Math 10 Essentials
Course Outline
Text book : Essentials of Mathematics 10
Estimated Number of Classes
Unit 1 - Personal Banking
- Banking services
- Filling out deposits slips
- Cheque book registers
- Statements of Reconciliation
8
Unit 2 - Wages and Salaries
- Calculating hours work (regular and overtime)
- Calculating wages
- Look up deductions (e.g. income tax, CCP, EI) from tables
- Calculating net pay
- Calculating raises and percent raises
- Develop a budget
12
Unit 3 - Spreadsheets
(This unit will be mostly done in the computer lab)
- Creating spreadsheets
- Formatting cells
- Using formulas and functions
- Solving problems using spreadsheets
- Answer "what-if" questions
10
Unit 4 - Rate, Ratio and Proportion
- Calculating unit rates to determine best buys
- Sales tax
- Calculating discounts and sale prices
10
Review
Term 1 Exam
Unit 5 - Trigonometry
- Proportions
- Similar triangles
- Trig metric ratios (sine, cosine and tangent)
- Finding missing sides or angles in right triangles
- Solving right triangles
- Solving problems with trigonometry
12
Unit 6 - Measurement
- Measuring in metric and imperial units
- Estimating measurement of objects
- Perimeter, area, volume and surface area
10
Unit 7 - Geometry
- Scale
- Drawing top, front and side views of 3D objects
- Sketch 3D designs
- Project (building a 3D model)
8
Unit 7 - Probability and Sampling
- Reading and interpreting graphs
- Methods of collecting data
- Measures of central tendancy (mean, median and mode)
- Displaying data in graphs
- Critiquing statistical information
10
Review
Term 2 Exam
Review
Final Exam
Mark Breakdown:
| Term 1 | Term 2 | |
Homework Quizzes Unit Exams Term Exam |
15% 15% 45% 25% |
Homework Quizzes Unit Exams Term Exam |
15% 15% 45% 25% | |
| Overall: |
Term 1 Term 2 Final Exam |
40% 40% 20% |