SACE Stage 2 General Mathematics

For Stage 2 General Mathematics, school assessment makes up 70% of the final result and external assessment makes up the remaining 30%. Stage 1 works differently: school assessment accounts for 100%. Plan your effort accordingly, since most of your Stage 2 grade is earned in school-based tasks rather than in the external component.

Stage 2 General Mathematics is worth 20 credits and its subject code is 2MGM20. At Stage 1 the subject is offered as 10 credits (1MGM10) or 20 credits (1MGM20). The Stage 2 enrolment is the one that counts toward your Stage 2 pattern and the numeracy requirement.

Yes, under stated conditions. You meet the numeracy requirement if you complete a Stage 2 General Mathematics subject with a C- grade or better, or a Stage 1 General Mathematics subject with a C grade or better. Note the different grade thresholds at each stage and aim comfortably above the minimum.

The topics cover a diverse range of applications of mathematics: personal financial management, the statistical investigation process, modelling using linear and non-linear functions, networks and matrices, and discrete models. The emphasis is practical problem solving rather than abstract proof, so expect context-rich questions set in real financial, statistical and network situations.

It can be. Successful completion of General Mathematics at Stage 2 prepares students for entry to tertiary courses requiring a non-specialised background in mathematics. If your intended course demands a specialised mathematics background, check that course's prerequisites and consider whether Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics fits better.

Begin with the official Stage 2 General Mathematics Subject Outline, which sets out the topics and assessment requirements, then work through past examination papers. The SACE Board states that past examination papers remain available and continue to provide the most accurate resource for exam preparation, so treat them as your primary practice material.

The SACE Board has announced that sample exams and exam front covers will be removed from the SACE website. Past examination papers remain available and are described as the most accurate exam preparation resource. Build your practice around those papers rather than waiting for sample materials.

Weak preparation usually shows up as uneven topic coverage, since the five topic areas are quite different in style, and as poor handling of context: misreading a financial or statistical scenario, or setting up a model that does not match the situation described. Practise interpreting written contexts, not just executing routine calculations.

The SACE Board has announced that the SACE Record of Achievement (ROA) and the SATAC Tertiary Entrance Statement (TES) will be available digitally only in Students Online from 2025. Plan to access and, if needed, save your documents from that portal rather than expecting printed copies.