Year 12 Mathematics with Calculus (12MAC)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms A. Rajan Mathew, Mr Z. Irani, Mr J. Anderson.
The 12MAC course will give students a solid grounding in Algebra, an introduction to Calculus, and develop their problem solving skills in various contexts. Students will be offered the opportunity to gain a total of 18 unique credits, consisting of 9 credits from internally assessed standards and 9 credits from externally assessed standards. Completing this course will facilitate entry into the Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus programme. The course also offers an opportunity for subject endorsement.
Note: Students will need a scientific/graphic calculator for this course.
Pre-requisites
Students must have at least 15 credits at Level 1 with at least an ACHIEVED for 1.4 External assessment (91947 - Demonstrate mathematical reasoning) and approved by HOLA.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
There is a $40 course fee that covers NZGrapher, online subscriptions and worksheets.
Optional - 1) It is recommended that students have the Nulake Calculus workbooks for practice of external standards($24) and internal standards($17)
which can be ordered via the school office.
2) Students can subscribe for Education Perfect (a digital learning platform) and get access to range of lessons, practice tasks, practice
assessments as well as past external papers.
Students MUST have their own Scientific/Graphics calculator (recommended by NZQA) and 1E5 Quad books.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 2.1 - Apply co-ordinate geometry methods in solving problems
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Mathematics and Statistics 2.2 - Apply graphical methods in solving problems
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Mathematics and Statistics 2.4 - Apply trigonometric relationships in solving problems
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Mathematics and Statistics 2.6 - Apply algebraic methods in solving problems
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Mathematics and Statistics 2.7 - Apply calculus methods in solving problems
Disclaimer
Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.