MAITLAND HIGH SCHOOL - Millennium

Maitland High School Assessment Outline
Outcomes:
A student
Preliminary Applied Mathematics
P1 uses mathematics and statistics to compare alternative solutions to contextual problems.
P2. represents information in symbolic, graphical and tabular form.
P3 represents the relationships between changing quantities in algebraic and graphical form.
P4 performs calculations in relation to two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures.
P5 demonstrates awareness of issues in practical measurement, including accuracy, and the
choice of relevant units.
P6 models financial situations relevant to the student’s current life using appropriate tools.
P7 determines an appropriate form of organisation and representation of collected data.
P8 performs simple calculations in relation to the likelihood of familiar events.
P9 uses appropriate technology to organise information from a limited range of practical and
everyday contexts.
P10 justifies a response to a given problem using appropriate mathematical terminology.
Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Task
Description
Term 1
Week 8
Term 2
Week 7
Term 3
Week 4
Term 3
Week 9
Course Test Course Test Project Final Course
Exam
Course
Component
Financial
Mathematics,
Data &
Statistics
Measurement,
Probability
All Course
Components
All Course
Components
Outcomes
Assessed
P1, P2, P3,
P6, P7, P9,
P10
P2, P3, P4,
P5, P8, P10
All Course
Components
All Course
Components
Assessment
Components
Weightings
Course Tests 40 20 20
Projects 30 30
Formal
Exams
30 30
Total 100 20 20 30 30
Each test will include 50% knowledge and skills; 50% applications.
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Maitland High School 2011 Preliminary Assessment Booklet