Ontario High School Curriculum

MTH1W - Mathematics

Number Sense and Algebra

Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the exponent rules of multiplication and division,and apply them to simplify expressions;
  2. manipulate numerical and polynomial expressions, and solve first-degree equations.

Linear Relations

Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:

  1. apply data-management techniques to investigate relationships between two variables;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of a linear relation;
  3. connect various representations of a linear relation.

Analytic Geometry

Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:

  1. determine the relationship between the form of an equation and the shape of its graph with respect to linearity and non-linearity;
  2. determine, through investigation,the properties of the slope and y-intercept of a linear relation;
  3. solve problems involving linear relations.

Measurement and Geometry

Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:

  1. determine, through investigation, the optimal values of various measurements;
  2. solve problems involving the measurements of two-dimensional shapes and the surface areas and volumes of three-dimensional figures;
  3. verify, through investigation facilitated by dynamic geometry software, geometric properties and relationships involving two-dimensional shapes, and apply the results to solving problems.