Basic Mathematics
Published on 16. February 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-333-51741-3 (ISBN)
Description
Designed specifically for GCSE levels 1 and 2, and Standard Grade Foundation and General Levels, this is a complete source of questions for revision and practice. It can be used as a supplementary source of exercises at any point during the course, or for revision in the final year. The questions have been designed to develop confidence and to provide plenty of practice. Examples and reminders are given where appropriate. Investigations and oral work are covered in each section, and particular emphasis has been given to the use and application of topics in everyday life.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Illustrations
200ill.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51741-3 (9780333517413)
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Content
Number patterns; multiples, factors and primes; place values, addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; using arithmetic; fractions; using fractions; decimals; using decimals; using your calculator; estimation; checking; approximations; accuracy and sensible answers; squares and square roots; directed numbers; indices; problems and investigations; time and timetables; reading dials, charts and tables; changing units of measure; measures in the home; bills and money calculations; ready reckoners and conversion graphs; percentages, decimals and fractions; finding percentages and percentage change; VAT, discount, profit and loss; interest, loans and hire purchase; wages, rates and taxes; household finance; ratio and proportion; maps and scale drawing; similarity and enlargement; speed, distance and time; direct and inverse proportion; problems and investigations; lines and angles; symmetry and reflection; symmetry and rotation; triangles; quadrilaterals and polygons; circles and loci; perimeter and area - circles; 3-D shapes and their nets; volume - cubes and cuboids and cylinders and prisms; bearings; Pythagoras; trigonometry - tangent, sine and cosine, applications; problems and investigations; co-ordinates and graphs; reading and drawing graphs; graphs and formulae; X-Y graphs; gradients; number patterns; use of letters and formulae; formulae from tables; linear equations; linear inequalities; brackets and factors; transformation of formulae; flow charts; bar charts and block graphs; pie charts; information from tables; using statistics; mean, mode and median; probability - equally likely events, listing outcomes, combined events; problems and investigations.