This document provides a scheme of work for the Peterhouse School Department of Mathematics IGCSE course for the 2013/14 school year. It outlines the syllabus topics to be covered each week over 3 school terms (Lent, Trinity, and Michaelmas), along with the specific objectives and textbook references for each topic. The topics include estimation, standard form, ratio and proportion, fractions and percentages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and more. The scheme of work provides a structured plan to ensure all required IGCSE mathematics content is addressed over the course of the school year.
This document provides a scheme of work for the Peterhouse School Department of Mathematics IGCSE course for the 2013/14 school year. It outlines the syllabus topics to be covered each week over 3 school terms (Lent, Trinity, and Michaelmas), along with the specific objectives and textbook references for each topic. The topics include estimation, standard form, ratio and proportion, fractions and percentages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and more. The scheme of work provides a structured plan to ensure all required IGCSE mathematics content is addressed over the course of the school year.
This document provides a scheme of work for the Peterhouse School Department of Mathematics IGCSE course for the 2013/14 school year. It outlines the syllabus topics to be covered each week over 3 school terms (Lent, Trinity, and Michaelmas), along with the specific objectives and textbook references for each topic. The topics include estimation, standard form, ratio and proportion, fractions and percentages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and more. The scheme of work provides a structured plan to ensure all required IGCSE mathematics content is addressed over the course of the school year.
This document provides a scheme of work for the Peterhouse School Department of Mathematics IGCSE course for the 2013/14 school year. It outlines the syllabus topics to be covered each week over 3 school terms (Lent, Trinity, and Michaelmas), along with the specific objectives and textbook references for each topic. The topics include estimation, standard form, ratio and proportion, fractions and percentages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and more. The scheme of work provides a structured plan to ensure all required IGCSE mathematics content is addressed over the course of the school year.
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PETERHOUSE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
2013/14 IGCSE SCHEME OF WORK
Text: Extended Mathematics for Cambridge IGCSE - David Raynor (New Edition) Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text B Block Lent Term 8,9. Estimation & Limits of 1 Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures or decimal places 9 Accuracy Stating or finding upper and lower bounds of quantities 10-12 Estimating results of calculations by rounding numbers to 1 s.f. 12 6. Standard Form 2 Expressing given numbers in standard form (+ve and –ve indices) 13 Calculations in standard form 14 10, 15. Ratio and 3, 4 Sharing in given ratio; Equating ratios 15-16 Proportion/Money Solving problems pertaining to direct and inverse proportion 17 Converting to foreign currency 18 Finding distances and areas on maps and on the ground 19-21 4. Vulgar and decimal fractions 4, 5 Changing between fractions and percentages; calculating percentages 22-24 and percentages percentage increase/decrease 25 Simple Interest; Compound Interest 26 10. Ratio, Proportion, Rate 6 Converting between speed units; Average speed 29-32 12. Calculator 6 The four operations; Powers, roots and reciprocals 34 Memory 3. Directed numbers 7 The four operations with directed numbers 44-46 20. Algebraic representation and 8 Substitution in formulae 46-50 formulae 21. Algebraic manipulation 9 Collecting like terms and removing brackets 51 Multiplying and squaring brackets 51-52 24. Solutions of equations and 10 Solving simple, bracketed and fractional equations 53-57 inequalities Formulating and solving equations 58-61 Solving a pair of simultaneous equation by substitution and by elimination 63,65 Solving word problems resulting in simultaneous equations 66-67 21. Algebraic manipulation 11 Direct factorisation, grouping 68-69 Three term expressions, difference of two squares 69-71 24. Solutions of equations and 11, 12 Solving by factorisation, formula and completing the square (not in text) 71-74 inequalities Solving word problems resulting in quadratic equations 76-77 Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text B Block Trinity Term 32. Trigonometry 1-3 Solving right-angled triangles using Pythagoras’ Theorem 120-121 Finding sides of right-angled triangles using the three ratios 184-187 Finding unknown angles 188-189 Solving bearing and 3-D problems relating to right-angled triangles 191-196 31. Mensuration 4 Areas of trapezium, triangle and kite 83 Sine formulae for areas of triangle and parallelogram 85-86 5 Perimeter and area of shapes containing circular arcs; shaded areas; cutting 88-91 out discs 5,6 Finding arc length and area of sector/segment 93-96 31. Mensuration 7, 8 Calculating the volume of a prism, sphere, cone and composites 98-104 Finding surface areas of cylinders, spheres and cones 105-107 29. Angle Properties 9 Sum of angles on a straight line 115 Sum of angles at a point Sum of angles in a triangle/quadrilateral Sum of interior/exterior angles of any polygon 117-118 Angles related to parallel lines 119 28. Symmetry 10 Line symmetry and rotational symmetry 123-124 26. Geometrical terms and 10 Finding lengths in similar triangles and rectangles 125-126 relationships Areas of similar shapes 129 Volumes of similar objects 132
Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text
B Block Michaelmas Term 29. Angle properties 1,2 Using the four circle theorems: Angle at the centre is double angle at the circumference 135-136 Angles in the same segment 135-136 Angles in cyclic quadrilaterals 137-138 Angle in the semi-circle 138 Tangents to circles and angle in the alternate segment 139-141 27. Geometrical constructions 3,4 Constructing perpendicular bisector, angle bisector, 45°, 60°, 90° angles 142-143 30. Locus Construction of the four loci: Points equidistant from a given point 144-145 Points equidistant from a given line Points equidistant from two given points Points equidistant from two intersecting straight lines 26. Geometrical terms and 4 Drawing, identifying and finding lengths of sides of nets 145-146 relationships 21. Algebraic manipulation 5 Expressing fractions in lowest terms by factorising 154 Expressing as a single fraction 155 20. Algebraic representation and 6,7 Change of subject: formulae - Only one term with the required letter 156-157 - Two terms with required letter 160-161 - Expressions with square roots and squares 159-161 10. Ratio, Proportion, Rate 7,8 Direct Variation 163-164 Inverse Variation 165-167 23. Indices 9 The three rules of indices 168 Negative indices and roots 168-169 Bracketed expressions 169 Solving index equations 170 24. Solutions of equations and 10 Comparing quantities 170-171 inequalities Solving linear inequalities for a range/set of values 171-172 Graphing inequalities in two variables 173 32. Trigonometry 11-12 Using the two forms of the sine rule to solve triangles 199-201 Using the two forms of the cosine rule to solve triangles 203-204 Bearing questions involving sine and cosine rules 204-205
Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text
A Block Lent Term 18. Graphs of functions 1 Drawing linear graphs 212 Calculating gradient from coordinates 214 Sketching curves using information from y = mx + c 215 2 Finding the equation of a straight line given two points or point and gradient 216 Plotting parabolas 218 3 Plotting other non-linear curves 219 Using graphs to solve equations 226 17. Graphs in practical 4 Drawing and interpreting distance-time graphs 230 situations Calculating distance and acceleration from speed-time graphs 232 Sketching speed-time graphs 234 1. Number, set notation and 5, 6 Set and set-builder notation; complement of a set 242 language Union and intersection 244 Logical problems 247 35. Vectors in two dimensions 7, 8 Adding vectors and multiplying by scalar 251 Expressing vectors in terms of given bases 253 Operations with column vectors; parallel vectors 257 Finding the modulus of a vector 260 Vector geometry 262 22. Functions 9 Using flow diagrams to represent functions 265 Composite of functions 268 Using flow diagrams to find the inverse function 269 25. Linear Programming 10 Obtaining required area from given equations 175 Finding values to minimise/maximise given equation Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text A Block Trinity Term 36. Matrices 1 Order of a matrix; Operations with matrices Finding the inverse of a matrix 37. Transformations 2 Reflection in given mirror line; Finding equation of mirror line 279-280 Rotation about a given centre; describing rotations 282-284 3 Translation 285 Enlargement using a given centre and scale; describing enlargements 287 4 Combined and repeated transformations 291 Using matrices to transform 293-297 5 Use base vectors to describe transformations 298 Stretch and shear 299 33. Statistics 6 Using bar and pie charts to display data 309 Drawing histograms 312 7 Averages: Mean, median and mode in grouped and raw data 316 Drawing scatter graphs and lines of best fit 322 8 Drawing cumulative frequency curve and finding quartiles and IQR 325 34. Probability 9 - 11 Simple probability: equally likely outcomes 329 Finding probabilities of independent and exclusive events 332 Evaluating probabilities using tree diagrams 333
Syllabus Topic Week Work to be covered (Objectives) Reference text
A Block Trinity Term 1. Number, set notation and 1-2 Continuing number sequences 5-6; 352 language Finding nth term or term number