AQA Set 2 and 3

Below are possible topics that we have identified that COULD be on the paper 2. Use this list alongside MathsWatch and the walking talking mocks(WTM under the homework section) on the PIXL maths app to help your revision in the lead up to paper 2. Predicted papers will be emailed out and available on the school website.

Revision list Foundation

  • BIDMAS
  • Rounding
  • Order positive and negative numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages
  • Multiples, factors, prime numbers, HCF, LCM, squares and cubes
  • Index laws
  • Fractions, decimals and percentages and calculations with them
  • Ratio
  • Value for money
  • The meaning of equation, formula, identity and expression
  • Collecting like terms
  • Expanding and factorising brackets
  • Changing the subject of a formula
  • Inequalities
  • Sequences and nth term
  • Coordinates, straight line graphs, distance time graphs
  • The meaning of the term ‘hypothesis’ and different types of data
  • Questionnaires and data collection sheets
  • 2-way tables, stem-and-leaf diagrams, tally charts, bar charts, line graphs and frequency polygons
  • Averages and range from a list and table
  • Probability
  • Acute, obtuse, reflex and right angles
  • Angles on a straight line, at a point, vertically opposite angles, angles in parallel lines
  • Angle properties of equilateral, isosceles and right-angled triangles and quadrilaterals
  • Interior and exterior angles of polygons
  • Tessellations
  • Names of different shapes and parts of a circle
  • Lines and rotational symmetry
  • Rotations, reflections, enlargements and translations
  • Congruent and similar shapes
  • Nets, plans and elevations of 3D shapes
  • Faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes
  • Bearings, maps and scale drawings
  • Loci and constructions
  • Calculate area, perimeter, volume and surface area including area and circumference of a circle – giving correct units

Revision list Higher

  • Using a calculator for standard form, fractions and percentages
  • Compound interest
  • Value for money
  • Ratio
  • Recipe style questions
  • Estimation
  • Prime factors, LCM, HCF
  • Sequences and nth term
  • Collecting like terms – simplifying algebra
  • Factorising
  • Solving equations
  • Solving inequalities
  • Trial and improvement
  • Straight line graphs and y=mx+c
  • Simultaneous equations
  • Distance time graphs
  • Compound measures (speed, density)
  • Area and volume of shapes including area and circumference of a circle
  • Basic angle facts
  • Angles in parallel lines
  • Interior and exterior angles in polygons
  • Trigonometry SOHCAHTOA, (sine and cosine rule if you have done it)
  • Translation, reflection, rotation
  • Construction and loci
  • Volume of a prism
  • Bearings
  • Questionnaires
  • Data collection sheet
  • Mean from a table
  • Pie charts
  • Frequency polygons
  • Stem and leaf diagrams
  • Cumulative frequency
  • Box and whisker plots
  • Histograms
  • Probability tree diagrams