{"id":405,"date":"2017-05-09T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T04:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:10:59","slug":"stage-2-general-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-2-general-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 2 General Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Level:<\/strong> Stage 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SACE Credits:\u00a0<\/strong>20 credits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Length:\u00a0<\/strong>Full Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended Background:&nbsp;<\/strong>Successful completion of Stage 1 General Maths A &amp; B at B grade or higher, or successful completion of Stage 1 Maths Methods A &amp; B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Mathematics extends students\u2019 mathematical skills in ways that apply to practical problem-solving. A problem-based approach is integral to the development of mathematical models and the associated key concepts in the topics. These topics cover a diverse range of applications of mathematics, including personal financial management, the statistical investigation process, modelling using linear and non-linear functions, and discrete modelling using networks and matrices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Successful completion of this subject at Stage 2 prepares students for entry to tertiary courses requiring a non-specialised background in mathematics.<\/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 Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School Assessment (70%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks (40%)<\/li><li>Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation (30%)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>External Assessment (30%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Students provide evidence of their learning through eight assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>five skills and applications tasks<\/li><li>two mathematical investigations<\/li><li>one examination<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Stage 2 SACE Credits:\u00a020 credits Length:\u00a0Full Year Recommended Background:&nbsp;Successful completion of Stage 1 General Maths A &amp; B at B grade or higher, or successful completion of Stage 1 Maths Methods A &amp; B Content: General Mathematics extends students\u2019 mathematical skills in ways that apply to practical problem-solving. A problem-based approach is integral to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405"}],"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=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6832,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/6832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}