REVISION MATERIAL

Revision material (GCSE Grades B and C)

The following word documents can be downloaded.  They provide comprehensive coverage of all grade B and C grade GCSE topics (the topics that are most crucial to understand well if you wish to obtain a good grade).  Each document contains revision notes, examples and worked past paper questions.  There are also further questions for you to try to aid you with your revision. 

NUMBER (Grades B, C and D)

• Prime factorisation, LCM and HCF  (answers available here).

• Percentage and compound interest

• Standard form  

• Ratio, use of calculator and estimation

ALGEBRA (Grades B, C and D)

• Solving linear equations and trial and   improvement

• Solving inequalities

• Algebra: indices, expanding brackets, factorising and quadratics

• Straight line graphs

• Rearranging equations

• Algebra: sequences and simultaneous equations

SHAPE AND SPACE (Grades B, C and D)

• Area and volume

• Angles

• Locus and constructions

• Pythagoras' theorem

• Trigonometry

• Similar shapes and similar triangles

DATA HANDLING (Grades B, C and D)

• Statistics: averages, cumulative frequency and box plots

• Statistics: time series graphs, questionnaire design and stem-and-leaf diagrams

• Probability

Revision notes (GCSE Grades A and A*)

The following word documents can be downloaded.  They provide coverage of grade A and A* grade GCSE topics.  Each document contains revision notes, examples and worked past paper questions.  More topics will be included later this year.

NUMBER (Grades A/A*)

•  Powers, surds and recurring decimals

ALGEBRA (Grades A/A*)

• Straight line graphs: perpendicular lines

SHAPE AND SPACE (Grades A/A*)

• Further trigonometry:  sine rule, cosine rule, area of a triangle and 3D trigonometry

• Vectors

DATA HANDLING (Grades A/A*)

• Further statistics:  histograms and stratified sampling

LINKS

BBC bitesize website for GCSE.

The Oaks Park High School website has very useful material for GCSE statistics.

A list of useful links is given on the wanadoomaths website.

More revision worksheets can be downloaded from the Mathsguru website.

Revision material can be obtained from Milford Haven School's website.