Provincial Examinations

Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

Applications of Mathematics 10

2009/10 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2009 through August 2010.

Changes

Specifications

  • The Table of Specifications (PDF, 34KB) shows teachers and students how the Applications of Mathematics 10 curriculum will be tested on the provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides percentage weightings for each of the curriculum organizers and the relative weighting of each cognitive level.

    A detailed description of each curriculum organizer will be found in the Prescribed Learning Outcomes section of the Applications of Mathematics 10 to 12: Integrated Resource Package 2006. (PDF, 1.85MB)
It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom assessments and others on provincial examinations. School assessments measure performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.

The provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 80%.
  • Cognitive Levels (PDF, 31KB) provide a description of what each cognitive level means.
  • Curriculum Connections (PDF, 49KB) provide a list of the examinable Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs). The prescribed learning outcomes for Applications of Mathematics 10 have been coded for ease of reference for those compiling provincial examinations. The following PLOs have been elaborated upon to describe how they apply to the examinations.
A1 A2 A3 B1 B6 C1 C5 C7
C12
  • Student Reference (PDF, 357KB) provides unit conversions and formula sheets that will be included as a reference for students in the Applications of Mathematics 10 Provincial Examination.
  • The use of a calculator is required to answer some of the questions on the exam. Other than the approved type of calculator, students are not allowed to use any other electronic device.

Samples

  • Sample Questions (PDF, 1.35MB) show the range of questions by each cognitive level, where possible, for the provincially examinable PLOs. The sample questions are intended to represent the PLOs and are not an exhaustive list of all possible examination questions.