E Block Michaelmas

GCSE Mathematics
(Edexcel iGCSE Syllabus)

Recurring Decimals

  • Convert recurring decimals into fractions.
  • Write decimals as recurring decimals.

Set Language & Notation

  • Understand sets in algebraic terms.
  • Understand and use subsets.
  • Use the notation n(A)
  • de Morgan and equivalent representations.
  • Definitons of rational and natural numbers (and Q and N symbols).
  • Existence of irrationals.

Degree of Accuracy

  • Solve problems using upper and lower bounds where vaues are given to a degree of accuracy.
  • Bounds for compound quantities where a variable appears more than once.

Algebraic Maninpulation

Algebraic Fractions

  • Manipulate algebraic fractions where the denominator can be numeric or a multiple of x or x2.

HCF and LCM of Algebraic Expressions

  • HCF and LCM of algebraic expressions.

Expressions and Formulae

  • Change the subject of a formula where the subject appears once.
  • Derive a formula or expression.
  • Understand the process of manipulating formulae or equations to change the subject to include cases where the subject may appear twice or a power of the subject occurs.
  • Includes cases which require completing the square.

Quadratics

  • Understand the concept of a quadratic expression.
  • Be able to factorise quadratic expressions where the coefficent of x2 is > 1.
  • Solve quadratic equations by factorisation.

Circle Properties and Theorems

  • Circle vocabulary.
  • Understand chord and tangent properties of circles.
  • Recognise the term cyclic quadrilateral.
  • Understand and use angle properties of the circle.
  • Circle theorems.

Area & Perimeter of Sectors

  • Find perimeters and areas of sectors of circles.

Statistics

Visual Representations of Data

  • Use different methods of presenting data.
  • Use appropriate methods of tabulation to enable the construction of statistical diagrams.
  • Interpret statistical diagrams.
  • Identify the modal class for grouped data.

Histograms

  • Construct and Interpret Histograms.

Cumulative Frequency Diagrams

  • Construct cumulative frequency diagrams from tabulated data.
  • Use cumulative frequency diagrams.
  • Estimate the median from a cumulative frequency diagram
  • Estimate the interquartile range from a cumulative frequency diagram.
  • Use linear interpolation to estimate quartiles.

Probability

  • Draw and use tree diagrmas.
  • Determine the probability that two or more independent events will occur.