Math 10 Common (5 Credits) 

The 2010 - 2011 school year marks the beginning of a new High School Math Curriculum,with changes to the Grade 10 Program of Studies. Great changes have taken place within the curriculum. To use an analogy; what was once a mile wide and a foot deep is now a foot wide and a mile deep.  Alberta Education has reduced the total number of curriculum outcomes but the outcomes that are in the Program of Studies are covered in greater depth with a variety of methods.  There is to be a balance among mental mathematics and estimation, paper and pencil exercises, and the use of technology, including calculators and computers. Concepts should be introduced using manipulatives and be developed concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

The main goals of mathematics education are to prepare students to:

• solve problems

• communicate and reason mathematically

• make connections between mathematics and its applications

• become mathematically literate

• appreciate and value mathematics

• make informed decisions as contributors to society.

Seven mathematical processes are critical aspects of learning, doing and understanding mathematics. Students will encounter these processes regularly in mathematics in order to achieve the goals of mathematics education.

Students are expected to:

• use communication in order to learn and express their understanding

• make connections among mathematical ideas, other concepts in mathematics, everyday experiences and other disciplines

• demonstrate fluency with mental mathematics and estimation

• develop and apply new mathematical knowledge through problem solving

• develop mathematical reasoning

• select and use technology as a tool for learning and for solving problems

• develop visualization skills to assist in processing information, making connections and solving problems.

Topics in Math 10 Common include

Measurement Systems

Surface Area and Volume

Right Triangle Trigonometry

Exponents and Radicals

Polynomials

Linear Relations and Functions

Linear Equations and Graphs

Solving Systems of Linear Equations - Graphically

Solving Systems of Linear Equations - Algebraically

Projects – Applications of Concepts