Department of Mathematics
St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
Course Code: MEL3E1
Course Name: Mathematics for Everyday Life
Level:
Grade 11, Workplace
This course enables students to broaden their understanding of mathematics as it is applied in
important areas of day-to-day living. Students will solve problems associated with earning money,
paying taxes, and making purchases; apply calculations of simple and compound interest in saving,
investing, and borrowing; and calculate the costs of transportation and travel in a variety of situations.
Overall Course Expectations:
Earning, Paying Taxes, and Purchasing
Solve problems involving different types of remuneration;
Describe various forms of taxation;
Solve problems involving the purchasing of items.
Saving, Investing, and Borrowing
Calculate simple and compound interest;
Solve problems involving savings and investment alternatives;
Solve problems involving different ways of borrowing.
Transportation and Travel
Demonstrate and understanding of the costs involved in owning and operating an automobile;
Demonstrate an understanding of the costs involved in travelling by automobile;
Compare the costs of making a trip by automobile, by train, by bus, or by airplane.
Efforts will be made to meet the individual learning needs of students to promote student success
with respect to meeting these expectations.
My signature below indicates that I have read the Course Handout, and I am in agreement with its contents.
Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature: _________________________ Date: _______________
Course Outline:
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Earning Money
Purchasing Power
Purchasing
Financial Services
Saving and Investing
Borrowing
Cost of Operating and
Owning a Vehicle
Comparing Travel Costs
Summative
Resources:
The course will use a variety of resources. The
primary textbook Mathematics for Everyday Life
11 will be distributed to students during the first
week of the course. The text and all other
resources assigned to each student are the
responsibility of the student. Any damage
incurred will result in payment for replacement.
Replacement cost for the text is $75.00.
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Summative Assessment will be administered towards the end of
the course and may include culminating activities and/or a
formalized final examination. (All timelines are approximate.)
Evaluation Policies
1.
Evaluation and assessment will be in accord with our school policy as outlined in the agenda.
2.
Students will be assessed & evaluated according to the work produced & skills displayed. Methods of providing feedback may
include assessing work in process & evaluating completed assignments, quizzes, tests, co-operative learning
activities, investigations and presentations.
3.
Student marks will be determined by evaluating process & product according to 4 categories (see below) & 4 levels of the
Achievement Chart as found in the Ministry Policy document for Mathematics.
Evaluation Structure::
Knowledge/Understanding
Application
Communication
Thinking/Inquiry
30%
30%
20%
20%
The above is reflected both in the term work (70% of the final mark) and the summative work (30% of the final mark).
Summative work consists of the Final Exam and a Culminating Activity.
4.
Feedback will also be provided for student learning skills. Working independently, teamwork, organization, work
habits/homework, and initiative are assessed apart from student achievement in the four categories outlined above and will
conform to the coding:
E – Excellent
G – Good
S – Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
5. Assignments submitted after the due date established by the teacher will receive a penalty in accord with our
school evaluation policy as outlined in the agenda. No assignment will be accepted one a teacher has returned
marked assignments. Chronic lateness indicates poor organization skills and will result in parental contact and be
reported in the learning skills section of the report card.
6. A test missed with a legitimate reason will be written when the student returns from absence in accord with our
school evaluation policy as outlined in the agenda.
7. Culminating activities will be due toward the end of the course, valued between 5 and 15% of the final mark,
and will reflect course material and competencies not otherwise reflected on the final exam.
May God bless your efforts this semester!