{"id":355,"date":"2017-05-09T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2025-07-18T22:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:30:27","slug":"year-9-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 9 Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Level: <\/strong>Year 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Length:\u00a0<\/strong>Full Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Year 9, students engage in a range of approaches to learning and doing mathematics that develop their understanding and fluency of concepts, as well their reasoning and problem-solving processes. Proficiency in mathematics enables students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by using mathematical strategies to solve problems efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics as outlined by the Australian Curriculum are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Number \u2013 rational and irrational numbers.<\/li><li>Algebra \u2013 exponent laws, expanding and factorising, gradient and midpoint, quadratics, modelling, functions.<\/li><li>Measurement \u2013 volume, surface area, scientific notation, angle properties, Pythagoras\u2019 Theorem, error, ratio and scale.<\/li><li>Space \u2013 trigonometric ratios, transformations, geometric theorems.<\/li><li>Statistics \u2013 sampling, centre, spread, visual displays, investigations.<\/li><li>Probability \u2013 compound events, repeated experiments, \u2018and\u2019 \u2018or\u2019 notation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of each semester, students will be expected to sit for a year level common test. This assessment, together with other results, will be used to gauge student performance and readiness for the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. Students will be assessed in each of the topics using a combination of tests, assignments and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Requirements<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A scientific calculator is required. We recommend one with an authentic display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leads to<\/strong>:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-mathmatics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Year 10 Mathematics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Year 9 Length:\u00a0Full Year Content: In Year 9, students engage in a range of approaches to learning and doing mathematics that develop their understanding and fluency of concepts, as well their reasoning and problem-solving processes. Proficiency in mathematics enables students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by using mathematical strategies to solve problems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6616,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/355\/revisions\/6616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}