Work Samples - Grade A
The work samples for this grade, together, assist teachers to gain a common understanding of the standard of work typically produced by students whose performance, on balance, matches the description for Grade A.
At the end of Stage 5, School Certificate grades in Mathematics for Grade A are further differentiated as either A10 or A9. Read more about School Certificate Grading.
Activity: Can-do Trigonometry (View Activity…)
Students will be asked to demonstrate what they understand and can do in relation to their work in trigonometry.
Work Samples A9: Ashley
Activity: Describing Travel Graphs (View Activity…)
Students will interpret graphs to describe a journey.
Work Samples A9: Bailey
Activity: Successive Discounts (View Activity…)
Students will use consumer arithmetic to calculate discounts.
Work Samples A10: Frances
Work Samples A9: Pat
Activity: Draw the Graph to Fit the Story (View Activity…)
Students will interpret a graph, then draw one from their own story.
Work Samples A9: Bobby
Activity: Surds (View Activity…)
Students will perform operations with surds and justify their answers.
Work Samples A10: Ariel
Activity: Similar? Congruent? (View Activity…)
Students are given a worksheet showing a variety of triangles, and they indicate which triangles are similar and which triangles are congruent.
Work Samples A9: Kendall
Grade A
The student has an extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations.