Beginning January 2003 each of MCF3M and MCR3U will have its own board wide exam for all students enrolled in these courses. All students in the board will write the 2 hour exam at their own school on the same day at the same time. This exam will comprise 25% of the course mark. (A further 5% of the summative mark will come from an in-class assessment on the Financial Applications portion of the course. Financial Application questions will not be included on the board-wide exam.)

The teachers writing the exam come from a cross section of OCDSB schools and include users of every approved text.

It is strongly recommended that students obtain a copy of the

There are two ways to obtain this booklet:

1. Give your math teacher $2. This will determine how many booklets are ordered by the school. The booklet will be delivered to the student in math class when the booklets arrive at the school.
2. Download* the booklet (39 pages) in PDF format (needs Acrobat Reader) for free at:

The exemplar booklet contains:

--the list of topics to be included in the course and the exam

--the rubric and worked problems with correct and incorrect examples explaining the marking of Technical Correctness and Presentation.

--the formula sheet to be provided to students on the exam

--Question Bank and Sample Solutions