Revision of the mathematics and natural sciences program (SN4)

To help your child learn and succeed in his or her next math class, it’s important to master certain essential concepts. This page gives you access to the key concepts of the SN4 mathematics program. This knowledge is in line with the Quebec Education Program (QEP) and the learnning progression (PDA), available on the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec website.

 

 

What is decisive knowledge (learning)?

 

 

It corresponds to what your child needs to know, be able to do or understand to succeed in the new math program. For learning to be decisive, it must be prerequisite, transferable and durable.

 

Prerequisite: Does it prepare your child for other essential learning in the field in question?

 

Transferable: Is it useful for your child in other school subjects or disciplines?

 

Durable: Is it useful for your child throughout his or her life?

 

 

Skills assessed during the mathematics course

 

 

Your child is assessed on the following two skills:

 

 

 Competence 1 (C1)

 

Solving a problem situation (30%)

Your child is assessed through a problem situation that raises one or more aspects of a problem that needs to be solved using mathematical knowledge.

 

Competence 2 (C2)

 

Use mathematical reasoning (70%)

Your child is assessed with application situations that raise one or more conjectures (relationships, statements, opinions, conclusions, etc.), implicit or explicit, that need to be discovered, explained, generalized, proved or disproved using mathematical knowledge.

 

 

 

Ministry exam

 

 

In Secondary 4, your child must pass the Épreuve unique du Ministère. Successful completion of the CST4, TS4 or SN4 mathematics course is a prerequisite for the Secondary School Diploma (SSD). This test assesses the development of Competency 2: Mathematical reasoning. It focuses on the main concepts and processes covered in the CST4, TS4 or SN4 mathematics program. The test accounts for 50% of the overall mark for Competency 2.

Information document – Single tests – Mathematics, Secondary 4

 

Key skills for higher levels

 

 

The knowledge below represents the key knowledge required for success at higher levels. The PFEQ program and the PDA remain the official reference documents.

 

 

 

Arithmetic – Algebra

 

 

Multiplying algebraic expressions

 

Multiplication of polynomials

 

 

Divide a polynomial by a polynomial

 

Alloprof – Division of a polynomial by a binomial (mathematics)

 

Factorize

 

• Single and double highlighting

 

Alloprof – Factoring by Single Highlighting

Alloprof – Factoring by Double Highlighting

 

 

• Sum product

 

Alloprof – Factoring using the product and sum technique

 

 

• Perfect square trinomial

 

Alloprof – Factorization of perfect squares

 

 

• Difference in squares

 

Alloprof – Factoring by Difference of Squares

 

 

• Handling regular expressions

 

Alloprof – Adding and subtracting rational fractions

Alloprof – Division of Rational Fractions

 

 

• Use the quadratic formula

 

Alloprof – The zeros of the degree 2 polynomial function

 

 

• Graphically solve a 1st degree inequation with 2 variables Translate a situation into a system of equations

 

Solving systems of inequalities

 

 

Solve a system of 1st degree equations with 2 variables

 

• Comparison method

 

Alloprof -Solving with the comparison method

 

 

• Reduction method

 

Alloprof – Solving a system of equations by reduction

 

 

• Substitution method

 

Alloprof – Solving a system of equations by substitution

 

 

• Describe the role of parameters a, b, h, k

 

Role of parameters on functions

 

 

• The quadratic function

 

Alloprof – Graph the degree-2 polynomial function

 

• The integer function

 

Alloprof – Equation of the integer part function

Alloprof – Graph of the integer function

 

 

• Describe the properties of functions

 

Properties of functions 1

Properties of functions 2

 

 

 

 

Probability – Statistics

 

 

 

• Describe and interpret the relationship between 2 variables (qualitative and quantitative with the correlation coefficient)

 

Alloprof – The correlation coefficient

 

 

• Regression line (Mayer and median-median methods)

 

 

Median – median method

 

Alloprof – The median-median straight line method

 

Mayer straight line method

 

Mayer’s right

 

 

 

 

Geometry

 

 

 

• Find a measure in a right-angled triangle using metric relationships

 

Geometry: metric relations

 

 

• Find a measure in a right-angled triangle using trigonometric ratios (sin, cos, tan)

 

Alloprof – Trigonometric ratios (sin, cos, tan)

 

 

• Find a measure in a triangle using the law of sines

 

Sinus law

 

 

• Calculate the area of a triangle using Heron’s formula and trigonometric formula

 

Calculating the area of a triangle (Heron’s law)

 

 

 

 

Analytical geometry

 

 

 

• Calculate the distance between two points

 

Alloprof – The distance between two points

Alloprof – The dividing point of a segment

 

• The line: functional form (find the rule and determine values)

 

Alloprof – Affine Function Equation

Alloprof – Transition from one form of equation to another

 

 

• Determine the relative position of a line and determine the equation of a parallel or perpendicular line

 

Relative position of straight lines

 

 

 

Useful links to help

 

Cyber Révision to help you prepare for the MÉES SN4 single test.

Alloprof – Cyber Revision 1 SN4

Alloprof – Cyber Révision 2 SN4

 

Document ministériel concernant l’Épreuve unique en mathématique au secondaire

Document d’information – Épreuves uniques – Mathématiques, 4e années du secondaire

 

Programme formation de l’école québécoise (PFEQ) for secondary cycle 2 mathematics

Mathematics – Cycle 2 – Secondary

 

Secondary school pathway chart – Vocational training and CEGEP

Vocational training and CEGEP pathways chart

 

Table of CEGEP prerequisites

TABLE OF PREREQUISITES

 

Essential skills for high school:

 

High school mathematics :

• Revision Secondary 1 mathematics
• Revision Secondary 2 mathematics
• Revision Secondary 3 mathematics
• Revision of the mathematics technico sciences program (TS4)
• Revison of Culture, Society and Technology (CST4)
• Revison of the mathematics and natural sciences program (SN4)
• Revision of the mathematics technico sciences program (TS5)
• Revison of the mathematics natural sciences program (SN5)

• Tips to make homework easier
• Becoming a high school math tutor
• Find a math tutor
• Find an algebra tutor
• Find a science tutor
• Find a biology tutor
• Find a physics tutor
• Find a chemistry tutor

French in high school :

• Revision of French in Secondary 1
• Revision of French in Secondary 2
• Revision of French in Secondary 3
• Revision of French in Secondary 4
• Revision of French in Secondary 5
• Become a high school French tutor
• Find a French or French as a second language tutor

• Tips to make homework easier

Secondary 4 History

• Secondary 4 History revison
• Becoming a high school history tutor
• Tips to make homework easier

 

English as a second language in secondary schools :

• • Secondary Cycle 1 English as a Second Language
  • Secondary Cycle 2 English as a Second Language
  • Become an ESL tutor at the secondary level
  • Tips to make homework easier