Exactly what you will learn in Math 10: Apprenticeship and Workplace is laid out by the BC government on their website
The following standards are based on the government document and listed by chapter of the textbook they are included in, several government standards such as B1: Analyze puzzles and games, will not be assessed directly as they are integrated into the course on a weekly basis.
Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3/4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7
- Explain what "proportional" means
- Set up and solve a proportion
ex) Joe earns $540 in 2 days, how much will he earn in 5 days? - Notes: Proportions
- First assessment (pdf, answers)
- Khan Academy Links:
- Determine unit prices
- Compare unit prices
- Notes: Unit Price
- First assessment (pdf, answers)
- Khan Academy Links:
- Find a percent of a whole
ex) What is 20% of 30? - Find what percent something is
ex) 74 out of 98 people like chips, what percentage is this? - Find a total
ex) There are 203 boys in a school, 52% of the students in the school are boys, how many students are there total? - Increase or decrease a number by a certain percent
- Determine what percentage increase or decrease a change is
ex) Bob earned $200 last night and $260 tonight, what percent did his earnings increase? - Add markup and tax to prices
- Subtract discounts from prices
- Determine what tax, markup or discount rate is if you know the original and final price
ex) A candy is on sale for $0.99, after tax it is $1.11, what percent sales tax was changed? - Notes: Percents
- First assessment (pdf, answers)
- Khan Academy Links:
- Percents (all videos in series are useful)
- Percent Problems (all videos in series are useful)
- Use the terms "bank selling rate" and "bank buying rate"
- Convert Canadian money into foreign money
- Convert foreign money into Canadian money
- Determine what an exchange rate was
ex) Frank converted $2000 CAD into $1965 USD, what was the exchange rate? - Notes: Currency Exchange
- First assessment (pdf, answers)