Section outline

  • There will be two Year 10 mock examinations each lasting for 1.5 hours and in the first of these you will not be allowed a calculator. Either paper could draw from any of the mathematics that you have learnt during Year 7 – 9 and most of the topics you have covered so far in Year 10. These topics will include:

    • Equations of straight lines
    • Parallel and perpendicular lines
    • Midpoint of line segment
    • Length of a line segment
    • Simultaneous equations
    • Non-linear simultaneous equations
    • Change the subject of an equation
    • Linear inequalities
    • Expanding brackets
    • Real life graphs
    • Graphs of quadratic equations
    • Factorising quadratics
    • Complete the square
    • Quadratic formula
    • Linear sequences
    • Quadratic sequences
    • Inverse functions
    • Composite functions
    • Graph transformations
    • Pythagoras’ Theorem
    • Trigonometry for right angled triangles
    • Circle theorems
    • Standard index form
    • Recurring decimals
    • Estimation
    • Accuracy and bounds
    • Indices
    • Surds
    • Rationalising the denominator
    • Probability
    • Frequency polygons
    • Histograms
    • Averages of grouped data
    • Cumulative frequency diagrams