MATHEMATICS

9.15 Maths Class

This week Miss Pawley kindly allowed us into her classroom to see what her Year 9 Maths students (9.15) were up to.

The students were partaking in the topic of financial maths and studying concepts such as percentages and indices.

“We have been looking at Indices this week. We started learning about percentages and have been doing maths mate homework each week” – Zoe Leckie

“Indices can be used for electronics, sporting fixtures and engineers. I might use indices when I look up sporting fixtures or when I’m playing with my electronics” – Brendan Clark

“Indices are a number with a power. For example if you have am the a is called the base and the m is called the power”  - Holly Radcliffe

Today we have been learning about the third law of indices. It states that anything to the power of 0 is always equal to the power of 1” – Hayley Holmes

Laura Kaspar

Assistant Head of Mathematics

Maths Competition

Friday 29 July

The Australian Mathematics Competition is being held again this year and is open to all students.  

Every student that enters in the competition will receive a certificate of participation as well as a summary of their results.  There is also an opportunity for students to receive prize money, book vouchers, and certificates of achievement.  Over the last few years, several of our students have won significant prizes and achieved some outstanding results.

All students are encouraged to seriously consider entering this competition and it is expected that ALL Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program students will register for the competition as part of the Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program.

To enter the competiton, payment  of $10 (enclosed in an envelope with student name and Home Group)  must be received at the School Office by  Friday 11  March.

Calculators

Cas Calculators

All Year 10 Mathematics students (except Pathway Mathematics) and VCE Mathematics students require a CAS calculator to effectively study the subject. Calculators can be purchased from the General Office for $210.

Ti-30 XB MultiView Calculator

Students in Yeas 7 to 9 are encouraged to use the Ti-30 XB MultiView Calculator, which are available from Lilydale Books for $28.95.

Thomas Moore

Head of Mathematics