Mathematics

Assessment

Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 (Paper code: 9MA0/01) Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 (Paper code: 9MA0/02) Each paper is a 2-hour written examination worth 33.33% of the qualification and is marked out of 100 marks. The Pure component of the course comprises ten topics: Proof; Algebra and functions; Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane; Sequences and series; Trigonometry; Exponentials and logarithms; Differentiation; Integration; Numerical methods; Vectors Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics (Paper code: 9MA0/03) This is a 2-hour written examination worth 33.33% of the qualification and marked out of 100 marks. The Applied component of the course comprises nine topics: Section A: Statistics Statistical sampling; Data presentation and interpretation; Probability; Statistical distributions; Statistical hypothesis testing Section B: Mechanics Quantities and units in mechanics; Kinematics; Forces and Newton’s laws; Moments;