Mathematics teaching syllabus form 3 4 and 5
Mathematics teaching syllabus form 3 4 and 5
LEARNING AREA:
SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
Class: Form 3, form 4 and form 5
TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHING HOURS FOR EACH LEVEL A YEAR: 104hrs
NUMBER OF PERIODS A WEEK: 4 of 50mins each (200 minutes)
COEFFICIENT: 4
TABLE 10: NUMBERS, FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP IN THE SET AND BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF A SET.
FORM 3
| Contextual framework | Competences | Resource | |||||
| Family of situations |
Examples of situations |
Categories of actions |
Examples of actions |
Core knowledge | skills | Attitudes | other resources |
| Representation, determination of quantities and identification of objects by numbers. |
-Find the number of bacteria in a certain bacterial culture; -Find total value of an investment at the end of a defined period; -Calculate the amount to be paid at each installment -Daily movements (distance, time); -Planning a meal; -Use of public and private services; -Communicate using numbers; -Read water and electricity bills -Calculate bills |
Numerical methods The language of set Verbal interaction on information containing numbers Representatio n and treatment of information and quantities |
-Find the pH of substances; -Record population growth; -Find the interest on an amount invested; -Calculate stock of material in a warehouse -Find number of bags of farm products -Record and store results, -Give test results in some subject over a period of time; -Evaluate the number of points obtained by a team in a football league |
Sets The sets of numbers ℕ, ℤ, ℚ, ℝ -Set of numbers and operations in these sets -Place value – Set language and notations: -Finite and infinite sets; universal set, null set, singleton set; -Cardinality of finite sets, -Subsets -Intersection and union of sets -Complement of a set -Equal and equivalent sets -Power set with finite set of cardinality not more than 3 -Venn diagrams |
-Define and identify the sets ℕ, ℤ, ℚ, ℝ -Carry operations in each set; -Use set notations, -Transcribe set language to ordinary English and vice versa, -Solve real life problems involving set theory, -Find cardinality of a set, -Differentiate between equal and equivalent sets -Find the number of subsets for finite set; -Find power set for finite set; -Draw and use Venn diagrams |
-Accurate and rapid writing of very large and very small numbers; -Good sense of numbers; -Confident; -Good sense of estimation and approximatio n -Good sense of orderliness |
Documentation (internet) Calculator Material for low scale activity Textbooks Set of objects Recorded data on events Place value chart |
