13MAS

Year 13 Mathematics with Statistics (13MAS)

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr Z. Irani, Mr J. Anderson.

The 13 MAS course offers 20 credits at Level three. It consists of three Internal assessments, one compulsory and one optional external assessment. The compulsory Internal and external standards have a total of 16 credits. This course also offers an opportunity for subject endorsement and is a UE approved subject. The course offers Statistics standards. This course prepares students for their chosen pathway and/or tertiary level Statistics courses.

Note:  For the external standard, a graphics calculator (fx-9750 GII or fx-9860 GIII) is highly recommended.

Course Overview

Term 1
91583 EXPERIMENTS(4 credits Internal)
91582 FORMAL INFERENCE(4 Credits Internal)

Term 2
91581 BI-VARIATE DATA(4 Credits Internal)
91586 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS[Optional]

Term 3
91586 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS[Optional]
91585 PROBABILITY CONCEPTS(4 Credits External)


Term 4
Revision of External standards

Pre-requisites

Students must have 14 credits at Level 2 including at least an ACHIEVED for the external assessment 2.12 - Probability Methods to gain entry to this course and approval by the 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 Statistics workbooks for practice of external standards($17) 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.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 20
Internal Assessed Credits: 0
External Assessed Credits: 20
Optional Credits Available: 0
Optional Internal Assessed Credits: 0
Optional External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91581 v2
NZQA Info

Mathematics and Statistics 3.9 - Investigate bivariate measurement data


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91582 v2
NZQA Info

Mathematics and Statistics 3.10 - Use statistical methods to make a formal inference


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91583 v2
NZQA Info

Mathematics and Statistics 3.11 - Conduct an experiment to investigate a situation using experimental design principles


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91585 v2
NZQA Info

Mathematics and Statistics 3.13 - Apply probability concepts in solving problems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91586 v2
NZQA Info

Mathematics and Statistics 3.14 - Apply probability distributions in solving problems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 20

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.

Disclaimer

Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.