Tuesday Lesson:
Trig Exercises 6C & 6D
Wednesday Lesson:
Intro to Trigonometry
Friday Lesson:
Trigonometry Exercises 6B & 6C
L65M Revision Pages
L65M Scheme of Learning
L65M Lessons & Blog
Week 13 - 19 June
Tuesday Lesson:
Radians
Wednesday Lesson:
Trigonometric Equations
Friday Lesson:
Small Angles
Week 23 - 29 May
Tuesday Lesson:
Chain Rule
Wednesday Lesson:
Product and Quotient Rules
Friday Lesson:
Use of Product, Quotient and Chain Rules
Week 16 - 22 May
Tuesday Lesson:
Correlation and Regression Lines
Homework:
Complete and self mark the Statistics part of the Applied paper in the A-level/AS Revision Section.
Complete the EOC paper I have emailed to you and hand in Tuesday 24 May.
Week 09 - 15 May
Tuesday Lesson:
AS and A-level Binomial Exam Questions
Wednesday Lesson:
Binomial Consolidation
No Lesson Notes
Friday Lesson:
Binomial Exam Questions - Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Tester Spreadsheet
You may have to enable macros in the following Excel Spreadsheet but it will help you understand Hypothesis Testing using the Binomial Distribution.
Classwiz Calculator - Binomial Distribution
Two short video clips to teach you how to use the Binomial Distribution functions on your calculator:
Binomial Distribution 1 (2:08)
Binomial Distribution 2 (4:45)
Week 25 Apr - 01 May
Tuesday Lesson:
Probability Distributions
Wednesday Lesson:
Binomial Distribution
Friday Lesson:
Hypothesis Testing
Week 28 Mar - 03 Apr
Tuesday Lesson:
Circles
Lesson Notes Missing
Wednesday Lesson:
Binomial Expansion Review
Friday Lesson:
Logs & Exponentials Review
Week 21 - 27 March
Tuesday Lesson:
Cover Work - Mixed Exercise 2
Mixed Exercise 2 Solutions
Week 14 - 20 March
Tuesday Lesson:
Estimating the Median for Grouped Data
Wednesday Lesson:
Interpercentile Range
Friday Lesson:
Coding of Data
The Large Data Set
Weather Data from 5 UK and 3 Overseas weather stations for May-Oct 1987 and May-Oct 2015.
Locations of Weather Stations
Using Excel Statistical Functions
Excel Statistical Functions (6:25):
Setting Your Calculator For Statistical Calculations
Statistical Calculations on the fx-991EX CLASSWIZ Calculator
Week 28 Feb - 06 Mar
Tuesday Lesson:
Populations and Samples
Wednesday Lesson:
Median and IQR
Friday Lesson:
Mean and Standard Deviation
Estimating the Mean for Grouped Data
Video Lesson (16 Min)
Week 14 - 20 February
Tuesday Lesson:
MEI Questions on Probability Trees
Homework - Complete the other 4 questions in the classwork
Week 07 - 13 February
Tuesday Lesson:
Conditional Probability - Venn Diagrams
Wednesday Lesson:
Probability From Tables
Homework is to complete the rest of the questions from last week's worksheet
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Probability Trees
Week 31 Jan - 06 Feb
Week 24 - 30 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Vectors 3
Magnitude - Direction - Unit - Position
Wednesday Lesson:
Angle Between Vectors
Friday Lesson:
Vectors Mixed Exercise 11
Week 17 - 23 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Vectors 2
Parallel Vectors
GCSE Vector Problems (Homework)
All Vectors Questions Q1 - Q10
Week 10 - 16 January
Tuesday Lesson:
Integration - Mixed Exercise 13
Wednesday Lesson:
Integration - Mixed Exercise 13
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Vectors
Week 13 - 19 December
Tuesday Lesson:
End of Term Assessment
Wednesday Lesson:
Review of Assessment
A-level Maths Grade Boundaries
| Sitting | Max | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2018 9MA0 | 300 | 229 | 184 | 155 | 126 | 98 | 70 |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2019 9MA0 | 300 | 217 | 165 | 134 | 103 | 73 | 43 |
| A-Level Maths Oct 2020 9MA0 | 300 | 214 | 162 | 130 | 99 | 68 | 37 |
| Average % for 2018 & 2019 | 100% | 74% | 58% | 48% | 38% | 29% | 19% |
I am sure June 2023 still seems a long way off but here are the grade boundaries for the first three sittings of the new A-level Maths. Again it is probably wise to ignore the results of the few students who sat the exam in October 2020 and look at the averages for the for the two pre-pandemic sittings.
You may be surprised to see top end grades have been awarded for rather modest percentage scores. That is because the exams are difficult but the proportion of students gaining each grade is not allowed to vary by much. Essentially, you are in a competition with your peers up and down the country.
| Cumulative Pass Rates | A* | A*-A | A*-B | A*-C | A*-D | A*-E |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2018 9MA0 | 31% | 61% | 76% | 85% | 91% | 95% |
| A-Level Maths Jun 2019 9MA0 | 17% | 41% | 57% | 74% | 88% | 97% |
| A-Level Maths Oct 2020 9MA0 | 29% | 55% | 73% | 86% | 91% | 95% |
Here are the cumulative pass rates for A-level Maths from 2018 to 2020. The reason the results were so high in 2018 is because the vast majority of candidates were the last sitting of the old syllabus where there were 6 modules and resits of modules were allowed throughout the course. The 2019 results probably give the most reliable prediction of future outcomes.
AS Maths Specimen Papers
Here are a pair of specimen papers for AS Maths. You will find question papers, mark schemes, staff solutions and video solutions to every individual question on the Pure paper. Use them well throughout your Lower Sixth year to get a feel for the standard of question you are expected to deal with at this stage of your A-level course.
AS Maths Grade Boundaries
| Sitting | Max | A | B | C | D | E |
| AS Maths Jun 2018 8MA0 | 160 | 105 | 90 | 75 | 61 | 47 |
| AS Maths Jun 2019 8MA0 | 160 | 101 | 87 | 74 | 61 | 48 |
| AS Maths Oct 2020 8MA0 | 160 | 93 | 76 | 59 | 43 | 27 |
| Average % for 2018 & 2019 | 100% | 64% | 55% | 47% | 38% | 30% |
Up to 2017 students were automatically entered for AS-level Maths in their Lower Sixth Year, as it was a compulsory part of the old A-level course. Once AS became stand alone and optional, Chosen Hill, like many other schools opted out to avoid increased costs. Exam fees vary from subject to subject but for Maths they are currently £59.70 for AS-Level and £124.10 for A-level. Under the old system AS exams were part of the full A-level and there was no separate charge. We did enter students for AS Maths in 2018 but were the only subject to do so. Nationally the Edexcel entries for AS Maths dropped from 12,657 in June 2018 to 4,446 in June 2021.
Though you will not be entered for AS-levels this year, past AS papers provide a very good measure of your progress half way through your A-level course. You will have access to several sets of AS papers and the table above shows grade boundaries for exams actually taken. Because the October 2020 sitting was basically for students unhappy with the grade awarded by their school, there would have been very few candidates sat the exams. The red line in the above table shows you the percentage of marks required for each pass grade averaged over the pre-pandemic sittings of 2018 and 2019.
The AS consists of two exams: a 2 hour Pure paper worth 100 marks and a 1 hr 15 min Mechanics & Statistics paper worth 60 marks (30 Mechanics & 30 Statistics). Note that in all sittings to date a Grade A has been awarded for less than 2/3 of the possible marks.
Week 29 Nov - 05 Dec
Tuesday Lesson:
Recap on Increasing & Decreasing Functions
Introduction to Integration
Wednesday Lesson:
Finding Functions
Friday Lesson:
Definite Integration
Integration of Polynomial Functions
Video Lesson (25 min)
Week 22 - 28 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Differentiation Mixed Exercise 12
Week 15 - 21 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Increasing and Decreasing Functions
Wednesday Lesson:
Review Basic Differentiation & Intro to Modelling
Friday Lesson:
Modelling With Differentiation
Week 08 - 14 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Stationary Points
Week 01 - 07 November
Tuesday Lesson:
Revision For Assessment 1
Wednesday Lesson:
Intro to Calculus
Differentiation from first principles
Differentiation of Polynomials
Friday Lesson:
Differentiation of Powers of x
Week 18 - 24 October
Week 11 - 17 October
Tuesday Lesson:
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations
Wednesday Lesson:
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations 2
Homework : Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10, Q12 from exam questions above.
Hand in on Friday - Full solutions will be posted once homework handed in.
Full Solutions to Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations Homework
Friday Lesson:
Cancelled For House Music
Week 04 - 10 October
Tuesday Lesson:
Quadratic Exam Questions
Odd numbers working together.
Even numbers working independently and to be handed in.
Week 27 Sep - 03 Oct
Tuesday Lesson:
Quadratic Formula and Discriminant
Wednesday Lesson:
Quadratic Graphs and Equations
Friday Lesson:
Inequalities - Linear and Quadratic
Week 20 - 26 September
Tuesday Lesson:
Mixed Exercise 1
End of Chapter 1 mixed exercise completed in class and handed in for marking.
Week 13 - 19 September
Tuesday Lesson:
Algebraic Expressions 1
Wednesday Lesson:
Factorising and Indices
Friday Lesson:
Surds
Week 06 - 12 September
Tuesday Lesson:
Completing the Square
Video Lesson (31 mins)
Completing the Square Lesson Notes Transcript
Completing the Square Exercise and Solution
Homework:
For Tuesday 14 September please watch the video lessons on Rules of Indices and Surds. Printout the lesson notes, complete and self-mark the associated exercises using the solutions provided.
L65M Homework & Revision
Binomial and Hypothesis Testing Homework
Please complete and hand in on Tuesday 10 May.
Differentiation - Harder Modelling Problems
Homework handed out last week for handing in Tuesday 14 December:
Harder Differentiation Modelling Problems
Harder Differentiation Modelling Problems Solutions
L65M End of Term Assessment
L65M will sit a first term assessment under exam conditions in your Maths lesson on Tuesday 14 December. The questions will all be from Edexcel exam papers on work covered in both Mr Herring's and Mr Smith's lessons. There will be no Trigonometry or Integration questions.
The 1 hour paper will be made up at follows:
| Question | Topic | Marks |
| Q1 | Straight Line | 7 |
| Q2 | Circle | 6 |
| Q3 | Quadratic Discriminant | 6 |
| Q4 | Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations | 7 |
| Q5 | Factor Theorem | 6 |
| Q6 | Binomial Expansion | 7 |
| Q7 | Basic Differentiation | 5 |
| Q8 | Stationary Point | 6 |
| 50 |
Stationary Points and Modelling Homework
Please complete the following homework and hand in on Tuesday 30 November.
Stationary Points and Modelling Questions (52 marks)
A-level Notation
Below is a six page document specifying all the notation that can be used in A-level Maths and Further Maths.
Basic Differentiation Homework 2
Please complete these questions on Basic Differentiation worth 33 marks and hand in on Friday 19 November.
Basic Differentiation Homework
Please complete these questions on Basic Differentiation worth 20 marks and hand in on Tuesday 16 November.
Differentiation From First Principles
Here is a short video working through an example of differentiating a polynomial term from first principles.
Differentiating f(x) = x4 (4:33)
Differentiating f(x) = x4 lesson notes
Further Practice:
October Half Term Homework
We have a two week gap between lessons over the half term break. This is an opportunity to sharpen your algebra skills. Here are three short video lessons with associated exercises and full solutions. Please print off the lesson notes, work through the exercises and use the solutions provided to self-mark your work.
Algebraic Multiplication and Division
Video Lesson (13 Mins):
Algebraic Multiplication and Division Lesson Notes
Algebraic Multiplication and Division Exercise and Solutions
Factor and Remainder Theorems
Video Lesson (24 Mins):
Factor and Remainder Theorems Lesson Notes
Factor and Remainder Theorems Exercise and Solutions
Rearranging Formulae
Video Lesson (23 Mins)
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations
More homework for week beginning 4 October. Please watch video lesson, print off lesson notes, complete and self-mark exercise.
Video Lesson (23 min)
Simultaneous Linear Equations
Homework for week beginning 4 October:
Print off notes, complete and self-mark exercise, watching video lesson if necessary.
Video Lesson (18 mins)
Exploring Functions Homework
Print off this Functions Worksheet
Use the Graphs of Cubic, Quadratic and Linear Functions online software to answer the questions
Rules of Indices
Video Lesson (25 mins)