Subject Mathematics

ExamBoard AQA CourseCode 8300

Overview

AprilAssessment

One45-minutepaper–CalculatorAllowedOneA4sheetofpaper(doublesided)tobetakenintoitFullmathematicsequipmentrequired

ProposedDate–Tuesday20Aprilinyourusuallessons(11abandP1and11nsbandP2)

Topicstobecovered

FoundationTier

¨ Areaof2Dshapes¨ CalculatingAverages¨ CalculatingMissingAngles¨ CompoundMeasures¨ Expressions(includingmultiplyinganddividing)¨ Fractionsofamounts¨ Graphs–includingmidpointsandgradient/intercept¨ HighestCommonFactor¨ LowestCommonMultiple¨ Partsofacircle¨ Percentages¨ Productofprimes¨ Ratio¨ Sequences¨ SolvingEquations

HigherTier

¨ AlgebraicFractions/Expressions¨ Areaof2Dshapes¨ Averages¨ CumulativeFrequencyGraphs¨ ExpressionsandIdentities¨ FactoringQuadratics¨ Fractions,DecimalsandPercentages¨ Quadraticsgraphsanditsproperties¨ Ratio¨ Rearrangingformula¨ SimilarityandCongruence¨ StandardForm¨ Transformations¨ TransformationsofGraphs

MayAssessment

Two90-minutepapers–Paper1isNon-CalculatorandPaper2isCalculator

Fullmathematicsequipmentwillberequiredforbothassessments

TopicstobecoveredFoundation Higher

¨ Add,subtract,multiplyanddivideintegersanddecimals

¨ Angles¨ Averages,pictograms,barcharts,scattergraphs,

piecharts,frequencydiagrams,Venndiagrams,two-waytables

¨ Bounds¨ Convertingbetweenunits¨ Distance-TimeGraphs¨ Elevations,similarityandcongruent¨ Equationsoflines(y=mx+candpropertiessuch

asparallellines)¨ Exacttrigonometricvalues¨ Expandandfactoriselinearandquadratic

expressions¨ Frequencytrees¨ Identifyingequations,expressions,inequalities

termsandidentities¨ Inequalities¨ Listingstrategies¨ LociandConstructions¨ Meanandmedianfromfrequencytables(and

estimatedmean)andfrequencydiagrams¨ Negativenumbers¨ Percentages&Fractions¨ Pythagoras¨ Ratio¨ Rearrangeformula,substituting(intoexpressions

andformula)¨ Sequences¨ Solvingequations¨ Standardform¨ Time¨ Transformations¨ Trigonometrylength/angles¨ Vectors¨ Workingwithmoney

¨ Algebraicfractions,surds¨ ArcLengthandSectorArea¨ AreaandPerimeterof2Dshapes¨ ArithmeticandGeometricProgressions¨ Beingabletogiveanswersintermsofπ¨ Bounds¨ Circletheorems¨ Directandinverseproportion¨ Distance-TimeGraphs¨ Equationsofacircle¨ Exacttrigonometricvalues¨ Expandingandfactorisingquadratics,including

thedifferenceoftwosquares¨ Expandingsinglebrackets¨ FormingandSolvingExpressionsandEquations¨ Functions¨ Graphs–rateofchange,equationofcurves¨ Histograms,boxplots,Venndiagramsandunions¨ Indices,negativeandfractional¨ Inequalitiesandregions¨ Iterativeprocess¨ Lociandconstructions¨ Probabilityandrelativefrequencies¨ ProductofPrimeFactors¨ Propertiesofquadraticgraphs¨ Pythagoras,trigonometrylengths/anglesand

furthertrigonometry¨ Ratio-allaspects¨ ScatterGraphs¨ Similarityfrom1Dto3D¨ Simultaneousequations¨ Solvingquadraticequationsbyallmethods¨ Transformationofgraphs¨ TrigonometricGraphs¨ Vectors¨ WorkingwithFractions,Decimalsand

Percentages¨ Workingwithfrequencytables-Estimatingthe

mean,findingthemedian¨ y=mx+c(includeparallelandperpendicular)

Usefulrevisionresources

Websites

Mathswatch-https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/CorbettMaths–https://corbettmaths.com/GCSEPod-https://www.gcsepod.com/SenecaLearning-https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/BBCBitesizeLearning-https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/z8sg6frOakNationalAcademy-https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-4/subjects/maths

RecommendedRevisionGuides

CollinsGCSEAQArevisionguides-£4.50fromyourmathematicsteacherCorbettMathsrevisioncards-£6.50fromyourmathematicsteacher

RecommendedCalculators

Casiofx-83GTX,fx-85GTX,CasioClasswizEX-991(recommendedifcontinuingontoA-LevelMathematics)<

RevisionTipsRevisionforMathematicsisbaseduponpractice(andmorepractice).Youneedtobeconfidentattheskillsandconceptsthatmakeupthecourseinordertobeabletoworkthroughthemorechallengingproblems.Revisionshouldbeinteractive,notjustreadingnotesStudentscanworkthroughtheMathswatch6weekplan(availablefromtheMathswatchWebsiteunderExtras>GCSE)oridentifykeytopicareasviatheMathswatchlistbelow.Onthe6weekplan,studentscansplititupaccordingtothetwoassessmentperiods)Apotentialplanofactionwouldbe● Workthroughtheplansbelowwatchingtherelevantvideos(trytheoneminutevideosfirstandifyoudonot

understandthenwatchthelongervideos)● Attemptingtheinteractivequestionsifneeded● Workthroughmathsproblemsandpastpapers.● Donotjustreadyournotes/revisionguidesasyouneedtopracticeyourMathsskills.

AnyadditionalinformationwillbeplacedintoGoogleClassroomsandtheGSHSMathsRevisionAreahttp://bit.ly/GSHSMathsRevision