The Numeracy course builds on the knowledge, skills and understanding presented in the Kâ10 curriculum. It supports students to develop the functional numeracy skills required to become active and successful participants in society.
The Numeracy Stage 6 CEC Syllabus is designed to offer opportunities for students to reason numerically and think mathematically. Numerical reasoning and mathematical thinking are supported by an atmosphere of questioning, communicating, reasoning and reflecting and are engendered by opportunities to generalise, challenge, find connections and to think critically and creatively.
The Numeracy course provides opportunities for students to develop 21st-century knowledge, skills, understanding, values and attitudes. As part of this, students are encouraged to learn to use appropriate technology as an effective support for numerical and mathematical activities.
Learning maths numeracy
Module 1:
- Whole numbers
- Operations with whole numbers
- Distance, area and volume
- Time
- Data, graphs and tables
Module 2:
- Fractions and decimals
- Operations with fractions and decimals
- Metric Relationships
- Length, mass and capacity
- Chance
It is anticipated that students undertaking Mathematics Advanced or higher courses have already consolidated essential numeracy skills and would not benefit from studying this course
Stage 6
This course encourages students to develop the functional numeracy skills required to become active and successful participant in society.
It prepares students with a range of real-life activities requiring numeracy skills, such as, budgeting, shopping, basic record and account keeping. It offers additional support to students who have not achieved the HSC Minimum Standard. It will further assist students in a wide range of tertiary and career situations that require the practical application of everyday mathematics.