Key Maths GCSE: Higher
Nelson Thornes Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 10. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-7487-6206-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fully revised and updated for the revised National Curriculum, this title is written by practising classroom teachers and developed in consultation with students and teachers to ensure a successful practical approach. Full-colour textbooks are accessible but also rigorous, offering differentiation for a wide ability range with teacher guidance on an appropriate route through all the materials according to exam board. Suitable for all Awarding bodies, they also cover coursework and options. Additional support will also be available in the form of web portals catering for your assessment and coursework needs for your specification.
Fully revised and updated for the revised National Curriculum, this title is written by practising classroom teachers and developed in consultation with students and teachers to ensure a successful practical approach. Full-colour textbooks are accessible but also rigorous, offering differentiation for a wide ability range with teacher guidance on an appropriate route through all the materials according to exam board. Suitable for all Awarding bodies, they also cover coursework and options. Additional support will also be available in the form of web portals catering for your assessment and coursework needs for your specification.
Fully revised and updated for the revised National Curriculum, this title is written by practising classroom teachers and developed in consultation with students and teachers to ensure a successful practical approach. Full-colour textbooks are accessible but also rigorous, offering differentiation for a wide ability range with teacher guidance on an appropriate route through all the materials according to exam board. Suitable for all Awarding bodies, they also cover coursework and options. Additional support will also be available in the form of web portals catering for your assessment and coursework needs for your specification.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1112 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-6206-4 (9780748762064)
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Previous edition

Gill Read | Jim Griffith | Peter Sherran
Key Maths GCSE: Higher
Book
07/1998
Nelson Thornes Ltd
€38.56
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Content
Transformations - single transformations, combined transformations; types of number - rational numbers, irrational numbers; dealing with data - presenting data, equal and unequal histograms; algebra - lining up - sequences, straight lines, solving equations, simultaneous equations; right-angled triangles - Pythagoras' theorem, finding an angle, finding a side; ratio and proportion - using multipliers, proportion, fractions; probability diagrams - sample space diagrams, tree diagrams; mainly quadratics - changing the subject, quadratic graphs and equations, quadratic methods, trial and improvement; vectors - vectors and scalars, vector geometry, this is for real; back to the drawing board - angles, similarity, congruence, loci, circle theorems; using trigonometry - get your bearings, the next dimension; indices and standard form - indices, standard form; graphs - moving on - transformation graphs, solving equations using graphs, modelling with graphs; probability - in theory - finding probabilities, conditional probability; statistics - about average - averages and range, statistical diagrams, sampling; shape - the final frontier - circles, areas and volumes, areas and volumes of similar figures, dimensional analysis; estimating and checking - rounding and estimating, error bounds; - solving inequalities using algebra, solving inequalities using graphs; trigonometry - making waves - beyond 90 degrees, solving triangles; graphs - for real - rates of change, areas under graphs, modelling.