Mathematics

Course summary

For the suitable candidate, Mathematics is a valuable A Level qualification which has become increasing desirable in recent years as a support subject in areas such as Science, Geography, Economics and Business Studies. The whole of the linear course content is compulsory without any options for choice. Two-thirds of the course content is pure mathematics and one-third content is applied mathematics. The applied mathematics content consists of half statistics and half mechanics. The pure mathematics content includes algebra and functions, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, calculus, vectors and proofs. The statistics content includes statistical sampling, data presentation and interpretation, probability, statistical distributions and statistical hypothesis testing. The mechanics content includes kinematics, forces and Newton’s laws and moments.