About the Book

This publication was updated on August 1, 2025. New questions were added to address areas of concern raised in the SACE subject assessment advice, plus a map of which questions belong to which syllabus subtopics.

This Revision Guide provides essential preparation for the final SACE assessments, covering the topics listed in the SACE Essential Mathematics subject outline. The revision guides contain questions listed by topic, trial examinations based on past Essential Mathematics papers, and the SACE Examination Papers from 2017 to 2024. Fully worked solutions to all questions are included.

 

Year Published: 2022
Online ISBN: 978-1-922416-55-1 (9781922416551)

Table of Contents

MASA Year 12 Essential Mathematics Study and Revision Guide

  TOPIC 1: SCALES, PLANS, AND MODELS (NON-EXAMINABLE) 6
    General questions 6
  TOPIC 2: MEASUREMENT (EXAMINABLE) 9
    General questions 9
    Exam style questions 16
  TOPIC 3: BUSINESS APPLICATIONS (NON-EXAMINABLE) 19
    General questions 19
    Exam style questions 24
  TOPIC 4: STATISTICS (EXAMINABLE) 28
    General questions 28
    Exam style questions 37
  TOPIC 5: INVESTMENTS AND LOANS (EXAMINABLE) 43
    General questions 43
    Exam style questions 47
  PRACTICE PAPER 1 50
  PRACTICE PAPER 2 53
  PRACTICE PAPER 3 57
  2017 SAMPLE PAPER 61
  2017 EXAMINATION PAPER 65
  2018 EXAMINATION PAPER 70
  2019 EXAMINATION PAPER 75
  2020 EXAMINATION PAPER 81
  2021 EXAMINATION PAPER 86
  2022 EXAMINATION PAPER 91
  2023 EXAMINATION PAPER 98
  2024 EXAMINATION PAPER 107
  SOLUTIONS 114
    Topic 1: Scales, plans, and models 114
    Topic 2: Measurement 117
    Topic 3: Business applications 130
    Topic 4: Statistics 142
    Topic 5: Investments and loans 157
    Practice Paper 1 166
    Practice Paper 2 169
    Practice Paper 3 173
    2017 Sample Paper 177
    2017 Examination Paper 180
    2018 Examination Paper 184
    2019 Examination Paper 188
    2020 Examination Paper 191
    2021 Examination Paper 194
    2022 Examination Paper 198
    2023 Examination Paper 202
    2024 Examination Paper 206