Mathematics Extension 2
Mathematics Extension 2 (2020 HSC) offers a suitable preparation for study of mathematics at tertiary level, as well as a deeper and more extensive treatment of certain topics than is offered in other mathematics courses.
Scope and sequence
Sample units and assessments
The following units and assessments can be adapted by teachers according to available resources and the individual needs of the school.
Complex numbers 1
- MEX N1 introduction to complex numbers (docx 215.39 KB)
- MEX N1 identities involving modulus and argument (docx 66.77 KB)
- MEX N1 square root of a complex number (docx 48.27 KB)
- MEX N1 other representations of complex numbers (docx 45.5 KB)
- MEX N1 arithmetic in polar and exponential form (docx 56.18 KB)
- MEX N1 matching activity complex numbers (docx 64.24 KB)
Complex numbers 2
- MEX N2 using complex numbers (docx 257.11 KB)
- MEX N2 de moivres theorem (docx 51.77 KB)
- MEX N2 polynomials with complex roots (docx 55.6 KB)
- MEX N2 quadratic equation with complex coefficient (docx 47.97 KB)
- MEX N2 roots of complex numbers (docx 350.11 KB)
- MEX N2 subsets of the complex plane (docx 508.58 KB)
Vectors
- MEX V1 further work with vectors (docx 276.15 KB)
- MEX V1 tetrahedron proof using vectors (docx 158.01 KB)
- MEX V1 comparing vectors in 2 and 3 dimensions (docx 37.19 KB)
- MEX V1 NESA centroid question solution (docx 93.23 KB)
- MEX V1 sample questions (docx 262.16 KB)
- MEX V1 assessment design an aerobatic display (docx 57.27 KB)