Wednesday 5 June 2013

C Grade maths

For a grade C in maths the following topics need to be covered and understood:

Number
Integers
Negative numbers

Powers and roots

Decimals
Ratio
Percentages

Estimating answers
Use of a calculator

Algebra


Terminology
  • equation
  • formula
  • identity
  • expression
Simplification

Expanding brackets

Forming equations

Solving equations

Transposing equations (changing the subject)

Inequalities

Trial and improvement

Sequences
  • generate sequences
  • describe sequences using the nth term
Graphs
  • y = mx + c
  • draw the line of best fit
  • find the gradiet of a line (and parallell lines)
  • Plot quadratic graphs
Shape and space
Pythagoras' theorem
Volume and surface area of prisms
Transformations
  • angles of rotation
  • mirror lines for reflection
  • translation by vectors
  • enlargements by fractional scale factors
Upper and lower bounds
Compound measures
Constructions
  • perpendicular bisector
  • angle bisector
Loci

Handling data

Probability from relative frequency

Mean from grouped data

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