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11–12Mathematics Standard 11–12 Syllabus

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Year 11

Applications of measurement
Practicalities of measurement
  • Identify and convert between the metric units of length: millimetres (mm), centimetres (c), metres (m) and kilometres (km)

  • Identify and convert between the metric units of capacity: millilitres (mL), litres (L), kilolitres (kL) and megalitres (ML)

  • Identify and convert between the metric units of mass: milligrams (mg), grams (g), kilograms (kg) and tonnes (t)

Perimeter, area and volume
  • Solve practical problems requiring the calculation of perimeters and areas of triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, trapeziums, circles, sectors of circles and composite shapes in a variety of contexts

  • Apply Pythagoras’ theorem to solve problems involving right-angled triangles

  • Calculate perimeters and areas of irregularly shaped blocks of land by dissection into triangles, rectangles and trapeziums

  • Solve practical problems involving the surface area of prisms, cylinders, spheres and composite solids in a variety of contexts

  • Solve practical problems involving volume and capacity of prisms, cylinders, spheres, cones, pyramids and composite solids in a variety of contexts

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