Assumed Knowledge

The syllabus repeatedly assumes Year 10 skills without restating them. These bridge pages exist to backfill that, and are cross-linked from wherever a topic first needs them.

Status

Not yet written. Listed here in the order they're likely to be needed first.

Vectors

Vector addition/subtraction and resolving into components — needed immediately in Quantities of Motion and Forces and Motion.

Resolving into components needs its own explicit treatment

Flagged during review: this isn't just a sub-point of "vectors" — students need a dedicated worked-through skill section on resolving a vector into perpendicular components specifically, separate from vector addition generally. See Khan Academy — Vector components from magnitude and direction as a starting resource once this section is written.

(TODO)

Trigonometry

SOH-CAH-TOA — needed for resolving vectors, projectile motion, inclined planes.

(TODO)

Algebra

Rearranging and solving multi-step algebraic equations.

(TODO)

Graphs

Reading and constructing line graphs, finding gradient and area under a graph — critical for motion graphs, and again for energy/graph-based questions through to Year 12.

(TODO)

Scientific notation and significant figures

(TODO)

Unit conversion and SI prefixes

Femto → peta.

(TODO)

Circuit diagram symbols

(TODO)

Using a calculator

Using a scientific/graphics calculator efficiently (NESA-approved calculator list) — see Resources.

(TODO)