Foundation Maths

Foundation Maths runs right through until the end of year 12.

Year 10 Foundation Maths

Foundation Maths provides students with the critical maths skills they need post secondary school. Students will learn how to budget, choose the right insurance plan, open and operate a bank account, choose a suitable loan and income and tax calculations. They will also learn about different units of measurement and apply these to real world scenarios in their future workplace. There is a focus on operations and calculations along with problem solving in real life situations.

Foundation maths as a subject runs right to the end of Year 12.

For further information please refer to page 29 of the St. Joseph's College Senior School Subject Information Handbook.

Unit 1&2 Foundation Maths

UNIT 1: FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS

Foundation Mathematics Unit 1 is designed to consolidate students’ mathematical knowledge from Year 10 and provide them with a level of understanding that can be extended further in Foundation Mathematics Units 3 and 4. The unit is separated into four areas of study and consists of:

AREAS OF STUDY:

• Algebra, Number and Structure (working and estimating with fractions, decimals and percentages, ratios, proportion and rates)

• Data Analysis, Probability and Statistics (collecting, presenting, summarising and interpreting data)

• Discrete Mathematics (understanding and operating with finances including income, banking, taxation and superannuation)

• Space and Measurement (properties of shapes, location and directions, routes, itineraries, distances and speeds

UNIT 2: FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS

Foundation Mathematics Unit 2 is designed to extend on students’ mathematical knowledge from Unit 1 and further deepen their level of understanding in preparation for Foundation Mathematics Units 3 and 4. The unit is split into four areas of study and consists of:

AREAS OF STUDY:

• Algebra, Number and Structure (patterns in number, exploring relationships between variables, transposing and solving equations)

• Data Analysis, Probability and Statistics (calculating statistics, representing, comparing and interpreting data sets)

• Discrete Mathematics (financial planning and personal debt, examining government benefits, comparison of health and financial services, interpreting local and national economic data)

• Space and Measurement (working and estimating with metric measures, interpreting scales in analogue and digital form, calculating and displaying time and date using common conventions, interpreting and creating schedules and timetables)

Unit 3&4 Foundation Maths

UNIT 3 and 4: FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS

Foundation Mathematics 3 and 4 is designed to provide students with the mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding of problems in real contexts for a range of workplace, personal, community and global settings relevant

to contemporary society. Prior knowledge and skills are drawn from Foundation Mathematics Units 1 and 2 and are developed over the four areas of study in each of Units 3 and 4.

AREAS OF STUDY:

• Algebra, number and structure (rational and irrational numbers related to measurement, ratios and proportions in practical context, graphical analysis of relations including finding a break-even point, rounding, significant figures and leading-digit approximation)

• Data analysis, probability and statistics (collecting data, constructing tables, graphs representing data, interpolation and extrapolation, measures of centre and spread)

• Discrete Mathematics (income and expenditure calculations such as GST, comparing financial products such as insurance, investments and loans)

• Space and Measurement (calculations of enlargement and reduction for two- and three-dimensional plans, diagrams and models, measurements involving metrics and non- metric measures, measurement of perimeter, area, surface area and volume of compound shapes and objects)

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