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11–12Mathematics Standard 11–12 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2026
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Year 12 – Standard 1

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  • MAO-WM-01

    develops understanding and fluency in mathematics through exploring and connecting mathematical concepts, choosing and applying mathematical techniques to solve problems, and communicating their thinking and reasoning coherently and clearly

  • MST-12-S1-05

    interprets ratios and rates to solve problems in practical contexts

Related Life Skills content for Stage 6
Number
Measurement
Mathematics project
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Ratios
  • Recognise ratios and explain their relationship with fractions

  • Express a ratio in simplest form

  • Determine the ratio of two quantities

  • Divide a quantity in a given ratio

  • Solve practical problems involving ratios

  • Explain the relationship between ratios and map scales and apply this relationship to solve problems in a variety of practical contexts

  • Obtain measurements from scale drawings and building plans with commonly used symbols to solve problems in a variety of practical contexts

  • Estimate and compare quantities, materials and costs using measurements taken from scale drawings

Rates
  • Explain the difference between ratios and rates

  • Represent given information as a unit rate

  • Convert between rates

  • Make comparisons between rates in a variety of practical contexts

  • Compare unit prices to determine best buys

  • Use rates to solve problems in a variety of practical contexts

  • Interpret and analyse distance–time graphs to solve problems related to speed, distance and time

  • Examine fuel consumption rates to compare the efficiency of vehicles