Long Bay College Long Bay College

L3 Mathematics

L3MTH
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr T. Spratt.

Recommended Prior Learning

Students should have successfully completed the Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics course during Year 12 (14 credits or more) to have the essential skills needed to support them with the content of this course. 

This course works at a high literacy level, and it is recommended students have successfully completed a Level 2 English course.

It would usually be recommended that students who struggled with Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics should usually repeat the course again in Year 13 as it is a significant step up in mathematical skills to be successful with Level 3 Mathematics.

Their Mathematics teacher will be available to help guide students with their selection choices for Year 13 so that they can maximise their likelihood to succeed.

The topics covered by this course are based on both statistics and algebra. This course gives students the opportunity to gain up to 19 credits from Level 3 from the approved university entry list. Its primary focus is statistics based which will focus on presenting written reports covering a range of different analytical models.

Faculties:

Mathematics


Career Pathways

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					Equipment/Stationery and Contributions (indicative only)
										
EQUIPMENT/STATIONERY:

In addition to a laptop computer and some general stationery, specific items for each course will be confirmed at the beginning of each school year.

As an indication, for this course you are likely to need:

- 1E5 Exercise Book x4

- 4 Colour Pen

- Scientific Calculator for example fx82au

NOTE: Casio graphics calculator is highly recommended for all senior Mathematics courses e.g. fx9860gii



CONTRIBUTIONS:

Course Contributions qualify for a tax rebate from IRD:

https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax/income-tax-for-individuals/individual-tax-credits/tax-credits-for-donations/submit-a-donation-receipt

										

								


				






    

        
Disclaimer

        
Although we aim to enable every learner to be enrolled in their preferred courses, your selection does not guarantee a course will be available, or that you have approval to take a selected course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results, and in some cases, class sizes and staff availability.