IB Math SL

IB Math: Applications and Interpretations SL is a math course.  This course is for IB diploma candidates or anticipated diploma candidates.  This course is about 2/3 pre-calculus and 1/3 pre-statistics.  At the end of the course, 11th and 12th grade IB Diploma candidate students will take an IB External Assessment (test) to earn points toward an IB Diploma.   Following this course, students will be prepared to take AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB/BC, and/or AP Computer Science.

Folder of all class materials.

• Unit 01 - Measuring Space: Accuracy and 2D Geometry

• Unit 02 - Representing Space: Non-Right Angled Trigonometry and Volumes

• Unit 03 - Representing and Describing Data: Descriptive Statistics

• Unit 04 - Dividing up Space: Coordinate Geometry, Lines, Voronoi Diagrams

• Unit 05 - Modelling Constant Rates of Change: Linear Functions

• Unit 06 - Modelling Relationships: Linear Correlation of Bivariate Data

• Internal Assessment (on Bivariate Data)

1st Semester Exam - The first semester exam will have at least one question on each of the topics from units 01-06.  The questions will be inspired by the questions on Paper 1 from the 2021 and 2022 External Assessments.  

• Unit 07 - Quantifying Uncertainty: Probability, Binomial and Normal Distributions

• Unit 08 - Testing for Validity: Spearman's Hypothesis Testing and Chi Square Test for Independence

• Unit 09 - Modelling Relationships with Functions: Power Functions

• Unit 10 - Modelling Rates of Change: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Unit 11 - Modelling Periodic Phenomena: Trigonometric Functions

• Unit 12 - Analyzing Rates of Change: Differential Calculus

• Unit 13 - Approximating Irregular Spaces: Integration

Final Exam - The final exam will have at least one question on each of the topics from units 07-13.  The questions will be inspired by the questions on Paper 1 from the 2021 and 2022 External Assessments.  

External Assessments (previous years)