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What topics do I need if I am only covering General level?
The Following are the minimum you need for the General Level. You will need to do a lot of practice with Problem solving ( solving complex problems by working things out , applying what you know to date and then judging if your calculations are getting to help towards the solution before presenting the solution in a logical way).
Order of Operation Estimating answers Rounding to 1 decimal place Numerical skills ( Whole numbes/Decimals/Fractions/Percentages Integers Adding/Subtacting/Multiplying of simple commonly used fractions and mixed numbers. Integers ( positive and negative Numbers) Integers and multiplications Equivalent Fractions Percentages ( with Calculator and without) of a quantity Ratios Speed Distance Time Index Notation Scientific Notation Money & Simple Interest Expenditure/ Borrowing/Discounting & VAT Units: Length, Mass, Volume Tolerance Shape : Naming Angles Types of Angles Triangles Quadrilaterals Polygons Circles & Tangents Angles and Arcs 3D Shapes Coordinates and straight lines Symmetry Pythagoras Distance Formula Scale Drawings Enlargement & Similarity Right Angle Triangle SOHCAHTOA Gradients/Depressions/Elavations Trig Graphs Sine and Cosine Rule Area of a triangle Bearings Basic Algebra Multiplying out brackets Squaring Brackets Factorising( Common factors/difference of 2 squares/pairs of brackets) Multiplying and Dividing Algebraic Fractions Adding and Subtracting Algebraic fractions linear equations ( eg x+40 = 4x -20) Quadratic Equations Solve simple Linear Equations ( eg 2x-6 <10 ) Solve simultaneous Equations by graph and by elimination or substitution) Changing Subject of formula Realtionships and patterns Indices Graphs of Functions Quadratic and Linear Functions Sketching Quadratics Finding the eqaution of a function Proportions ( Inverse & Direct) Direct and indirect Variations Statistics : Mean ( average) /Median/Mode/Range Frequency Tables Quartile & Semi Interquartile ranges Standard Deviation Graphs & Charts : Bar Chart/Line Graph/Pie Chart Stem & Leaf diagram Dotplot Boxplot Scattergraph Pie Chart and its construction Identify trends in Graphs' Best Fit line in Scatter graph Probabality Relative frequency and probability.
Added : 2009-05-04 10:06:36 Modified on : 2009-05-04 10:06:36
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