Mathematics and natural sciences (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
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
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
Geometry
- Find a measure in a right-angled triangle using metric relationships
- 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
- 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
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
