Mathematics Extension 1 11–12 units and assessments (2024)
Sample units and assessments to support teachers implementing the Mathematics Extension 1 11–12 Syllabus (2024).
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics Extension 1 11–12 (2024) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.
This 2026 Mathematics Extension 1 Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (PDF 285 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the Mathematics Extension 1 Stage 6 Syllabus (2024).
Year 11
These units and assessments for Year 11 represent ‘one way’ of designing teaching and learning experiences.
A 9-lesson unit for Year 11 with resources.
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Permutations and combinations. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to build understanding of permutations and combinations through a range of Working mathematically skills.
Introduction
Permutations and combinations (DOCX 7.5 MB)
Lesson 1 – multiplication principle
Lesson 2 – factorials
Lesson 3 – introduction to permutations
Lesson 4 – permutations with restrictions
- Permutations with restrictions (DOCX 5.9 MB)
- Permutations with restrictions – slide deck (PPTX 2.8 MB)
Lesson 5 – permutations with repetition
Lesson 6 – circular permutations
Lesson 7 – introduction to combinations
Lesson 8 – combinations with restrictions
- Combinations with restrictions (DOCX 5.9 MB)
- Combinations with restrictions – slide deck (PPTX 1.4 MB)
Lesson 9 – permutations and combinations
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of The binomial theorem. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore using the binomial theorem to expand binomial expressions by selecting and applying appropriate algebraic techniques and prove identities involving binomial coefficients by substituting into algebraic expressions, comparing coefficients or applying a combinatorial argument.
Introduction
The binomial theorem (DOCX 7.5 MB)
Lesson 1 – Pascal's triangle
Lesson 2 – combinatorial patterns
Lesson 3 – the binomial theorem
Lesson 4 – finding coefficients and the constant term
- Finding coefficients and the constant term (DOCX 8.2 MB)
- Finding coefficients and the constant term – slide deck (PPTX 1.7 MB)
Lesson 5 – comparing coefficients
Lesson 6 – further proofs
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Polynomials. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to examine the language and graphs of polynomials, applying the remainder and factor theorems and explores the sums and products of zeroes of polynomials.
Introduction
Lesson 1 – introducing polynomials
Lesson 2 – finding zeroes
Lesson 3 – sum and product of zeroes
Lesson 4 – relationships between zereos
Lesson 5 – connecting the zeroes
Lesson 6 – dividing polynomials
Lesson 7 – remainder and factor theorems
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Further work with functions. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore methods for solving cubic inequalities, absolute value inequalities and inequalities involving rational expressions with variables in the denominator.
Introduction
Lesson 1 – cubic inequalities
Lesson 2 – absolute value inequalities
Lesson 3 – rational inequalities
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Further work with functions. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore the reciprocal, inverse and absolute value functions as well as the addition and subtraction of functions.
Introduction
Further work with functions (DOCX 8.3 MB)
Lesson 1 – absolute value
Lesson 2 – reflecting in the line y=x
Lesson 3 – one-to-one functions and sketching the inverse
One-to-one functions and sketching the inverse (DOCX 11.9 MB)
Lesson 4 – finding the equation of the inverse
- Finding the equation of the inverse (DOCX 9.2 MB)
- Finding the equation of the inverse – slide deck (PPTX 3.5 MB)
Lesson 5 – addition and subtraction of functions
- Addition and subtraction of functions (DOCX 7.2 MB)
- Addition and subtraction of functions – slide deck (PPTX 4.8 MB)
Lesson 6 – reciprocal functions
Lesson 7 – reciprocal trigonometric graphs
This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Further trigonometry. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore trigonometry in three dimensions, introduce more complex trigonometric identities and equations including sum and difference expansions, double angle formulas and their applications.
Introduction
Further trigonometry (DOCX 8.3 MB)
Lesson 1 – sum and difference expansion formulas
- Sum and difference expansion formulas (DOCX 4.1 MB)
- Sum and difference expansion formulas – slide deck (PPTX 2.2 MB)
Lesson 2 – double angle formulas
Lesson 3 – proving results
Lesson 4 – solving trigonometric equations
- Solving trigonometric equations (DOCX 2.1 MB)
- Solving trigonometric equations – slide deck (PPTX 1.5 MB)
Lesson 5 – simplifying sums of sine and cosine functions
- Simplifying sums of sine and cosine functions (DOCX 2.5 MB)
- Simplifying sums of sine and cosine functions – slide deck (PPTX 1.6 MB)
Lesson 6 – using R sin (x ± a) or R cos (x ± a) to solve equations
- Using R sin (x ± a) or R cos (x ± a) to solve equations (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Using R sin (x ± a) or R cos (x ± a) to solve equations – slide deck (PPTX 1.6 MB)
Lesson 7 – modelling and solving problems using trigonometry
- Modelling and solving problems using trigonometry (DOCX 2.1 MB)
- Modelling and solving problems using trigonometry – slide deck (PPTX 1.9 MB)
Lesson 8 – trigonometry in three dimensions
- Trigonometry in three dimensions (DOCX 2.4 MB)
- Trigonometry in three dimensions – slide deck (PPTX 1.8 MB)