Math 12 Foundations
Ministry code: FOM 12
It is recommended that students complete: Foundations Mathematics 11 or equivalent prior to enrolling in this course.
View the complete Learning Standards for this course here: Foundations Math 12
This course is designed to provide students with developing mathematical understandings that are identified for post-secondary studies in programs that do not require the study of theoretical calculus. Topics in this course include financial mathematics, logical reasoning, probability, relations and functions and fractals.
MODULE 1
Unit 1: Investing Money
- Lesson 1: Simple Interest
- Lesson 2: Future Value and Compound Interest
- Lesson 3: Using Technology for Financial Calculations – Part One
- Lesson 4: Using Technology for Financial Calculations – Part Two
- Lesson 5: Compound Interest with Regular Payments
Unit 2: Borrowing Money
- Lesson 1: Analyzing Loans
- Lesson 2: Credit Cards and Pay Day Loans
- Lesson 3: Investigating Credit Card Repayment Options
- Lesson 4: Should you Buy, Lease, or Rent?
- Module 1 test
MODULE 2
Unit 3: Set Notation
- Lesson 1: Set Notation and Different Types of Sets
- Lesson 2: Intersection and Union of Sets
- Lesson 3: Application of Set Theory
- Lesson 4: Conditional, Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive Statements
Unit 4: Combinatorics
- Lesson 1: Fundamental Counting Principle
- Lesson 2: Permutations when Objects are Not Similar
- Lesson 3: Permutations when Objects are Similar
- Lesson 4: Combination
- Module 2 test
MODULE 3
Unit 5: Probability
- Lesson 1: Probability Terminology and Notation
- Lesson 2: Mutually Exclusive Events: A and B
- Lesson 3: Conditional Probability Events: A and B
- Lesson 4: Problems Involving Conditional Probability
- Lesson 5: Probability Involving Permutations and Combinations
Unit 6: Polynomial Functions
- Lesson 1: Graphs of Polynomial Functions
- Lesson 2: Characteristics of the Equations of Polynomial Functions
- Lesson 3: Using Technology to Model Data with a Line of Best Fit
- Lesson 4: Using Technology to Model Data with a Curve of Best Fit
Module 3 Test
MODULE 4
Unit 7: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Lesson 1: Characteristics of Graphs of Exponential Functions
- Lesson 2: Characteristics of Graphs of Logarithmic Functions
- Lesson 3: Using Technology to Model Data using Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Unit 8: Sinusoidal Functions
- Lesson 1: Radian Measure and Angles in Standard Position
- Lesson 2: Characteristics of Periodic Functions
- Lesson 3: Sinusoidal Functions
- Lesson 4: Using Technology to Model Data with Sinusoidal Functions
Module 4 test
ASSESSMENT
- Unit Assignments (8 total) 40%
- Module Tests (4 total) 60%
Required Resources: a computer with internet access and headphones/speakers. A calculator.