• Mathematics General
  • Year 12


approx. 15 hrs

2 topics

40 concepts

Deepen your understanding of Matrices and the skills to approach your examinations with confidence.

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Year 12 Matrices is a learning program that covers the essential components of Year 12 General Mathematics and is aligned with the Australian curriculum.  As part of this course, students develop their ability to conduct mathematical operations with matrices, and to apply matrices to solve practical problems, including the use of permutation, communication and dominance matrices.

Topics & Concepts We Cover

This learning program is made up of the following 2 topics, broken down into 40 concepts.

  • Operations with Matrices 15 concepts

    1. Use of a rule for the aijth element of a matrix to construct the matrix

    2. Use summing matrices to sum the rows and columns of matrices

    3. Calculate the sum of elements in a row or column

    4. Identify the elements in a matrix using notation

    5. Multiply two matrices using a calculator

    6. Determine the order of a matrix product

    7. Multiply two matrices

    8. Use the matrix template of the calculator to retrieve values of elements

    9. Identify different types of matrices including row, column, square, identity, diagonal, triangular, symmetric and zero

    10. Perform scalar multiplication of a matrix

    11. Add matrices

    12. Subtract matrices

    13. Write down the order of a matrix

    14. Perform a combination of addition, subtraction and scalar multiplication of matrices

    15. Use a calculator to perform operations with matrices

  • Applications of Matrices 25 concepts

    1. Find the determinant and the inverse of an nxn matrix using a calculator

    2. Construct a matrix to represent connections of a network diagram

    3. Construct a matrix recurrence relation

    4. Application of binary matrices to model and solve a range of word problems

    5. Use a recursion relation to calculate state matrices step-by-step

    6. Construct a communication matrix from a diagram

    7. Construct a network diagram from a matrix

    8. Construct a transition matrix from a transition diagram

    9. Estimate the steady state solution

    10. Determine the nth state of a system

    11. Evaluate matrix expressions involving powers

    12. Interpreting a transition matrix

    13. Construct a dominance matrix

    14. Application of permutation matrices

    15. Using the determinant test to identify simultaneous equations with no solution

    16. Find the inverse of a 2x2 matrix

    17. Find the determinant of a 2x2 matrix

    18. Use of powers of matrices to model and solve word problems

    19. Use a matrix to represent data tables

    20. Use matrices to encode a message

    21. Use matrices to decode a message

    22. Application of matrices to solve a range of word problems

    23. Determine the transpose of a matrix

    24. Solve simultaneous equations using application of inverse matrices

    25. Solve simultaneous equations using matrices on a CAS calculator

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