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• VC2M9M05

  use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving direct proportion, rates, ratio and scale, including financial contexts; formulate the problems and interpret solutions in terms of the situation; evaluate the model and report methods and findings

  Elaborations

  • modelling situations that involve direct proportion (such as pro rata pay rates, exchange rates, multiple quotes for a job, conversion between scales or other appropriate science contexts); for example, situations that involve Hooke’s law and other science contexts involving wavelengths and frequencies
  • modelling situations that impact on image editing used in social media and how proportion may not be maintained and can result in distorted images
  • modelling situations involving compliance with building and construction standards in design and construction, such as the rise and tread of staircases, and vertical and horizontal components of escalators
  • modelling situations involving the application of rates in practical contexts, for example, density, birth, flow or heartbeats
  • exploring fire techniques in land management practices used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that use proportion relationships, including the rate of fire spread in different fuel types to wind speed, temperature and relative humidity

  VC2M9M05 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Measurement

• 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

• VC2M9M02

  solve problems involving very small and very large measurements, timescales and intervals expressed in scientific notation

  Elaborations

  • representing very large and very small real numbers in scientific notation, converting real numbers expressed in scientific notation into decimal form; for example, the approximate geological age of Earth is 4.6 × 10⁹ years, and the mass of a glucose molecule is 2.99 × 10⁻²² grams
  • using knowledge of place value and applying exponent laws to operate with numbers expressed in scientific notation in applied contexts; for example, performing calculations involving extremely small numbers in scientific and other contexts
  • examining the degree of accuracy that different measurement instruments provide in a science laboratory, such as a measuring cylinder compared with a pipette, and recording data values to the correct degree of accuracy using appropriate scientific notation

  VC2M9M02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | 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

• 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

• VC2M9P02

  calculate relative frequencies from given or collected data to estimate probabilities of events involving ‘and’, inclusive ‘or’ and exclusive ‘or’

  Elaborations

  • understanding that relative frequencies from large data sets or long-run experiments can provide reliable measures of probability and can be used to make predictions of decisions 
  • using Venn diagrams or two-way tables to estimate frequencies of events involving ‘and’ and ‘or’ questions

  VC2M9P02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Probability

• 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

• VC2M9SP01

  recognise the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a given angle in right-angled triangles using properties of similarity

  Elaborations

  • understanding the terms ‘base’, ‘altitude’, ‘hypotenuse’, and ‘adjacent’ and ‘opposite’ sides to an angle, in a right-angled triangle, and identifying these for a given right-angled triangle
  • investigating patterns to reason about nested similar triangles that are aligned on a coordinate plane, connecting ideas of parallel sides and identifying the constancy of ratios of corresponding sides for a given angle
  • establishing an understanding that the sine of an angle can be considered as the length of the altitude of a right-angled triangle with a hypotenuse of length one unit and similarly the cosine as the length of the base of the same triangle, and relating this to enlargement and similar triangles
  • relating the tangent of an angle to the altitude and base of nested similar right-angled triangles, and connecting the tangent of the angle at which the graph of a straight line meets the positive direction of the horizontal coordinate axis to the gradient of the straight line

  VC2M9SP01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Space

• Mathematics Version 2.0: Level 9 description

  In Level 9, learning in Mathematics builds on each student’s prior learning and experiences. Students engage in a range of approaches to the learning and doing of mathematics that develop their understanding of and fluency with concepts, procedures and processes by making connections, reasoning...

  Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0

• VC2M9M03

  solve spatial problems, applying angle properties, scale, similarity, ratio, Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry in right-angled triangles

  Elaborations

  • investigating the applications of Pythagoras’ theorem in authentic problems, including applying Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry to problems in surveying and design
  • applying the formula for calculation of distances between points on the Cartesian plane from their coordinates, emphasising the connection to vertical and horizontal displacements between the points 
  • understanding the relationship between the corresponding sides of similar right-angled triangles and establishing the relationship between areas of similar figures and the ratio of corresponding sides, the scale factor
  • using images of proportional relationships to estimate actual measurements (for example, taking a photograph of a person standing in front of a tree and using the image and scale to estimate the height of the tree), discussing the findings and ways to improve the estimates
  • investigating theorems and conjectures involving triangles, for example, the triangle inequality and generalising links between the Pythagorean rule for right-angled triangles, and related inequalities for acute and obtuse triangles, determining the minimal sets of information for a triangle from which other measures can all be determined
  • using knowledge of similar triangles, Pythagoras’ theorem, rates and algebra to design and construct a Biltmore stick, used to measure the diameter and height of a tree, and calculating the density and dry mass to predict how much paper could be manufactured from the tree

  VC2M9M03 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Measurement

• VC2M9N01

  recognise that the real number system includes the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, and solve problems involving real numbers with and without using digital tools

  Elaborations

  • investigating the real number system by representing the relationships between irrational numbers, rational numbers, integers and natural numbers and discussing the difference between exact representations and approximate decimal representations of irrational numbers
  • using a real number line to indicate the solution interval for inequalities of the form ax+b <c ,
    for example, 2x+7<0 ; or of the form ax+b>c , for example, 1.2x-5.4>10.8
  • using positive and negative rational numbers to solve problems, for example, for financial planning such as budgeting
  • solving problems involving the substitution of real numbers into formulas, understanding that solutions can be represented in exact form or as a decimal approximation, such as calculating the area of a circle using the formula A=πr2 and specifying the answer in terms of π as an exact real number; for example, the circumference of a circle with diameter 5 units is 5π units, and the exact area is π(52)2=254π square units, which rounds to 19.63 square units, correct to 2 decimal places
  • investigating the position of rational and irrational numbers on the real number line, using geometric constructions to locate rational numbers and square roots on a number line; for example, 2 is located at the intersection of an arc and the number line, where the radius of the arc is the length of the diagonal of a one-unit square

  VC2M9N01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Number

• VC2M9A05

  identify and graph quadratic functions, solve quadratic equations graphically and numerically, and use null factor law to solve monic quadratic equations with integer roots algebraically, using graphing software and digital tools as appropriate

  Elaborations

  • recognising that in a table of values, if the second difference between consecutive values of the dependent variable is constant, then it is a quadratic
  • graphing quadratic functions using digital tools and comparing what is the same and what is different between these different functions and their respective graphs; interpreting features of the graphs such as symmetry, turning point, maximum and minimum values; and determining when values of the quadratic function lie within a given range
  • solving quadratic equations algebraically and comparing these to graphical solutions
  • using graphs to determine the solutions of quadratic equations; recognising that the roots of a quadratic function correspond to the x-intercepts of its graph and that if the graph has no x-intercepts, then the corresponding equation has no real solutions
  • relating horizontal axis intercepts of the graph of a quadratic function to the factorised form of its rule using the null factor law; for example, the graph of the function y=x2-5x+6 can be represented as y=x-2x-3 with x-axis intercepts where either x-2=0 or x-3=0
  • recognising that the equation x2=a, where a>0, has 2 solutions, x=a and x=-a (for example, if x2=39 then x=39=6.245 correct to 3 decimal places, or x=-39=-6.245 correct to 3 decimal places) and representing these graphically
  • graphing percentages of illumination of moon phases in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ understandings that describe the different phases of the moon

  VC2M9A05 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 9 | Algebra