Grade 9 Syllabus for Mathematics
| # | TOPIC | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self Assessment | Self Assessment – MYP Grade 9 |
| 2 | Logic | Inductive and deductive reasoning |
| 3 | Logic | Definition and use of counter examples |
| 4 | Logic | Indirect proofs |
| 5 | Logic | Mathematical induction |
| 6 | Logic | Conditional statements (converse, inverse and contrapositive) (Stage 2) |
| 7 | Angles | Measure and classify angles |
| 8 | Geometry-angles | Measuring angles |
| 9 | Coordinate Geometry-the plane | Distance formula. |
| 10 | Coordinate Geometry-midpoint, slope | Mid-point formula |
| 11 | Pythagoras | Find the hypotenuse |
| 12 | Pythagoras | Pythagorean triples |
| 13 | Pythagoras | Find the hypotenuse Part 2 |
| 14 | Pythagoras | Calculating a leg of a right-angled triangle |
| 15 | Pythagoras | Proofs of Pythagoras theorem |
| 16 | Geometry-angles | Adjacent angles |
| 17 | Geometry-angles | Complementary and supplementary angles |
| 18 | Geometry-angles | Vertically opposite angles |
| 19 | Geometry-angles | Angles at a Point. |
| 20 | Geometry-angles | Parallel Lines. |
| 21 | Geometry-problems | Additional questions involving parallel lines |
| 22 | Geometry-triangles | Angle sum of a triangle |
| 23 | Geometry-triangles | Exterior angle theorem |
| 24 | Special triangles | Special triangles |
| 25 | Coordinate Geometry-gradient | Gradient |
| 26 | Coordinate Geometry-gradient | Gradient formula. |
| 27 | Coordinate Geometry-straight line | The straight line. |
| 28 | Coordinate Geometry-slope, etc. | Lines through the origin. |
| 29 | Coordinate Geometry-equation of line | General form of a line and the x and y Intercepts. |
| 30 | Coordinate Geometry-intercept | Slope intercept form of a line. |
| 31 | Coordinate Geometry-point slope | Point slope form of a line |
| 32 | Co-ordinate Geometry-Two point formula | Two point formula: equation of a line which joins a pair of points. |
| 33 | Co-ordinate Geometry-Intercept form | Intercept form of a straight line: find the equation when given x and y |
| 34 | Co-ordinate Geometry-Parallel lines equations | Parallel lines: identify equation of a line parallel to another |
| 35 | Geometry problems | More difficult exercises involving parallel lines |
| 36 | Geometry-reasoning | Further difficult exercises involving formal reasoning |
| 37 | Geometry-polygons | Angles of regular polygons |
| 38 | Geometry-congruence | Congruent triangles, Test 1 and 2 |
| 39 | Geometry-congruence | Congruent triangles, Test 3 and 4 |
| 40 | Geometry-congruence | Proofs and congruent triangles. |
| 41 | Algebraic equations | Solving equations containing addition and subtraction |
| 42 | Algebraic equations | Solving equations containing multiplication and division |
| 43 | Algebraic equations | Solving two step equations |
| 44 | Algebraic equations | Solving equations containing binomial expressions |
| 45 | Algebraic equations | Equations involving grouping symbols. |
| 46 | Algebraic equations | Equations involving fractions. |
| 47 | Algebra-inequalities | Solving Inequalities. |
| 48 | Absolute value or modulus | Solving and graphing inequalities |
| 49 | Absolute value or modulus | Simplifying absolute values |
| 50 | Geometry-constructions | Geometric constructions |
| 51 | Geometry | To identify collinear points, coplanar lines and points in 2 and 3 dimensions |
| 52 | Geometry – angles | To determine angle labelling rules, naming angles according to size, angle bisector properties and related algebra |
| 53 | Geometry-constructions | Angle bisector construction and its properties (Stage 2) |
| 54 | Geometry-constructions | Circumcentre and incentre (Stage 2) |
| 55 | Geometry-constructions | Orthocentre and centroids (Stage 2) |
| 56 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Midsegments of Triangles |
| 57 | Geometry – triangles | Triangle inequality theorem |
| 58 | 2-D shapes | Using the prefix to determine polygons |
| 59 | 2-D shapes | Spatial properties of quadrilaterals |
| 60 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Quadrilaterals |
| 61 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Classifying Quadrilaterals |
| 62 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Using the Properties of a Parallelogram |
| 63 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Proving a Shape is a Parallelogram |
| 64 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Properties of the Rectangle, Square and Rhombus |
| 65 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | Properties of the Trapezium and Kite |
| 66 | Geometry-quadrilaterals | The quadrilateral family and coordinate methods in geometry |
| 67 | Area | Introducing the rules for finding the area of a rectangle and a parallelogram. |
| 68 | Area | Finding the area of a triangle and other composite shapes. |
| 69 | Area | Area of a trapezium. |
| 70 | Area | Area of a rhombus. |
| 71 | Area | Area of a circle. |
| 72 | Area | Area of regular polygons and composite figures. |
| 73 | Similar triangles | Similar triangles |
| 74 | Similar triangles | Using similar triangles to calculate lengths |
| 75 | Overlapping triangles | Examples involving overlapping triangles |
| 76 | Quadratic equations | Introduction to quadratic equations. |
| 77 | Quadratic equations | Quadratic equations with factorisation. |
| 78 | Quadratic equations | Solving quadratic equations. |
| 79 | Quadratic equations | Completing the square |
| 80 | Quadratic equations | Solving quadratic equations by completing the square |
| 81 | Quadratic equations | The quadratic formula |
| 82 | Quadratic equations | Problem solving with quadratic equations |
| 83 | Surds | Introducing surds |
| 84 | Surds | Some rules for the operations with surds |
| 85 | Surds | Simplifying surds |
| 86 | Surds | Creating entire surds |
| 87 | Surds | Adding and subtracting like surds |
| 88 | Surds | Expanding surds |
| 89 | Surds | Binomial expansions |
| 90 | Surds | Conjugate binomials with surds |
| 91 | Surds | Rationalising the denominator |
| 92 | Surds | Rationalising binomial denominators |
| 93 | Trigonometry-ratios | Trigonometric ratios. |
| 94 | Trigonometry-ratios | Using the calculator. |
| 95 | Trigonometry-ratios | Using the trigonometric ratios to find unknown length. [Case 1 Sine]. |
| 96 | Trigonometry-ratios | Using the trigonometric ratios to find unknown length. [Case 2 Cosine]. |
| 97 | Trigonometry-ratios | Using the trigonometric ratios to find unknown length. [Case 3 Tangent Ratio]. |
| 98 | Trigonometry-ratios | Unknown in the denominator. [Case 4]. |
| 99 | Trigonometry-compass | Bearings – the compass. |
| 100 | Trigonometry-elevation | Angles of elevation and depression. |
| 101 | Trigonometry-practical | Trigonometric ratios in practical situations. |
| 102 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – Equal arcs on circles of equal radii subtend equal angles at the centre. Theorem – Equal angles at the centre of a circle on equal arcs. |
| 103 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The perpendicular from the centre of a circle to a chord bisects the chord. Theorem – The line from the centre of a circle to the mid-point of the chord is perpendicular to the chord. |
| 104 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – Equal chords in equal circles are equidistant from the centres. Theorem – Chords in a circle which are equidistant from the centre are equal. |
| 105 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The angle at the centre of a circle is double the angle at the circumference standing on the same arc. |
| 106 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – Angles in the same segment of a circle are equal. |
| 107 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The angle of a semi-circle is a right angle. |
| 108 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary. |
| 109 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The exterior angle at a vertex of a cyclic quadrilateral equals the interior opposite angle. |
| 110 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius drawn to it at the point of contact. |
| 111 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – Tangents to a circle from an external point are equal. |
| 112 | Circle Geometry | Theorem – The angle between a tangent and a chord through the point of contact is equal to the angle in the alternate segment. |
| 113 | Volume | Finding the volume of prisms |
| 114 | Volume | Volume of a cylinder and sphere. |
| 115 | Volume | Volume of pyramids and cones. |
| 116 | Volume | Composite solids. |
| 117 | Surface area | Surface area of a cube/rectangular prism. |
| 118 | Surface area | Surface area of a triangular/trapezoidal prism. |
| 119 | Surface area | Surface area of a cylinder and sphere. |
| 120 | Surface area | Surface area of pyramids |
| 121 | Surface area | Surface area of cones |
| 122 | Surface area | Surface area of composite solids |
| 123 | Exam | Exam – MYP Grade 9 |