Quadratics and parabolas, functions and their graphs, and the exponential models that set up Year 11.
These are the statements the Mathematics Year 10 syllabus makes about Number and Algebra. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Quadratic equations by factorising - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
The quadratic formula - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Completing the square - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Parabolas: vertex, axis of symmetry and intercepts - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Simultaneous equations with one quadratic - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Algebraic fractions and their operations - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Exponential functions and growth or decay - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Direct and inverse variation - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Functions: domain, range and notation - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Rearranging formulas and substitution - Number and Algebra, Year 10.
Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Number and Algebra are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Mathematics Year 10 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Number and Algebra opens the Mathematics Year 10 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Mathematics Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.