Culture, society and technology
To help your child succeed in his or her next math class, it’s important to have a good grasp of certain essential concepts. This page gives you access to the key concepts of the CST4 mathematics program. This knowledge is in line with the Quebec Education Program (QEP) and the learnign 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 his or her new mathematics 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 evaluated by a problem situation that raises one or more aspects of a problem that needs to be solved using mathematical knowledge.
Competence 2 (C2)
Mathematical reasoning (70%)
Your child is evaluated with application situations that raise one or more conjectures (relationships, statements, opinions, conclusions, etc.), implicit or explicit, that need to be discovered, explained, generalized, proven or refuted 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
- Translate a situation into a system of equations
- Solve a system of 1st-degree equations with 2 variables (comparison method)
- The quadratic function: ?(?)=??2 (find the rule and determine values)
- The exponential function: ?(?)=??? (find the rule and determine values)
Useful links
- Solve using the comparison method
- Maths CST 4 – Functions: Introduction to the second-degree polynomial function
- Math CSt 4 – The exponential function
Probability – Statistics
- Determine and interpret the mean deviation
- Determine and interpret the percentile rank
- Associate a 1st degree functional model with a scatter plot
- Describe and interpret the relationship between 2 variables (qualitative and quantitative with the correlation coefficient)
- Calculate the regression line using the Mayer and median-median methods
Useful links
Listen to the correlation coefficient
Geometry
- Find a measure in a right-angled triangle using metric relationships
- Find a measure in a right-angled triangle using trigonometric relationships (sin, cos, tan)
- Find a measure in a triangle using the law of sines
- Calculate the area of a triangle using Heron’s formula and the trigonometric formula
Useful links
Analytical geometry
- Calculate the distance between two points
- The line: functional form (find the rule and determine values)
- Determine the relative position of a line and determine the equation of a parallel or perpendicular line
Useful links
- Allô prof – The distance between two points
- Allô prof – The dividing point of a segment
- Allô prof – Equation of the affine function
Listen: from one form of equation to another
Useful links to help
CyberReviews to help you prepare for the MÉES CST4 single test.
CyberReview1 – mathematics CST4
Document ministériel concernant l’Épreuve unique en mathématique au secondaire
Information document – Épreuves uniques – Mathématiques, 4e années du secondaire
Quebec school training program (PFEQ) for Secondary Cycle 2 mathematics
Mathematics – Cycle 2 – Secondary
Secondary school pathways – Vocational training and CEGEP
Table of CEGEP 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
Secondary 4 History
English as a second language in secondary schools :
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- 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
