Why study Further Mathematics? Potential for joint university courses, graduate prospects, transferable skills and salary advantage. What will you study? Paper 1 Core Pure Mathematics 1: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations. Paper 2 Core Pure Mathematics 2: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations. Paper 3 Further Mathematics Option 1 (one of the following four options) 3A Further Pure Mathematics 1: further trigonometry, further calculus, further differential equations, coordinate systems, further vectors, further numerical methods and inequalities. 3B Further Statistics 1: discrete probability distributions, Poisson and binomial distributions, geometric and negative binomial distributions, hypothesis testing, central limit theorem, chi squared tests, probability generating functions, quality of tests. 3C Further Mechanics 1: momentum and impulse, work, energy and power, elastic strings and springs and elastic energy, elastic collisions in one dimension, elastic collisions in two dimensions. 3D Decision Mathematics 1: algorithms and graph theory, algorithms on graphs I and II, critical path analysis and linear programming. Paper 4A Further Pure Mathematics 2: groups, further calculus, further matrix algebra, further complex numbers, number theory, further matrix algebra, further complex numbers, number theory, further sequences and series. Paper 4B Further Statistics 2: linear regression, continuous probability distributions, correlation, combinations of random variables, estimation, confidence intervals and tests using a normal distribution, other hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, confidence intervals and tests using the t-distribution. Paper 4C Further Mechanics 2: motion in a circle, centres of mass of plane figures, further centres of mass, further dynamics, further kinematics. Paper 4D Decision Mathematics 2: transportation problems, allocation (assignment) problems, flows in networks, dynamic programming, game theory, recurrence relations, decision analysis. What will Further Mathematics offer you in the future? A broad mathematical knowledge and secure technical ability to progress a broad range of career options, leading to 5% to 10% higher salaries than the mean for all graduates.
How will you be assessed? PEARSON Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics (9FM0) Four externally examined written papers. Students must complete all assessment in May/June, in any single year. Paper 1: Core Pure Mathematics 1 (9FM0/01) 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification and 75 marks. Students must answer all questions and calculators can be used in the assessment. Paper 2: Core Pure Mathematics 2 (9FM0/02) 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification and 75 marks. Students must answer all questions and calculators can be used in the assessment. Further Mathematics Optional Papers (9FM0/3A-3D, 9FM0/4A-4D) Each paper is written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification, 75 marks. Content overview: students take two options from the following eight: Option 1 Papers: 3A Further Pure Mathematics 1, 3B Further Statistics 1, 3C Further Mechanics 1, 3D Decision Mathematics 1. Option 2 Papers: 4A Further Pure Mathematics 2, 4B Further Statistics 2, 4C Further Mechanics 2, 4D Decision Mathematics 2. There are restrictions on which papers can be taken together. Students choose a pair of options, either: · Any two Option 1 papers, or · A matching pair of Option 1 and Option 2 papers. This makes a total of ten different option pairs. Assessment overview: Students must answer all questions; Calculators can be used in the assessment. Assessment objectives: AO1 Use and apply standard techniques, 50%; AO2 Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically, at least 15%; AO3 Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts, at least 15%. Assessment objectives: AO1 Use and apply standard techniques, 50%; AO2 Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically, at least 15%; AO3 Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts, at least 15%.
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Why study Further Mathematics? Potential for joint university courses, graduate prospects, transferable skills and salary advantage. What will you study? Paper 1 Core Pure Mathematics 1: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations. Paper 2 Core Pure Mathematics 2: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations. Paper 3 Further Mathematics Option 1 (one of the following four options) 3A Further Pure Mathematics 1: further trigonometry, further calculus, further differential equations, coordinate systems, further vectors, further numerical methods and inequalities. 3B Further Statistics 1: discrete probability distributions, Poisson and binomial distributions, geometric and negative binomial distributions, hypothesis testing, central limit theorem, chi squared tests, probability generating functions, quality of tests. 3C Further Mechanics 1: momentum and impulse, work, energy and power, elastic strings and springs and elastic energy, elastic collisions in one dimension, elastic collisions in two dimensions. 3D Decision Mathematics 1: algorithms and graph theory, algorithms on graphs I and II, critical path analysis and linear programming. Paper 4A Further Pure Mathematics 2: groups, further calculus, further matrix algebra, further complex numbers, number theory, further matrix algebra, further complex numbers, number theory, further sequences and series. Paper 4B Further Statistics 2: linear regression, continuous probability distributions, correlation, combinations of random variables, estimation, confidence intervals and tests using a normal distribution, other hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, confidence intervals and tests using the t-distribution. Paper 4C Further Mechanics 2: motion in a circle, centres of mass of plane figures, further centres of mass, further dynamics, further kinematics. Paper 4D Decision Mathematics 2: transportation problems, allocation (assignment) problems, flows in networks, dynamic programming, game theory, recurrence relations, decision analysis. What will Further Mathematics offer you in the future? A broad mathematical knowledge and secure technical ability to progress a broad range of career options, leading to 5% to 10% higher salaries than the mean for all graduates.
How will you be assessed? PEARSON Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics (9FM0) Four externally examined written papers. Students must complete all assessment in May/June, in any single year. Paper 1: Core Pure Mathematics 1 (9FM0/01) 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification and 75 marks. Students must answer all questions and calculators can be used in the assessment. Paper 2: Core Pure Mathematics 2 (9FM0/02) 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification and 75 marks. Students must answer all questions and calculators can be used in the assessment. Further Mathematics Optional Papers (9FM0/3A-3D, 9FM0/4A-4D) Each paper is written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes, 25% of the qualification, 75 marks. Content overview: students take two options from the following eight: Option 1 Papers: 3A Further Pure Mathematics 1, 3B Further Statistics 1, 3C Further Mechanics 1, 3D Decision Mathematics 1. Option 2 Papers: 4A Further Pure Mathematics 2, 4B Further Statistics 2, 4C Further Mechanics 2, 4D Decision Mathematics 2. There are restrictions on which papers can be taken together. Students choose a pair of options, either: · Any two Option 1 papers, or · A matching pair of Option 1 and Option 2 papers. This makes a total of ten different option pairs. Assessment overview: Students must answer all questions; Calculators can be used in the assessment. Assessment objectives: AO1 Use and apply standard techniques, 50%; AO2 Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically, at least 15%; AO3 Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts, at least 15%. Assessment objectives: AO1 Use and apply standard techniques, 50%; AO2 Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically, at least 15%; AO3 Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts, at least 15%.
