Further Mathmatics

Further Mathmatics Summary

The Further Mathematics A Level course is a separate qualification to the A Level Maths course and aims to both deepen and broaden your understanding. Further Maths both builds on from GCSE maths and A Level mathematics and is for those of you with a real interest and enjoyment in the subject of mathematics.

You will look at lots of new concepts and ideas including how we can solve any quadratic equations and go much further to look at complex numbers in details and their uses. We will also explore Decision maths, a very different branch of maths to that you will have studied at GCSE which introduces algorithms and graphs (as students have never seen before!), and is widely used in computer science and logistics. You will also be able to go further with the Mechanics part of the course studied in A Level maths.

It must be taken in addition to A Level Maths as it requires knowledge from the course in order to be able to access A Level Further Maths. The course is designed and sequenced so that you will be able to study both Further Maths and Maths alongside one another.

Entry Requirements

• GCSE Grade 8 or higher in Maths
• Students must also study A Level Mathematics

Course Duration

2 years full-time

Specification

Edexcel

How you will study

This is a 2 year course which is assessed at the end of Year 13 through 4 examinations. During that time you will study modules which build upon one another from Core Pure, as well as Decision Maths and Further Mechanics.

Component breakdown

Core Pure Maths
Introduces important areas of Mathematics like complex numbers and matrices, which are fundamental mathematical ideas with wide ranging applications in maths, engineering, physical sciences and computing.

Decision Maths
Introduces a wide range of algorithms and graphs, and is widely used in computer science and logistics

Further Mechanics
Builds on mechanics studied in A level Maths and
introduces concepts studied at GCSE Physics such as momentum, impulse, work, energy and power. It also looks at elastic strings and springs as well as collisions in 1 and 2 dimensions.

At the end of Year 13, students will sit four, 90 minute papers:

• Paper 1 – Core Pure maths (mixture of questions from year 12 and 13)
• Paper 2 – Core Pure maths (mixture of questions from year 12 and 13)
• Paper 3 – Decision Maths (studied in year 12)
• Paper 4 – Further Mechanics (studied in year 13

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