Mathematics (Further)

Assessment

This course will be assessed over four papers, each representing one quarter of the overall grade, all of which have to be sat in the same academic year. Papers 1 and 2 (Further Pure Mathematics 1 and 2) will assess Proof, Complex numbers, Matrices, Further algebra and functions, Further calculus, Further vectors, Polar coordinates, Hyperbolic Functions and Differential equations. Unlike the Mathematics A level pupils can choose what further areas they wish to study by choosing two papers from the following list. Further Pure Mathematics 3 (Further calculus, Further differential equations, Coordinate systems, Further vectors, Further numerical methods, Inequalities), Further Pure Mathematics 4 (Groups, Further calculus, Further matrix algebra, Further complex numbers, Number theory, Further sequences and series), Further Statistics 1 (Linear regression, Statistical distributions (discrete), Statistical distributions (continuous), Correlation, Hypothesis testing, Chi squared tests), Further Statistics 2 (Probability distributions, Combinations of random variables, Estimation, Confidence intervals and tests using a normal distribution, Other hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, Probability generating functions, Quality of tests and estimators), Further Mechanics 1 (Momentum and impulse, Collisions, Centres of mass, Work and energy, Elastic strings and springs), Further Mechanics 2 (Further kinematics, Further dynamics, Motion in a circle, Statics of rigid bodies, Elastic collisions in two dimensions), Decision Mathematics 1 (Algorithms and graph theory, Algorithms on graphs, Algorithms on graphs II, Critical path analysis, Linear programming) or Decision Mathematics 2 (Transportation problems, Allocation (assignment) problems, Flows in networks, Dynamic programming, Game theory, Recurrence relations, Decision analysis)