Section outline
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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