VC2M8N06
use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts involving profit and loss; formulate problems, choosing efficient mental and written calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate...
Elaborations
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modelling situations involving weather and environmental contexts, including temperature or sea depths, by applying operations to positive and negative rational numbers, for example, contexts involving average temperature increases and decreases
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modelling situations that involve percentage increases or decreases and explaining why it is an increase or decrease, such as mark-ups, discounts, Goods and Services Tax (GST), changes in populations or recycling rates
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modelling situations involving personal income tax, and interpreting tax tables to determine income tax at various levels of income, including overall percentage of income allocated to tax
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modelling situations involving percentage increase or decrease such as market trends, effects on population, or effects on the environment over extended time periods
VC2M8N06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Number
