My first thought in going over some of the big changes to the Ontario high school math curriculum was: good! I am critical of the current government for many reasons, but this is a positive change by them.
I have been helping my son with his math since at least grade 9 to grade 12, and it has been frustrating for him and for me. The math he needs for university is academic and limited to specific areas like functions. This academic math benefits students who will go to university to study physics or math and very few other subjects. The non academic math is better, but you can’t get into even a business program with it. By changing the curriculum and stopping streaming, the government has done away with two problems with the way math is currently taught. The only downside to this is for math tutors. (Maybe.)
So “1/sine 30 degrees”** cheers to government for this. 🙂
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** sine 30 degrees = 1/2. So 2 = 1 over that. lol.
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