MPM2D, Grade 10, Principles of Mathematics
MPM2D COURSE OUTLINE
Course Title: Principles of Mathematics
Grade: 10
Ministry Course Code: MPM2D
Course Type: Academic
Credit Value: 1.00
Course Hours: 114
Department: Mathematics
Revision Date: N/A
Policy Document:
Mathematics, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10, 2005 (Revised)
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/math910curr.pdf
Prerequisite: MPM1D, Principles of Mathematics, Grade 9, Academic or MFM1P, Foundations of Mathematics, Grade 9, Applied and MPM1H, Mathematics Transfer Course, Grade 9
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course enables students to broaden their understanding of relationships and extend their problem-solving and algebraic skills through investigation, the effective use of technology, and abstract reasoning. Students will explore quadratic relations and their applications; solve and apply linear systems; verify properties of geometric figures using analytic geometry; and investigate the trigonometry of right and acute triangles. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Quadratic Relations of the Form y = ax2 + bx + c
By the end of this course, students will:
• determine the basic properties of quadratic relations;
• relate transformations of the graph of y = x2 to the algebraic representation y=a(x–h)2 +k;
• solve quadratic equations and interpret the solutions with respect to the corresponding relations;
• solve problems involving quadratic relations.
Analytic Geometry
By the end of this course, students will:
• model and solve problems involving the intersection of two straight lines;
• solve problems using analytic geometry involving properties of lines and line segments;
• verify geometric properties of triangles and quadrilaterals, using analytic geometry.
Trigonometry
By the end of this course, students will:
• use their knowledge of ratio and proportion to investigate similar triangles and solve problems related to similarity;
• solve problems involving right triangles, using the primary trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean theorem;
• solve problems involving acute triangles, using the sine law and the cosine law.
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EVALUATION SCHEME
A final grade (percentage mark) is calculated at the end of the course and reflects the quality of the student’s achievement of the overall expectations of the course, in accordance with the provincial curriculum.
The final grade will be determined as follows:
Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence of achievement.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance, an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations for the course.





