draw conclusions about them.

• Use appropriate symbols to express generalisations.