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11–12Mathematics Standard 11–12 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2026
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Year 11

Earning money
Ways of earning
  • Solve problems involving salaries

  • Solve problems involving wages, penalty rates for overtime, weekends and public holidays, given an hourly rate of pay

  • Calculate an individual’s earnings from commission, sliding scale commission, piecework, royalties, government payments and as a sole trader

  • Calculate leave loading by finding a percentage of eligible normal pay

  • Use a spreadsheet to model an employee’s income including overtime, salary, bonuses, commission, piecework and royalties

Taxation
  • Determine taxable income by examining allowable deductions

  • Determine tax payable by interpreting and applying information in tax tables

  • Calculate the weekly, fortnightly or monthly tax to be deducted from a worker’s pay under the Australian Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) taxation system using tax tables

  • Calculate the Medicare levy from taxable income

  • Calculate net earnings after deductions, taxation and the Medicare levy

  • Determine by calculation if more tax is payable or if a refund is owed after completing a tax return

  • Use a spreadsheet to model scenarios involving taxation

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