LaSalle Catholic College

Year 8 Task 4 Exam Notification 2021

Mathematics

Week 6 Wednesday 10th November

This examination is a formal assessment task that has a weighting of 35% towards the total assessment for this
subject area. The following notification indicates the format of the examination and the areas of study/units of
work to focus on during students study and preparation time leading up to the examination period.

Outcomes assessed:
MA4-1WM Communicates and connects mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams
and symbols

MA4-2WM Applies appropriate mathematical techniques to solve problems

MA4-3WM Recognises and explains mathematical relationships using reasoning

MA4-21SP Represents probabilities of simple and compound events

MA4-20SP Analyses single sets of data using measures of location, and range

MA4-7NA Operates with ratios and rates, and explores their graphical representation

Exam Format Areas of study Sources to Use for Study

36 Multiple Choice
Questions via a Google
Probability
Form Rates & Ratios
Workbook and Textbook
Class Notes
Single Variable Data Analysis
Class Handouts
(40 minutes duration)
Class Calendar
Websites
Please read the Additional Teacher
Information below carefully
and complete the survey in
the link when done

Equipment

All Students are expected to bring: Additional Equipment

Fully Charged laptop
Blue/Black pens NESA Approved Calculator
 Lead pencils
Rubber & Ruler
Working out paper
Study notes

Newman Task:
Year 8 Newman (8N) Mathematics students will be required to attempt a Newman component (10mins)
directly after the Year 8 Task 4. Any students outside 8N who would like to complete the Newman section
must make that known in the notification receipt found below.

Additional Information

As students are expected to be at school for face to face teaching exams and tasks will be
conducted in your class time with your teacher supervising and your mark/result recorded.

If you have chosen not to attend school you may attempt the task at home at the specified
time on the notification but your mark/result will only be used as an indication to give you
an estimate based on previous performances.

-This is an open book exam. By open book it means hard copies of support material (Maths
exercise books and study notes only are allowed)
-The use of the internet to search is not permitted
-The exam will be released digitally via email as a google form containing 36 multiple choice
questions during your assigned Mathematics lesson on the 10th of November. You will have 40
minutes to complete the task and submit it.
-Failure to submit the task by the time indicated will be subsequent to further consequences and
could result in a zero mark.
-The form will allow you to select one response for each question- A, B, C or D.
-You will not be able to submit the form unless all questions have been attempted
-You will be allocated 40 minutes to submit your responses

Note: Students who require separate supervision and/or rest breaks will complete their task in a
room with DLN staff.

Notification Receipt: Click on the link to complete a Google Form to confirm that you have
received this task notification.

Student on Leave
In the event that students and/or parents have prior knowledge of a student’s inability to attend due to family commitments
or travel they must request leave via a letter addressed to the Principal (forms are available from the front office)
explaining the nature of the leave. Students must speak with the KLA Coordinator regarding these matters after the task
notification has been issued.

In the event of a missed assessment task:

Students in Year 7 – 9 should present the parent note to the Mathematics Coordinator the morning they return to school.
Students in Years 10 – 12 should present a Doctor’s Certificate to the Leader of Teaching & Learning the day after the
medical certificate is dated for, even if the student does not have an exam. Failure to do this may result in lateness penalties
applying or a ZERO mark awarded. All tasks must be completed even if a ZERO award has been issued.

All assessment tasks and Examination blocks are advertised in the Assessment Handbook well in advance each year.
In the event that students and/or parents have prior knowledge of a student’s inability to attend due to family commitments
or travel they must request leave via a letter addressed to the Principal (forms are available from the front office)
explaining the nature of the leave. Students may not necessarily be able to sit missed task or examinations at alternate
times.

Probability
❏ Describe events using language of ‘at least’, exclusive ‘or’ (A or B but not both), inclusive ‘or’ (A
or B or both) and ‘and’
❏ Recognise the difference between mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive events, eg when
a die is rolled, 'rolling an odd number' and 'rolling an even number' are mutually exclusive events;
however, 'rolling an even number' and 'rolling a 2' are non-mutually exclusive events
❏ Describe compound events using the following terms:'at least','at most','not','and',pose problems
that involve the use of these terms, and solve problems posed by others
❏ Describe the effect of the use of 'and' and 'or'
❏ Classify compound events using inclusive 'or' and exclusive 'or', eg 'choosing a male or a female' is
exclusive as one cannot be both, whereas 'choosing a male or someone left-handed' could imply
exclusivity or inclusivity
❏ Recognise that the word 'or' on its own often needs a qualifier, such as 'both' or 'not both', to
determine inclusivity or exclusivity
❏ Represent events in two-way tables and Venn diagrams and solve related problems
❏ Construct Venn diagrams to represent all possible combinations of two attributes from given or
collected data
❏ Use given data to calculate missing values in a Venn diagram, eg the number of members that
have both attributes or the number of members that have neither attribute
❏ Construct two-way tables to represent the relationships between attributes
❏ Use given data to calculate missing values in a two-way table (Problem Solving)
❏ Convert between representations of the relationships between two attributes in Venn diagrams
and two-way tables

Ratios and Rates

❏ Use ratios to compare quantities measured in the same units
❏ Write ratios using the correct notation
❏ Simply ratios
❏ Apply the unitary method to ratio problems
❏ Divide a quantity in a given ratio
❏ Interpret and calculate ratios that involve more than two numbers
❏ Use rates to compare quantities measured in different units
❏ Convert given information into a simplified rate
❏ Interpret distance/time graphs (travel graphs) made up of straight-line segments
❏ Recognise concepts such as change of speed and direction in distance/time graphs
❏ Recognise the significance of horizontal line segments in distance/time graphs
❏ Determine which variable should be placed on the horizontal axis in distance/time graphs
❏ Draw distance/time graphs made up of straight-line segments

Single Variable Data Analysis

❏ Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data and interpret these statistics in the
context of data
❏ Identify the effect of individual data values, including outliers, on the mean and median
❏ Describe and interpret data displays using mean, median and range
❏ Identify the variation of means and proportions of random samples drawn from the same
population