GCSE TARGET GRADE………….

Year 10: Unit 2 (non-calculator) – examined summer 2011

N3 & N4: Written Calculations & Integers and Powers

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glyn prime
… use mental methods for calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages / D / Number
Frac Dec Perc
All sections
… use written methods for calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages / D/C / Number
Frac Dec Perc
All sections
… use the commutative, associative and distributive laws for addition, multiplication and factorisation. / A / Algebra
Use of Symbols
Factorising Linear
… work with powers of 10 and index laws / C / Number
Powers and Integers
Indices part 1
… work with index laws where the power is a fraction or negative / A / Number
Powers and Integers
Indices part 2
… use standard index form to write large and small numbers / B / Number
Standard Form
All sections
… write any number as a product of its prime factors / C / Number
Powers and Integers
Factors and primes
… find the highest common factor (HCF) and least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers / C / Number
Powers and Integers
HCF & LCM

A1 & A2: Expressions, Sequences & linear graphs

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glyn prime
… use index laws with algebra as well as numbers / B / Number
Powers and Integers
Indices part 2
… expand single and double brackets, eg 2(x+2) and (x+1)(x-2) / B / Algebra
Use of symbols
Single brackets & Brackets
… factorise expressions, eg 2x+8=2(x+4) or x2+3x+2=(x+1)(x+2) / B/A / Algebra
Use of symbols
Factorising Linear & FactorisingQuadratics1
… factorise more complex quadratics, eg 3x2+26x+16=(3x+2)(x+8) / A / Algebra
Use of symbols
FactorisingQuadratics2
… factorise using the difference between 2 squares,eg x2-9=(x+3)(x-3) / A / Algebra
Use of symbols
FactorisingQuadratics2
… create and use a formula by substituting numbers into it / B/A / Algebra
Formulae
Any Investigation
… describe a sequence and be able to identify the nth term / C / Algebra
Sequences
Nth term
… know if a sequence is: convergent, divergent or oscillating / C
… understand that y=mx+c gives a straight line graph and that m is the gradient and c is the y-intercept / C / Algebra
Graphs
Y=mx+c
… work backwards – find the equation of a line by finding its gradient and y-intercept first / B / Algebra
Graphs
Y=mx+c
… understand how the gradients of perpendicular (at right angles) lines are related to eachother (-1/m) / A/A* / Algebra
Graphs
Y=mx+c

G1: Circle theorems

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glyn prime
… use the angle properties of lines and triangles / C / Shape
Angles
Angle sums
… use the correct vocabulary to describe parts of a circle / B / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorem Proofs
… prove that the angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference (from the same arc) [ARROW RULE] / B / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorem Proofs
… prove angles from the same arc in the same segment are equal [BOWTIE RULE] / B / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorem Proofs
… prove an agle in a semicircle is a right angle / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorem Proofs
… prove opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral add up to 1800 / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorem Proofs
… use the fact that the angle between a tangent and a radius is a right angle / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorems
… use the fact that two tangents drawn from a point to a circle are of equal length [TWEEZERS RULE] / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorems
… use the fact that the perpendicular line from the centre of a circle to a chord bisects the chord / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorems
… use the alternate segment theorem / A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorems
…use all of the above circle theorems to find missing angles in circles / B/A / Shape
Circles
Circle Theorems