MAITLAND HIGH SCHOOL - Millennium

Maitland High School Assessment Outline
Outcomes:
A student
Preliminary General Mathematics
P1 develops a positive attitude to mathematics and appreciates its capacity to provide
enjoyment and recreation.
P2 applies mathematical knowledge and skills to solving problems within familiar contexts.
P3 develops rules to represent patterns arising from numerical and other sources.
P4 represents information in symbolic, graphical and tabular forms.
P5 represents the relationships between changing quantities in algebraic and graphical form.
P6 performs calculations in relation to two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures.
P7 determines the degree of accuracy of measurements and calculations.
P8 models financial situations using appropriate tools.
P9 determines an appropriate form of organisation and representation of collected data.
P10 performs simple calculations in relation to the likelihood of familiar events.
P11 justifies his/her response to a given problem using appropriate mathematical terminology.
Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5
Term 1
Week 7
Term 2
Week 3
Term 2
Week 9
Term 3
Week 4
Term 3
Weeks 9
Task
Description
Course
Test
Course
Test
Course
Test
Course
Test
Final Course
Exam
Course
Component
FM1, AM1 M1, M2,
DA1, DA2
M4, FM2 AM2, DA3,
PB1
All Preliminary
Course
Components
Outcomes
Assessed
P1, P2,
P3, P5,
P8, P11
P1, P2, P4,
P6, P7, P9,
P10
P1, P2,
P6, P7,
P8, P11
P1, P2,
P3, P4,
P5, P8,
P9, P10
All Course
Outcomes
Assessment
Components
Weightings
Course Tests 45 10 15 20
Modelling
Tasks
Formal
Exams
20 20
35 35
Total 100 10 20 15 20 35
Each test will include 40% knowledge and skills; 60% applications.
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Maitland High School 2011 Preliminary Assessment Booklet