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• Mathematics: Level 9 description

  In Level 9, students develop familiarity with a broader range of non-linear and linear functions and relations, and related algebra and graphs.

  Students apply index laws with integer indices to a range of numerical expressions and extend this to algebraic expressions involving numbers and pro-numerals...

  Level description | Mathematics

• Mathematics: Level 9 achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students apply the index laws using integer indices to variables and numbers, express numbers in scientific notation, solve problems involving very small and very large numbers, and check the order of magnitude of calculations. They solve problems involving simple interest. Students...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level 9

• VCMNA303

  Express numbers in scientific notation

  Elaborations

  • representing extremely large and small numbers in scientific notation, and numbers expressed in scientific notation as whole numbers or decimals

  VCMNA303 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCMNA311

  Graph simple non-linear relations with and without the use of digital technologies and solve simple related equations

  Elaborations

  • graphing parabolas, and circles connecting x-intercepts of a graph to a related equation

  VCMNA311 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Linear and non-linear relationships

• VCMMG315

  Investigate very small and very large time scales and intervals

  Elaborations

  • investigating the usefulness of scientific notation in representing very large and very small numbers

  VCMMG315 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMMG319

  Use similarity to investigate the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a given angle in right-angled triangles

  Elaborations

  • developing understanding of the relationship between the corresponding sides of similar right-angled triangles

  VCMMG319 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Pythagoras and trigonometry

• VCMMG316

  Use the enlargement transformation to explain similarity and develop the conditions for triangles to be similar

  Elaborations

  • establishing the conditions for similarity of two triangles and comparing this to the conditions for congruence
  • using the properties of similarity and ratio, and correct mathematical notation and language, to solve problems involving enlargement. For example, scale diagrams
  • using the enlargement transformation to establish similarityunderstanding that similarity and congruence help describe relationships between geometrical shapes and are important elements of reasoning and proof

  VCMMG316 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Geometric reasoning

• VCMNA304

  Solve problems involving simple interest

  Elaborations

  • understanding that financial decisions can be assisted by mathematical calculations

  VCMNA304 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Money and financial mathematics

• VCMNA305

  Extend and apply the index laws to variables, using positive integer indices and the zero index

  Elaborations

  • understanding that index laws apply to variables as well as numbers

  VCMNA305 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMNA306

  Apply the distributive law to the expansion of algebraic expressions, including binomials, and collect like terms where appropriate

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the distributive law can be applied to algebraic expressions as well as numbers
  • understanding the relationship between expansion and factorisation and identifying algebraic factors in algebraic expressions

  VCMNA306 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMMG312

  Calculate the areas of composite shapes

  Elaborations

  • understanding that partitioning composite shapes into rectangles and triangles is a strategy for solving problems involving area

  VCMMG312 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMMG320

  Apply trigonometry to solve right-angled triangle problems

  Elaborations

  • understanding the terms 'adjacent' and 'opposite' sides in a right-angled triangle
  • selecting and accurately using the correct trigonometric ratio to find unknown sides (adjacent, opposite and hypotenuse) and angles in right-angled triangles

  VCMMG320 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Pythagoras and trigonometry

• VCMMG318

  Investigate Pythagoras’ Theorem and its application to solving simple problems involving right angled triangles

  Elaborations

  • understanding that Pythagoras' Theorem is a useful tool in determining unknown lengths in right-angled triangles and has widespread applications
  • recognising that right-angled triangle calculations may generate results that can be integers, fractions or irrational numbers

  VCMMG318 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Measurement and Geometry | Pythagoras and trigonometry