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Assessment task: Non-transitive dice

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This assessment includes a number of questions to enable students to demonstrate their understanding and learning in probability. Students will be asked to explore the outcomes of a set of non-transitive dice using probability tree diagrams, and discover their unique features. The assessment task is outlined in detail including ...

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Poker machines (simulation)

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This lesson explores how poker machines work and what is meant by the term Return to Player (RTP) percentage. Students run simulations to determine how small betting amounts can lead to a large cumulative loss over time and examine how reinvesting profits or wins from playing the poker machine back into the machine has ...

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Voronoi Diagrams - Calculate

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This unit of work explores coordinate geometry in the context of Voronoi diagrams. Students use linear coordinate geometry to construct Voronoi diagrams by finding the gradient of a line segment, then finding the midpoint, a perpendicular line and finally the perpendicular bisector.

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Teaching consumer and financial literacy

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This web page offers teachers a variety of resources to help them plan for embedding financial literacy topics across the curriculum. The page covers how to gauge students' financial literacy, how to plan to include financial literacy in meaningful ways and many other resources and support.

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Understanding compound interest

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In this lesson students learn how compound interest works. They explore the difference between simple interest and compound interest, apply compund interest to saving scenarios and calculate the outcomes from different deposit plans with compund interest applied. They then go on to consider the impact of compound interest ...

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Interpret and discuss data displays: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Interpret and discuss data displays. Students will be presented with various digital media to investigate and evaluate findings from reports of surveys. Students will make informative decisions based on their prior knowledge of sampling and data collection to make judgements ...

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Formative assessment: scientific notation

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This resource is an assessment task focussing on scientific notation. It consists of questions involving rational and irrational numbers, multiplying and simplifying numbers expressed as exponents, converting in and out of scientific notation, and performing operations on numbers in scientific notation. The resource could ...

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Possible outcomes: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Possible outcomes. Students are familiar with the language and concepts behind probability and possible outcomes. From here students focus their learning on using systematic approaches for various types of compound events before assigning probabilities to more complicated ...

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Pythagoras and trigonometry (Space): Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Pythagoras and trigonometry. Students develop and use their understanding of the relationship between the corresponding sides of similar right-angled triangles.

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Measurement of error: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Measurement of error. Students make considered estimations of measurements. They use percentages to calculate the size of errors in different circumstances. They estimate the accuracy of given measurements and the effects of rounding.

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Pythagoras and trigonometry (Measurement): Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Pythagoras and trigonometry. Students apply and build upon knowledge of Pythagoras’ theorem, angle properties, trigonometry and scales to solve problems involving right-angled triangles.

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Time and duration: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Time and duration. Students are introduced to expressing numbers in scientific form. This descriptor applies scientific form specifically to time. Students require a good understanding of place value and powers of ten. Students should know where the notation is used ...

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Mathematical modelling (Algebra): Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Mathematical modelling. Students use algebraic rules, tables, graphs and digital tools to construct linear and quadratic models for a range of real-life situations, make predictions and solve related problems. They spend time identifying variables to formulate the models ...

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Use variables: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Use variables. Students apply and extend their knowledge and skills of exponent laws to simplify or expand numeric and algebraic expressions and solve equations.

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Number sequence: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Number sequence. Students work with the real number system and recognise both rational and irrational numbers when working on a variety of mathematical problems. Students are fluent with integer arithmetic, fractions, decimals and now further their skills, applying them ...

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Conduct chance experiments: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Conduct chance experiments. Students draw on what they have learnt about probabilities related to compound events and apply this knowledge in a variety of experiments. The use of digital tools and simulations allow for repeated practice of compound events and help to ...

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Collect, sort and compare data: Year 9 – planning tool

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This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Collect, sort and compare data. Students examine different techniques for collecting types of data and begin to consider the challenges of collecting representative data by sampling a population.

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The humanoid project

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Students explore a large data set.

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Counter-intuitive probability

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This lesson is designed to demonstrate the ways in which random chance can be counter-intuitive. Students will explore how assumptions made in probability can be risky and investigate how to perform precise calculations to answer probability questions. The lesson is outlined in detail including NSW curriculum links, learning ...

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Back to the books

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In this lesson, students will explore how bookmakers set odds, and how these odds are carefully determined in order to guarantee the bookmaker the best chance of making a profit. Students learn how to convert between odds and probabilities and calculate the expected profit or loss based on odds. The lesson is outlined in ...

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