This course emphasizes the extension of mathematical knowledge and skills to prepare students for success in their everyday lives, in the workplace, and in the Mathematics Grade 11 and Grade 12 Workplace Preparation courses. The course is organized by three strands related to money sense, measurement, and proportional reasoning. In all strands, the focus is on strengthening and extending key foundational mathematical concepts and skills by solving authentic, everyday problems. Students have opportunities to extend their mathematical literacy and problem-solving skills and to continue developing their skills in reading, writing, and oral language through relevant and practical math activities.
Units of Study:
Unit 1: Arithmetic & Problem Solving
Unit 2: Ratios & Rates
Unit 3: Making Things From Scratch
Unit 4: Percent
Unit 5: Fractions and Problem Solving
Unit 6: Measurement
Unit 7: Integers & Algebra
Prerequisite: MAT1LB or MTH1WI
This course enables students to broaden their understanding of relationships and extend their problem-solving and algebraic skills through investigation, the effective use of technology, and abstract reasoning. Students will explore quadratic relationships and their applications; solve and apply linear systems; verify properties of geometric figures using analytic geometry; and investigate the trigonometry of right and acute triangles. Students will reason mathematically as they solve multistep problems and communicate their thinking.
Topics of Study:
Linear Systems
Analytic Geometry
Polynomials
Graphing Quadratic Functions
Solving Quadratic Equations
Trigonometry
Prerequisite: MTH1WI
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