Category Archives: Mathematics

Year 11 Advanced – Assignments

The Year 11 Mathematics Advanced course through TAFE involves students completing five assignments to get their final grade. The marks of assignments 2, 4 and 5 make up the final grade. Assignment 1 consists of questions from the first two chapters of the textbook: Algebraic Techniques, and Equations and Inequalities. Assignment 2 consists of questions from chapters 3-4 of the

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My Textbook (Year 11 – Mathematics Advanced) & Advanced Assignments

The textbook that TAFE uses for their Year 11 Mathematics Advanced course is Maths in Focus – Mathematics Advanced. The textbook is published by Nelson, a Cengage Company. The preface of the textbook states that it has been re-written for the new Mathematics Advanced syllabus (2017). The Mathematics Advanced course is designed for students who intend to study at university,

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Year 11 Standard Mathematics (Pathway 2) – Final marks & thoughts

I completed the Year 11 Standard Mathematics (Pathway 2) course through TAFE Digital in 2020. My final marks can be found below: As mentioned in a previous blog post, over the last two years, admittedly for some unknown reason, my passion for mathematics has re-emerged. I tried to fulfill this re-emerged passion by buying mathematics books, which included buying Basic Math

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Textbook Topics: Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)

The last chapter of the Standard textbook is Driving Safely. While Standard/General Mathematics has always focused on mathematics relevant to day-to-day life, Driving Safely focused on mathematics I never completed when I was in high school. This chapter focused specifically on: One aspect of this chapter I found interesting was the fact that there is a formula that calculates BAC.

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