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A Rough Guide

• Pythagoras
• Trigonometry • Lots more calculus
• Rearranging • Matrices, vectors
equations • Proofs

• Lines, quadratics,
polynomials, circles
• Intro to calculus
• Logs, exponentials
• Properties of graphs
 Number and money

 Relationships

 Measure and shape

 Statistics
 Basic operations

 Fractions

 Square roots

 Indices & surds

 Percentages, e.g.
 Interest
 VAT
 Using formulae

 Solving equations

 Basic algebra
 Factorising
 Expanding brackets
 Rearranging

 Graphs & tables


 pictograms, bar charts, line graphs, pie charts and scattergraphs
 Scale drawings
 Similarity
 Find area & volume
 Angles
 Pythagoras
 Trigonometry
 SOHCAHTOA (!)
 Sine/cosine rule
 Solve simple equations
 Calculate:
 Mean
 Mode
 Median
 Quartiles
 Standard deviation

 Basic probability
 Geometry

 Trigonometry

 Algebra

 Calculus
 Straight lines
 Gradient (from points/eqn/angle)
 Find equation of line
 Median, altitude, perpendicular bisector

 Circles
 Equation to centre and radius (and vice versa)
 Find intersections of line and circle
 Find tangent / determine if a given line is tangent

 Vectors (2d and 3d)


 Add, subtract, multiply by scalar
 Dividing lines in a ratio / collinearity
 Compute and work with scalar product (e.g. find angle)
 Graphs
 Recognise function from graph (and vice versa)
 Radians
 Convert between degrees and radians
 Mostly expected to work in radians
 Compound and double-angle formulae
 Use to simplify equations
 Use in geometrical situations
 Wave functions
 Express pcos(x)+qsin(x) in the form kcos(x – a) etc.
 Functions
 Domain/range
 Finding composite functions
 Graph transformations
 Sequences
 Linear recurrence relations
 Quadratics & polynomials
 Quadratic inequalities
 Factor & remainder theorems for polynomials
 Logs & exponentials
 Definition; working with graphs
 Solving equations using log laws
 Basic differentiation
 Differentiating axb and sums/differences
 Finding stationary points and their nature
 Equations of tangents
 Basic integration
 Indefinite integration (anti-diff)
 Definite integrals; application to finding areas
 Very basic DEs
 Further calculus
 Diff/int with sine and cosine
 Chain rule
 Algebra

 Geometry

 Differentiation

 Integration
 Binomial theorem
 Partial fractions
 Gaussian elimination
 Matrices: algebra, determinants, inverses, as plane
transformations
 Arithmetic/geometric sequences/series
 Complex numbers: basic operations, polar form,
deMoivre
 Proof – induction, contradiction
 Vector product
 Equation of line:
 Vector
 Parametric
 Symmetric
 Equation of plane:
 Vector
 Parametric
 Cartesian
 Intersections of planes and lines
 Curve sketching (e.g. rational functions, with
asymptotes and critical points)
 Product/quotient/chain rule

 Derivatives of exp, log, arcsin, arccos, arctan

 Maclaurin series

 Implicit differentiation

 Parametric differentiation
 Integrals corresponding to the known derivatives

 Substitution (generally given)

 Volumes of solids of revolution

 Integration by parts

 Separable DEs

 First & Second order linear DEs


 Full course notes for
Higher Maths

 Course summary for


Advanced Higher

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