Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

The Double Maths course is for those with a real love of mathematics (and algebra!). The course leads to two A levels – one in Mathematics and one in Further Mathematics – and therefore is taught over two blocks. Students are taught in separate classes from those taking a single Maths A level. Students will study a wide range of pure and applied content in the two A-levels. The pure content expands upon the algebra, geometry and trigonometry from GCSE and introduces new areas of mathematics such as exponentials and logarithms, calculus, and parametric equations and reimagines both the number and geometry systems with complex numbers and polar coo`rdinates. Skill in algebra is particularly important as it underpins all other topics. Mechanical mathematics covers analysing forces, accelerations, momentum and similar ideas to describe what happens in physical situations. Statistical mathematics extends the work done at GCSE to cover ways of analysing and displaying numerical data from small and large data sets, and of drawing conclusions from these. Probability theory becomes a key tool, with new probability distributions being studied.