Syllabus mapping for EdExcel FP1

Highlighted topics are not covered by the MEI resources.

Topic / Syllabus content / Textbook exercises / MEI resources
Inequalities / The manipulation and solution of algebraic inequalities and inequations, / 1A, 1B / FP1 ch4 section 2
Inequalities involving the modulus sign / 1C / C3 ch3 section 3
Series / Summation of simple finite series. The method of differences. / 2A, 2B / FP1 ch5 section 2
Complex Numbers / Definition of complex numbers in the form a + ib and r cos  and ir sin .
Sum, product and quotient of complex numbers. / 3A / FP1 ch2 section 1
Geometrical representation of complex numbers in the Argand diagram.
Geometrical representation of sums, products and quotients of complex numbers. / 3B, 3C / FP1 ch2 sections 2&3
FP2 ch3 section 1
Complex solutions of quadratic equations with real coefficients.
Conjugate complex roots of polynomial equations with real coefficients. / 3D / FP1 ch2 sections 1&4
Numerical solutions of equations / Equations of the form f(x) = 0 solved numerically by interval bisection, linear interpolation and the Newton-Raphson process. / 4A / C3 ch6
First order differential equations / Further solution of first order differential equations with separable variables. / 5A, 5B / C4 ch 12, DE ch 3
First order differential equations of the form where P and Q are functions of x.
Differential equations reducible to the above types by means of a given substitution. / 5C / DE ch 4
Second order differential equations / The linear second order differential equation where a, b and c are real constants and the particular integral can be found by inspection or trial. / 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D / DE ch6 sections 1, 2 & 3
Differential equations reducible to the above types by means of a given substitution. / 6E
Polar coordinates / Polar coordinates (r, ), r  0. / 7A / FP2 ch2 section 1
Use of the formula for area. / 7B / FP2 ch2 section 2