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Further Mathematics
Why study Further Mathematics?
This is a course for those who have a passion for the subject combined with a proven ability at GCSE level. Successful candidates usually have a very good grade at GCSE (or equivalent) and have often studied Maths beyond the taught GCSE course e.g. Additional Maths (although this is not necessary).
Further Mathematics is a course that is sometimes a requirement by some of the more prestigious universities for mathematics, physical science or engineering courses.
It is often studied as an additional subject at A level to add to the standard three subjects. This creates a demanding workload and the pace at which the material is covered together with the large number of topic areas studied makes this a very demanding course.
Those opting to study Further Mathematics would complete the whole single Mathematics A level course throughout Y12 and then move on to the Further Mathematics material in Y13.
Monmouth School for Boys and Monmouth School for Girls follow the same specification.
Heads of Department: Mr A Skailes (Girls), Dr H Evans (Boys).
Course content
Board: Edexcel A level Syllabus Code: 9FM0
Compulsory A level topics include:
- Complex Numbers, Matrices, Polar Coordinates, Hyperbolic Functions, Differential Equations, Further Calculus
- The Core Pure Mathematics makes up 50% of the course.
Optional A level modules are:
- Mechanics, Statistics, Decision Maths, Additional Pure Maths
There are two modules for each of these. We currently plan to follow the Mechanics and Statistics courses to give breadth to the topics studied.
Method of assessment
Papers 1&2 – Core Pure Mathematics:
1½ hours each; 75 marks (25% of A-level) for each paper
Papers 3&4 – Optional Units:
1½ hours each; 75 marks (25% of A-level) for each paper