Further Mathematics

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Accreditation period - Units 3-4: 2006-2014

The accreditation period has been extended until 31 December 2014.

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Curriculum

• Study Design (March 2010, PDF - 2MB)
  Details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Mathematics Units 1-4.
• Study Advice: Matrices (PDF - 164KB)
  VCAA Bulletin, Supplement 3, April 2005.
  Advice on the 'Applications' area of study for Units 3 and 4. To be used in conjunction with the Advice for Teachers section for Further Mathematics in the Study Design.
• Study Advice: Data analysis core, Number patterns, Business-related mathematics and Networks and decision mathematics modules (PDF - 187KB)
  VCAA Bulletin, Supplement 2, August 2005.
  Further advice on revisions and refinements to the above modules. To be used in conjunction with the Advice for Teachers section for Further Mathematics in the Study Design.
• Study Summary (June 2010, DOC - 72KB)
  A summary of the VCE Mathematics Study Design for 2006-2014.
• Credit towards satisfactory completion of the VCE
  There are no restrictions on the number of Mathematics units for which students may obtain credit towards satisfactory completion of the VCE.
  As published in the VCAA Bulletin, July 10, p.6.

 

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Assessment

• Assessment Handbook (updated August 2010, DOC - 270KB)
  Contains assessment advice for both school-assessed coursework and the examinations.
• Examination Reports
  Find past exams and sample exams for Further Mathematics.
• Use of Calculators in Exams
  Information about the use of calculators in VCE Mathematics examinations.

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Support Material

• Coursework support materials CD-ROM resource
  The CD-ROM was distributed to school in 2005.
• Networks and decision mathematics (Updated May 2007, PDF - 906KB)
  VCAA Bulletin April 2007, pp 10-11.
  Information about adjacency matrices, the degree of a vertex, matrix solution to sets of equations and transition matrices.
  • Networks and decision mathematics Erratum (PDF - 471KB).
    VCAA Bulletin, May 2007, p.7.
• Application task sheets to aid in teaching Further Mathematics in the classroom.
  • Application Task 2001 – support resources (includes 2001 data sets)
  • Application Task 2002 – data sets
  • Application Task 2003 – data sets (Excel - 31KB)
  • Application Task 2004 - data sets (Excel - 87KB)
  • Application Task 2005 - data sets (Excel - 52KB)