Maths
Welcome to Maths 2023!
Just a few reminders for the start of the new year:
- Your child’s teacher can be contacted directly through Compass at any stage if you would like support or have questions regarding your child’s progress in maths throughout the year.
- Please support your child’s learning by reminding them to bring all essential equipment to each maths class. This includes their exercise book, textbook (can be the digital version), laptop and their calculators.
What's Happening in Maths during Term 1:
Year 7
This term the students will be working on their whole number skills, including the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The assessment for this unit will take place during week 7. The second part of this term students will be studying shapes and angles.
Year 8
This term the students will be working on their number skills, including the use of BODMAS to solve problems involving whole numbers, decimals and fractions. The assessment for this unit will take place during week 6. The second part of this term students will be studying statistics.
Year 9
This term the students will be working on their number skills, including solving problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages. Students will also be introduced to the concept of simple interest. The assessment for this unit will take place around week 8 this term. The next topic students will be working on will be statistics.
Year 10 Foundation
This term the students will be working on their skills to solve problems involving decimals and fractions. The assessment for this unit will take place during week 6. The second part of this term students will be studying statistics.
Year 10 General
This term the students will be working on their measurement skills, solving problems involving area, surface area and volume in simple 2D and 3D shapes as well as composite shapes. The assessment for this unit will take place during week 7. The second part of this term students will be studying Algebra.
Year 10 Methods
This term the students will be working on their algebra skills, including using the basic operations to solve equations, solving simultaneous equations and inequations and transposing equations. The assessment for this unit will take place during week 7. The second part of this term students will be studying Measurement.
Supporting Maths at Home:
All students in Years 7, 8 ,9 and Year 10 Foundation have access to Mathspace which is an online Mathematics program. This program will often be part of your child’s maths homework but is not restricted to this. There are inbuilt tutorials that can help explain concepts to your child so that they may go back to practice a skill or extend their learning with something new.
The following weblink has tips for parents supporting their children with Maths at home and can be a great starting point for parent involvement in the learning at home.
Maths Facts about 2,023
- 2,023 is an odd composite number
- 2,023 can be divided evenly by the numbers: 1, 7, 17, 119, 289, 674, 2023. These numbers are known as the factors of 2,023
- The sum of the digits in 2,023 is 7
- 2023 is a Harshad number
- 2,023 squared (2,0232) is 4,092,529
- In scientific notation 2,022 is represented as 2.023 x 103
- To count from 1 to 2,023 would take you about thirty-three minutes
Key terms
Composite number: appositive whole number that is exactly divisible by at least one whole number other than itself and 1. For example the number 8 can be divided by 1, 2, 4 and 8.
Factors: a whole number that divides exactly into a given whole number. For example, the factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20.
Harshad Number: A positive integer which is divisible by the sum of its digits.
Scientific Notation: a value written in the form of 1 up to, but not including 10 (with any number of decimal places, multiplied by a power of 10.
Squared: to raise to the power of 2. When a number is squared it is multiplied by itself. For example
a common mistake is 6
.
Sum: a total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts or items.
Thanks to the following website for the fun facts about the number 2023: Number 2023 - Facts about the integer (numbermatics.com).
We look forward to a positive and successful 2023 working together with you and your child in the Mathematics department.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me, DAN@prsc.vic.edu.au
Stacey Dannock
Mathematics Leader