The students generally range in age from 12 to 17. Mathematically Many assessment items integrate the strands. These items are cross-referenced and hence can be downloaded from a multiple locations in the database. Within each strand are a number of substrands. In Queensland there are three senior mathematics courses offered, each lasting two years.
Schools can also write their own senior maths courses.
The three subjects are listed, with some idea of the scope of the topics covered. Mathematics A Mathematics A focuses on three strands of mathematics - Financial Mathematics, Applied Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. Generally Maths A is taught with a non-algebraic approach. Mathematics B Mathematics B focuses on mathematics for the intelligent citizen and prepares students for tertiary studies that have a maths component. This course extends some of the topics covered in Maths B as well as introducing some new topics.