Mathematics
Carterton Community College - Oxfordshire
01993841611
Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU
Course summary

Mathematics is a facilitating subject, which means that it will help you to study lots of other subjects and pursue lots of different careers. Mathematics helps supports the study of subjects like physics, chemistry, engineering, computing, economics, business and biology which can also help with your maths revision. But studying maths alongside an essay-based subjects like English or history can help keep your options open for more jobs and university courses. Pure mathematics topics covered: • Proof. • Algebra and functions. • Coordinate Sequences and series. • Trigonometry. • Exponentials and logarithms. • Differentiation. • Integration. • Numerical methods. • Vectors. Statistics topics covered: • Statistical sampling. • Data presentation and interpretation. • Probability. • Statistical distributions. • Statistical hypothesis testing.

Entry requirements

Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics.

How you'll be assessed

There are two pure mathematics papers, each is two hours long and worth a third of the final qualification. Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 The third paper is a Statistics and Mechanics exam also lasting two hours and worth a third of the final qualification. Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthorityOxfordshire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressUpavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU