Course topics.

Try this with General Mathematics

1. Compare the topic list with the current course outline from your school.
2. Pick a topic you can partly explain and identify the exact part you want to work through.
3. Bring one example of the kind of question or task your school uses.

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Topics in the resource inventory

• Scatter plots, explanatory and response variables and the statistical investigation process
• Pearson's r and r²: direction, strength, outliers and causality
• Least squares linear regression: interpreting slope and intercept in context
• Residual plots and choosing between linear and exponential models
• Exponential regression, interpolation, extrapolation and reliability of predictions
• The normal distribution: parameters, bell shape and the 68:95:99.7% rule
• Non-standard proportions and inverse normal calculations with technology
• Compound interest: finding FV, PV, n and I with the financial solver
• Future value annuities: regular savings, total interest and 'what if' questions
• Tax, inflation, fees and effective annual rates when comparing investments
• Present value annuities: a regular income from a lump sum and superannuation
• Reducing-balance loans: repayments, total interest and the outstanding balance
• Reducing the interest paid: payment frequency, extra payments, lump sums, offset accounts and rate changes
• Interest-only loans, sinking funds and comparison rates with fees
• Precedence tables, directed networks and dummy links
• Forward and backward scans: EST, LST, minimum completion time and the critical path
• Slack time, crashing tasks and the assumptions and limitations of the model
• Assignment problems and the Hungarian algorithm for minimum cost
• Maximum profit assignments, non-square arrays and multiple optimal solutions
• Interpreting assignment solutions: one-to-one assumptions and reasonableness in context