1 The Mathematical Process

1.1 Focus on Problem Solving

1.2 Focus on Communicating

1.3 Focus on Connecting

1.4 Focus on Representing

1.5 Focus on Selecting Tools and Computational Strategies

1.6 Focus on Reasoning and Proving

1.7 Focus on Reflecting

2 Relationships

a) Hypotheses and sources of data

b) sampling principles

c) using scatter plots to analyse data

d) trend, interpolation, extrapolation.

e) linear and non-linear relations

f) distance time graphs

3 Polynomials

a) algebraic model

b) work with exponents

c) discover exponent laws

d) communicate with algebra

e) collect like terms

f) add and subtract polynomials

g) the distributive property

4 Modelling with Equations

a) solve simple equations

b) solve multi-step equations

c) solve equations involving fractions

d) modelling with formulas

e) modelling with algebra

5 Modelling with Graphs

a) Direct variation
b) Partial variation
c) Slope

d) Slope as a rate of change

e) First differences
f) Connecting variation, slope and first differences

6 Analyse Linear Relations

a) equation of a line mx+b

b) standard form Ax+By+C=0

c) graph a line using intercepts

d) parallel and perpendicular lines

e) line given the slope and point

f) equation of a line given 2 points

g) linear systems

7 Geometry Relationships
a) angles: triangles

b) angles: quadrilaterals

c) angles: polygons

d) midpoint and medians in triangles

e) midpoints in quadrilaterals

8 Measurement Relationships
a) Pythagorean theorem

b) perimeter/area
c) surface area/volume of prisms and pyramids

d) surface area of a cone

e) volume of a cone

f) surface area of a sphere

g) volume of a sphere

9 Optimizing Measurements

a) measurement concepts

b) perimeter/area relationships of a rectangle

c) surface area of square based prism

d) maximize volume of square based prism

e) maximize volume of cylinder

f) maximize surface area of cylinder