MATHS SPECIFICATIONS
1. PURE MATHEMATICS 1
1.1 ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS
Laws of indices for all rational exponents
Use and manipulation of surds
Quadratic functions and their graphs
The discriminant of a quadratic function
Completing the square. Solution of quadratic equations. Solve simultaneous equations:
analytical solution by substitution
Interpret linear and quadratic inequalities graphically
Represent linear and quadratic inequalities graphically
Solutions of linear and quadratic inequalities
Algebraic manipulation of polynomials, including expanding brackets and collecting like
terms, factorisation
Graphs of functions, geometrical interpretation of algebraic solution of equation, using
intersection points of graphs of functions to solve equations
Effects of simple transformations
1.2 COORDINATE GEOMETRY INT HE (X,Y) PLANE
Equation of a straight line
Conditions for two straight lines to be parallel or perpendicular to each other
1.3 TRIGONOMETRY
Sine and cosine rules, and the area of triangle in the form ½ ab sin C
Radian measure, use of arc length and area of sector
Sine, cosine, and tangent functions. Their graphs, symmetries, and periodicity.
1.4 DIFFERENTIATION
Derivative of f(x) as the gradient of the graph
Differentiation of xn, and related sums, differences, and constant multiples.
Applications of differentiation to gradients, tangents, and normals
1.5 INTEGRATION
Indefinite integration as the reverse of differentiation
Integration of xn and related sums, differences, and constant multiples.
2. PURE MATHEMATICS 2
2.1 PROOF
Understand and use the
structure of mathematical proof
Proof by exhaustion
Disproof by counter example
2.2 ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS
Simple algebraic division, use of
factor theorem and remainder
theorem
2.3 COORDINATE GEOMETRY IN THE (X,Y) PLANE
Coordinate the geometry of the
circle using the equation of a
circle and use of properties
2.4 SEQUENCES AND SERIES
Sequences
Understand and work with
arithmetic sequences and series
Increasing sequences,
decreasing sequences, and
periodic sequences
Understand and work with
geometric sequences and series
Binomial expression for positive
integer n
2.5 EXPONENTIALS AND LOGARITHMS
y = a² and its graph
Laws of logarithms
The solution of equations of the
form a^x = b
2.6 TRIGONOMETRY
Knowledge and use of tanA =
sinA/cosA and sin^2A + cos^2A
= 1 identities
Solution of simple trigonometric
equations in a given interval
2.7 DIFFERENTIATION
Applications of differentiation to
maxima and minima and
stationary points, increasing and
decreasing functions
2.8 INTEGRATION
Evaluation of definite integrals
Interpretation of the definite
integral as the area under a
curve
Approximation of area under a
curve using the trapezium rule
S1. STATISTICS 1
1. MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Basic ideas of mathematical
modeling
2. REPRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF DATA
Histograms, stem and leaf
diagrams, box plots
Measures of location - mean,
median, mode
Measures of dispersion -
variance, standard deviation,
range, and inter-percentile
ranges
Skewness & concept of outliers
3. PROBABILITY
Elementary probability
Sample space. Exclusive and
complementary events.
Conditional probability
Independence of two events
Sum and product laws
4. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
Scatter diagrams. Linear
regression
Explanatory (independent) and
response (dependent) variables.
Applications and interpretations
The product-moment correlation
coefficient, its use,
interpretation, and limitations
5. DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES
The concept of a discrete
random variable
The probability function and the
cumulative distribution function
for a discrete random variable
Mean and variance of a discrete
random variable
The discrete uniform distribution
6. THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
The normal distribution including
mean, variance, and use of
tables of the cumulative
distribution function
YEAR 12 - P1, P2, S1
