Mathematics Subjects

This is a practical Mathematics subject designed to help students rebuild confidence, strengthen foundational numeracy skills, and reconnect with mathematics through real-world applications. 

This course supports students who may have found mathematics challenging in the past and focuses on making maths relevant, achievable, and useful for everyday life.

Students will investigate how mathematics is used in personal life through exploring basic concepts of finance, budgeting, numbers in social media, etc. Through teacher-led activities, practical investigations and authentic scenarios, students will develop mathematical skills useful for adult life with greater confidence and independence.

Topics may include:

• Managing money and budgeting

• Understanding pay, wages, and payslips

• Tax, banking, and savings

• Borrowing money, loans, and interest

• Superannuation and planning for the future

• Government support systems such as Medicare, Centrelink, NDIS, childcare subsidies, and pensions

• Starting and managing a small business

• Measuring spaces, distance, area, and volume

• Everyday problem-solving and numeracy skills

Ever wondered how maths can predict the future (well… almost)? 

In this subject, you’ll explore how numbers, graphs and equations help us make sense of change; like money, motion and trends. You’ll dive into linear and quadratic relationships (they’re not as scary as they sound!) and use algebra to solve real-life problems. Can you model how quickly something grows or drops? You’ll test ideas, crunch numbers and “x-plore” patterns while building skills to think like a mathematician. Soon you’ll be making connections faster than a line of best fit!

What do speeding cars, viral trends and your bank account have in common? Maths! 

In this subject, you’ll model how things move, grow and change over time. You’ll tackle equations, inequalities and exponential growth (the fast-growing kind!). Curious how money grows with compound interest? Or why populations can explode in size? You’ll find out! With algebra, graphs and a bit of trig, you’ll solve real-world problems and connect maths to life beyond the classroom. Get ready for your skills to multiply!

Ready to double-down on your maths journey? Looking to accelerate your thinking? 

This subject is designed for curious, capable mathematics students who enjoy a challenge and are energised by thinking a few steps ahead. In Advanced Mathematics A, you’ll dive deeper into algebra, number systems and dimensions, building the skills needed for pathways like VCE Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics or IB Mathematics AA.

You’ll explore complex problems, test ideas and tackle rich investigations that connect maths to real-world situations. Along the way, you’ll develop independence, resilience and sharp analytical skills-because great mathematicians don’t give up-they iterate!

If you’re ready to advance your thinking, solve tricky problems and multiply your potential, this subject is the one for you!

This subject builds on the practical and real-world learning developed in Life Maths: A, continuing to support students in strengthening confidence, foundational numeracy, and problem-solving skills through meaningful everyday applications. 

Students will investigate how mathematics influences games, risk, financial decisions, data interpretation and the world around them. The course focuses on developing mathematical understanding through authentic contexts, collaborative learning, and practical exploration.

Topics may include:

• Probability and chance in everyday life

• Analysing favourite games using probability and sample space

• Understanding mathematics for decision-making in everyday life

• Interpreting statistics in media, sport, business, and society

• Measures of central tendency, including mean, median, and mode

• Variability, range, deviation, standard deviation, and identifying outliers

• Exploring the relationship between data, trends, and misleading conclusions

• Understanding why correlation does not always imply causation

• Practical geometry and spatial reasoning

• Measuring and analysing angles, shapes, curves, and distances

• Applying geometry to architecture, product design, maps, and real-world objects

Life Maths-B aims to equip students with the mathematical understanding and life skills needed to navigate modern society, interpret information critically, and make informed choices in both personal and professional contexts.

Ready to measure up and think outside the box?... or inside it because volume matters too! 

This subject blends geometry, data and probability to help you understand the world around you. You’ll calculate distances, explore shapes and angles, and become a data detective: spotting trends and questioning what’s really true. Is that graph misleading? What are the chances? From trigonometry to probability, you’ll build skills to solve real problems. It’s your chance to shape your thinking and prove that maths is more than just numbers, it’s everywhere!

Think maths is just numbers? Think again! 

This subject is all about making smart decisions in a world full of data. You’ll analyse trends, investigate connections (hello, networks!) and explore probability—because sometimes life is all about chance. Can you spot misleading stats? Predict outcomes? Make sense of complex systems? From scatterplots to social networks, you’ll learn how maths helps you understand—and question—the world. It’s time to add up the evidence, connect the dots and graph your way to better decisions.

Ready to take your advanced maths skills even further? In Advanced Mathematics B, you’ll build on your learning from Semester 1 and explore the power of space, data and chance. 

This subject is designed for students who enjoy thinking deeply, spotting patterns and tackling complex mathematical challenges at pace.

How do networks connect the world? Can data always be trusted? What are the odds? You’ll investigate geometry, statistics and probability through rich, real-world problems and challenging, mathematically complex investigations. Building on Advanced Mathematics A, you’ll further strengthen your reasoning, independence and resilience—because even the best mathematicians continue to refine their thinking with every challenge.

If you’re ready to extend your thinking, analyse complex systems and keep multiplying your mathematical potential, this course will help you stay on the fast track to advanced senior mathematics pathways like VCE Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics or IB Mathematics AA.

General Mathematics Units 1–4 provide for the study of non-calculus and discrete mathematics topics. They are designed to be widely accessible and provide preparation for general employment, business or further study, in particular where data analysis, recursion and financial modelling, networks and matrices are important. Students who have done only Mathematical Methods Units 1 and 2 will have had access to assumed key knowledge and key skills for General Mathematics Units 3 and 4 but may also need to undertake some supplementary study.

In undertaking these units, students are expected to be able to apply techniques, routines and processes involving rational and real arithmetic, sets, lists, tables, matrices, diagrams, networks and geometric constructions, algorithms, algebraic manipulation, recurrence relations, equations and graphs, with and without the use of technology. They should have facility with relevant mental and by-hand approaches to estimation and computation. The use of numerical, graphical, geometric, symbolic, financial and statistical functionality of technology for teaching and learning mathematics, for working mathematically, and in related assessment, is to be incorporated throughout each unit as applicable.

Mathematical Methods Units 1–4 provide for the study of simple elementary functions, transformations and combinations of these functions, algebra, calculus, probability and statistics, and their applications in a variety of practical and theoretical contexts. They also provide background for further study in, for example, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), humanities, economics and medicine.

In undertaking these units, students are expected to apply techniques, routines and processes involving rational and real arithmetic, sets, lists and tables, diagrams and geometric constructions, algorithms, algebraic manipulation, equations, graphs, differentiation and anti-differentiation, with and without the use of technology. Students should develop facility with relevant mental and by-hand approaches to estimation and computation. The use of numerical, graphical, geometric, symbolic and statistical functionality of technology for teaching and learning mathematics, working mathematically, and related assessment is incorporated throughout the unit where appropriate.

*Students undertaking Mathematical Methods Units 1 and 2 are assumed to have a sound background in number, algebra, function, geometry, probability and statistics.