Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

This subject is linear and the new specification was first taught in September 2017. There are no longer individual units for the course. There is a common course that has to be studied which includes Pure Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics. At the end of the course there are three 2 hour papers; Papers 1 and 2 are both on Pure Mathematics and Paper 3 is on the Statistics and Mechanics topics. The total marks for all 3 papers are 100 and each paper is worth 331 3 % of the qualification. The Pure Mathematics topics extend the algebra, co-ordinate geometry and trigonometry studied up to GCSE and introduce new topics such as series and logarithms. Statistics is used by pupils of biology, economics, geography, and psychology. The topics studied will build on ideas already met at GCSE as well as new topics such as statistical distributions and hypothesis testing. Mechanics is the application of mathematical methods to specific problems in physics. This builds on topics such as kinematics which have already been met at IGCSE as well as introducing forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion.