Provincial Examinations

Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

Essentials of Mathematics 10

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

Changes

Specifications

  • The Table of Specifications (PDF, 35KB) shows teachers and students how the Essentials of Mathematics 10 curriculum will be tested on 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 examinable material within each curriculum organizer will be found in the Prescribed Learning Outcomes section of the Essentials of Mathematics 10 to 12: Integrated Resource Package 2006 (PDF, 2.25MB).

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, 43KB) provide a list of the examinable Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs). The prescribed learning outcomes for Essentials 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 examination.
A2 A4 A7 A8 A10 A15
B1
 B3 B4 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7 D2
D4
D5
                                 
  • Student Reference (PDF, 461KB) contains information needed to answer some questions on the Essentials of Mathematics 10 Examination. It contains bank account information, a Sales Taxes in Canada map, partial tables for Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions, employment insurance (EI) premiums, federal and provincial tax deductions, a table of conversions, the three basic trigonometric ratios, area formulae, and surface area and volume formulae.

    Since the GST rate has been changing over the last years, students should be reminded to use the Sales Taxes in Canada map in the Data Pages to check the GST rate used in the examinations.
    Student Reference is included in the Essentials 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, 184KB) 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.