Maths

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Number Theory Week 6

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Year 7 Number Test (2)

Year 7 Maths

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Test on The History of Numbers on Monday 14 March.

Year 8 Maths

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Test on Pythagoras’ Theorem on Tuesday 8 March.

Welcome Year 12 General

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Practice Tasks

1) TRIGONOMETRY: Revision tests, assignments, text exercises Revision Sheet Trigonometry

A typical RAT Question

Data

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Help Sites / Tutorials

Handling Data from the BBC Bitesize

Other teaching sites

More advanced tutorials from the BBC on handling data
S-Cool Tutorials for handling data for the UK exams
Mean, Median, Mode and Range - definitions, examples and interactive feedback

Sources of Data

What’s in a name?

Birth and the numbers of Life

NSW Births & Deaths statistics (multiple births)
Consumer Price Index – G2 (xls file) from the Reserve Bank of Australia Stats page
UCLA Statistics Case Studies
Stats by categories from Canada (could be compared with ABS Census Data?)
ABS Tables (Census data by post code)

Interesting Links

BBC Magazine shows how percentages can be used to mislead

Interactive Web 2.0 Graphic Tools

Gap Minder
Google Spreadsheets – Gadgets for displaying data

Future Costs and Careers

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The links below were collected based on students’ interests. We’re using this handout to focus the activity.

Cars

Cost of running a car – from the RACV
Operating Costs of Popular Cars – from the NRMA
Cost of running a car skyrockets – from News.com.au
Car insurance calculator – from Bingle
Cost of running a motorbike (2003) – pdf download (or see others)

VW Kombi Vans

Kombi vans from CarsGuide – Australia
Kombi vans from TradingPost – Australia
Vanagons from the AutoTrader – USA
VW Vans from eBay – USA

Music

Hitting the Big Time in the Australian Rock Scene – the Vines & the Avalanches
How to Create an Awesome Rock Band – from WikiHow
The Emergence of the Arctic Monkeys – Wikipedia

Buying a House

Property Guide – from the Sydney Morning Herald
Finance Calculators – from the SMH
Dream or nightmare? – True life guide
An introduction to buying property in Australia – from JustLanded
The Rent vs. Buy Calculator – java app

Careers & Income

Ultimate Guide to Video Game Careers
The Writing School – Freelance Journalism
Video game players score big money in South Korea
Average salaries in Australia – from myCareer
Tradesman, painter & building employees’ awards – NSW
The Musiciansâ€™ (Live Performance) (State) Consolidated Award – Australian Government Workchoices
In the Sights of Suits – record labels look for next Silverchair
Hard Acts to Follow – Neon & Vines
Sony snaps up Dean and Jess – from Australian Idol runner-up to record contract