Further Mathematics
Course Breakdown
Course Summary
• Exam board is Edexcel
Paper Content Marks Duration Weighting
Paper 1 |
Pure Mathematics |
75 |
1 hour |
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30 minutes |
Paper 2 |
Pure Mathematics |
75 |
1 hour |
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|
|
30 minutes |
Paper 3 |
Statistics |
75 |
1 hour |
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|
|
30 minutes |
Paper 4 |
Mechanics |
75 |
1 hour |
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|
30 minutes |
25 %
25 %
25 %
25 %
Summary of Content
Pure Mathematics ( Half of the Content )
Proof ; Complex Numbers ; Matrices ; Algebra and Functions ; Further Calculus ; Vectors ; Polar Coordinates ; Hyperbolic Functions ; Differential Equations .
Statistics ( Quarter of the Content )
Discrete Probability Distributions ; Poisson and Binomial Distributions ; Geometric and Negative Binomial Distribution ; Hypothesis Testing ; Central Limit Theorem ; Chi Squared Test ; Probability Generating Function ; Quality of Tests .
Students should review these topics and practise questions on them using GCSE revision guides / the internet .
Students will need to purchase a CASIO fx-991 EX ( ClassWiz ) scientific calculator . Other calculators are unfortunately not suitable . This is a new calculator designed for the new specification and includes statistical functions that are not present on other scientific calculators .
Mechanics ( Quarter of the Content )
Momentum and Impulse ; Work , Energy and Power ; Elastic Strings , Springs and Elastic Energy ; Elastic Collisions in one Dimension ; Elastic Collisions in two Dimensions ;
Suggested Preparation for September
Students need to be confident in applying Higher Level GCSE techniques , in particular :
• Manipulating surds and indices .
• Solving linear equations .
• Solving quadratic equations : by factorising , using the formula and completing the square .
• Solving simultaneous equations by elimination and substitution .
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