Essential Mathematics, Grade 11 (30S)

Unit 1: Analysis of Games and Numbers

Strategy in puzzles and games that involve numerical reasoning, using problem-solving strategies.

• Winning strategies for number puzzles
• Inventing and adapting a number game

Unit 2: Interest and Credit

Compound interest, credit options such as credit cards and loans, and applying and rearranging interest formulas.

• Simple versus compound interest
• Calculating compound interest
• Comparing credit options
• Using credit wisely
• Rearranging interest and finance formulas

Unit 3: 3-D Geometry

Surface area, volume, and capacity of 3-D objects in SI and imperial units, and applying and rearranging the related formulas.

• Surface area of 3-D objects
• Volume and capacity of solids
• Volume and capacity of composite solids
• Rearranging volume, capacity, and surface-area formulas

Unit 4: Statistics

Creating and interpreting bar graphs, histograms, line graphs, and circle graphs.

• Choosing and interpreting graphs

Unit 5: Managing Money

Personal budgets and the financial-institution services used to access and manage finances.

• Personal budgets
• Choosing accounts and services
• Securing financial information

Unit 6: Relations and Patterns

Slope, proportional reasoning and unit analysis, scale, and linear relations across representations.

• Slope as rise over run
• Slope as rate of change
• Proportional reasoning and unit analysis
• Rearranging slope and rate-of-change formulas
• Scale drawings and models

• Recognizing and representing linear relations
• Interpolating and solving with linear relations

Unit 7: Trigonometry

Solving problems that involve two and three right triangles using the primary trigonometric ratios.

• Problems with two and three right triangles

Unit 8: Design Modelling

Drawing 3-D objects and their views, and exploded views, component parts, and scale diagrams.

• Drawing 3-D objects and their views
• Exploded views and component parts