Revised Syllabus

Course Title: Applied Mathematics

(Code-241)
Grade XI
2020-21

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 Applied Mathematics
Grade XI
Secondary School Education prepares students to explore future career options after
graduating from the school. Mathematics is an important subject helps students to
choose various fields of their choices. Mathematics is widely used in higher studies in
the field of Economics, Commerce, Social Sciences and many other. It has been
observed that the syllabus of Mathematics meant for Science subjects may not be
appropriate for the students pursuing Commerce or Social Science-based subjects in
university education. By keeping this in mind, one more elective course in Mathematics
syllabus is developed for Sr. Secondary classes with an aim to provide students
relevant experience in Mathematics which can be used in the fields other than Physical
Sciences.
This course is designed to develop substantial mathematical skills and methods
needing in other subject areas. Topics covered in two years aim to enable students to
use mathematical knowledge in the field of business, economic and social sciences.
It aims to promote appreciation of mathematical power and simplicity for its countless
applications in diverse fields. The course continues to develop mathematical language
and symbolism to communicate and relate everyday experiences mathematically. In
addition, it reinforces the logical reasoning skills of formulating and validating
mathematical arguments, framing examples, finding counter examples. It encourages
students to engage in mathematical investigations and to build connections within
mathematical topics and with other disciplines. The course prepares students to use
algebraic methods as a means of representation and as a problem-solving tool. It also
enables students to interpret two dimensional geometrical figures using algebra and
to further deduce properties of geometrical figures in coordinate system. The course
content will help students to develop sound understanding of descriptive and
inferential statistics which they can use to describe and analysis a give set of data and
to further make meaningful inferences out of it. Data based case studies from the field
of business, economics, psychology, education, biology and census data will be used
to appreciate the power of data in contemporary society.
It is expected that the subject is taught connecting concepts to the application in
various fields. The objectives of the course areas are as follows:
Objectives:

a) To develop an understanding of basic mathematical and statistical tools and

their applications in the field of commerce (business/ finance/economics)
and social sciences;
b) To model real world experiences/problems into mathematical expressions
using numerical/algebraic/graphical representation;
c) To make sense from the data by organizing, representing, interpreting,
analysing, and to make meaningful inferences from the real-world
situations;
d) To develop logical reasoning skills and apply the same in simple problem

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e) To reinforce mathematical communication by formulating conjectures,
validating logical arguments and testing hypothesis;
f) To make connections between Mathematics and other disciplines.

Grade XI

One Paper Total Period–210 (35 Minutes Each)

Three Hours Max Marks: 80
No. No. of Marks
Units Periods
I. Numbers, Quantification 15 09
and Numerical Applications
II. Algebra 29 10
III. Mathematical Reasoning 15 06
IV. Calculus 25 10
V. Probability 30 10
VI. Descriptive Statistics 29 12
VII Basics of Financial 55 18
Mathematics
VIII Coordinate Geometry 12 05
Total 210 80
Internal Assessment 20

Unit I Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

 Binary Numbers
 Indices, Logarithm and Antilogarithm
 Laws and properties of logarithms
 Simple applications of logarithm and antilogarithm
 Numerical problems on averages, calendar, clock, time, work and distance,
mensuration, seating arrangement
Unit II Algebra
 Sets
 Types of sets
 Venn diagram
 De Morgan's laws
 Problem solving using Venn diagram
 Relations and types of relations

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  Introduction of Sequences, Series
 Arithmetic and Geometric progression
 Relationship between AM and GM
 Basic concepts of Permutations and Combinations
 Permutations
 Combinations with standard results
Unit III Mathematical and Logical Reasoning
 Mathematically acceptable statements
 Connecting words/ phrases in Mathematical statement consolidating the
understanding of "if and only if (necessary and sufficient) condition", "implies",
"and/or", "implied by", "and", "or", "there exists" and their use through variety
of examples related to real life and Mathematics
 Problems based on logical reasoning (coding-decoding, odd man out, blood
relation, syllogism etc)
Unit IV Calculus
 Introducing functions
 Domain and Range of a function
 Types of functions (Polynomial function; Rational function; Logarithm function;
Exponential function; Modulus function; Greatest Integer function, Signum
function)
 Graphical representation of functions
 Concept of limits and continuity of a function
 Instantaneous rates of change
 Differentiation as a process of finding derivative
 Derivatives of algebraic functions using Chain rule
Unit V Probability
 Random experiment, sample space, events, mutually exclusive events
 Independent and Dependent Events
 Law of Total Probability
 Bayes’ Theorem
Unit VI Descriptive Statistics

 Data on various scales (nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scale)

 Data representation and visualization
 Data interpretation ( dispersion, deviation, variance, skewness and kurtosis)
 Percentile rank and quartile rank
 Correlation (Pearson and Spearman method of correlation)
 Applications of descriptive statistics using real time data
Unit VII Basics of Financial Mathematics
 Interest and interest rate
 Accumulation with simple and compound interest

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  Simple and compound interest rates with equivalency
 Effective rate of interest
 Present value, net present value and future value
 Annuities, calculating value of regular annuity
 Simple applications of regular annuities (up to 3 period)
 Tax, calculation of tax and simple applications of tax calculation in Goods and
service tax, Income Tax
 Bills, tariff rates, fixed charge, surcharge, service charge
 Calculation and interpretation of electricity bill, water supply bill and other
supply bills
(Comparing interest rates on various types of savings; calculating income tax;
electricity bills, water bill; service surcharge using realistic data)
Unit VIII Coordinate Geometry
 Straight Line
 Circles

Practical: Use of spread sheet

Calculating average, interest (simple and compound), creating pictographs, drawing
pie chart, bar graphs, calculating central tendency; visualizing graphs (straight line,
circles and parabola using real time data)
Suggested practical using spread sheet
1. Plot the graph of functions on excel; study the nature of function at various
points, drawing lines of tangents;
2. Create budget of income and spending;
3. Create compare sheet of price, features to buy a product;
4. Prepare best option plan to buy a product by comparing cost, shipping
charges, tax and other hidden cost;
5. Smart purchasing during sale season;
6. Prepare a report card using scores of last four exams and compare the
performance;
7. Collect the data on weather, price, inflation, and pollution. Sketch different
types of graphs.
List of Suggested projects ( class XI /XII)

Use of prime numbers in coding and decoding of messages;

Prime numbers and divisbility rules;
Logrithms for financial calculations such as interest, present value, future vale,
profit/loss etc with large values);
Cardinality of a set and orders of infinity;

Comparing sets of Natural numbers, rational numbers, real numbers and others;

Use of Venn Diagram in solving practical problems;

Fibonacci Sequence: Its’ history and presence in nature;

Testing the validity of mathematical statements and framing truth tables;

Investigating graphs of functions for their properties;

Visit the census site of India
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/
State ment3.htm Depict the information given there in a pictorial form;

Prepare a questionnaire to collect information about money spent by your friends in a

month on activities like traveling, movies, recharging of the mobiles, etc. and draw
interesting conclusions;

Check out the local newspaper and cut out examples of information depicted by
graphs. Draw your own conclusions from the graph and compare it with the analysis
given in the report;

Analysis of population migration data – positive and negative influence on

urbanization;

Each day newspaper tells us about the maximum temperature, minimum temperature,
humidity. Collect the data for a period of 30 days and represent it graphically. Compare
it with the data available for the same time period for the previous year;

Analysis career graph of a cricketer (batting average for a batsman and bowling
average for a bowler). Conclude the best year of his career. It may be extended for
other players also – tennis, badminton, athlete;

Vehicle registration data – correlating with pollution and number of accidents;

Visit a village near Delhi and collect data of various crops over past few years from the
farmers. Also collect data about temperature variation and rain over the period for a
particular crop. Try to find the effect of temperature and rain variations on various
crops;

Choose any week of your ongoing semester. Collect data for the past 10 – 15 years
for the amount of rainfall received in Delhi during that week. Predict amount of rainfall
for the current year;

Weather prediction (prediction of monsoon from past data);

Visit Kirana shops near your home and collect the data of sale of certain
commodities over a month. Try to figure out the stock of a particular commodity
which should be in the store in order to maximize the profit;

Stock price movement ;

Risk assessments by insurance firms from data;

Predicting stock market crash;

Predicting outcome of election – exit polls;

Predicting mortality of infants.

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 Assessment Plan

1. Overall Assessment of the course is out of 100 marks.

2. Assessment plan consists of External Exam and Internal Assessment.
3. External Exam will be of 03 hours duration Paper/Pencil Test consisting of
80 marks.
4. Weightage of Internal Assessment is of 20 marks. Internal Assessment can
be a combination of activities spread throughout semester/ academic year.
Internal Assessment activities include, projects and excel based practical.
Teachers can choose activities from the suggested list of practical or they can
plan activities of similar nature. For data based practical, teachers are
encouraged to use data from local sources to make it more relevant for
students.
5. Weightage for each area of internal assessment may be as under:

Sr.No. Area and weightage Assessment Area Marks

allocated
1 Project work Project work and record 5
(10 marks) Year End Presentation/Viva of the 5
Project
2 Practical work Performance of practical and record 5
(10 marks) Yearend test of any one practical 5
Total 20

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