Year 10, Unit 11 – applying exponentials

This seven-lesson unit addresses content from the focus areas of Financial Mathematics B and Non-linear relationships A, B and C.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore exponential functions in a variety of contexts, including compound interest and depreciation.

Applying exponentials

Introduction

Applying exponentials – unit (DOCX 353 KB)

Lesson 1 – simple and compound interest

Lesson 2 – bad investments

Lesson 3 – Euler’s number

Lesson 4 – invasive species

Lesson 5 – exponential marbleslides

Lesson 6 – free falling

Free falling (DOCX 347 KB)

Lesson 7 – population clock

Mathematics 7–10 units and assessments

Stage 4 and 5 – Mathematics units and assessment in line with the syllabus to be taught from 2024.

Year 10, Unit 12 – investigating parabolas

Stage 5 – a 14-lesson program addressing content from the focus areas of Algebraic techniques A, B and C, Non-linear relationships A, B and C and Equations B and C.

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