GCSE Mathematics 2009 question ‘spot’ for paper 2

Here are some topics which did not feature on the non-calculator paper. There is no guarantee that these will come up on the calculator paper (nor that some topics won’t feature on both papers) BUT… you might like to focus revision on…

NUMBER A question requiring an answer to a specified degree of accuracy PERCENTAGES % of a quantity % changes Compound interest Reverse % problems RATIO PROPORTION Inverse Graphs Standard form calculations Sequences Lower and upper bound calculations Laws of indices Negative and fractional indices Surds	ALGEBRA QUADRATICS Completing the square Solving equations by factorising, formula, completing the square ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS Solve equation Simplify expression Equation of a circle Graphical inequalities (shade regions) Perpendicular gradients & lines SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS Algebraic One quadratic, one linear ‘FAMOUS’ GRAPHS Cubic Reciprocal (1/x) Exponential
SHAPE AND SPACE A question requiring units in the answer TRIGONOMETRY Pythagoras SOHCAHTOA Sine & cosine rules Area = ½absinC CIRCLES Sector & segment area Arc length VECTORS AREAS and VOLUMES Quadrilaterals Prisms, cones, spheres ANGLES Parallel lines Polygons Bearings SIMILAR FIGURES	HANDLING DATA Stem-and-leaf Box-and-whisker SAMPLING METHODS Random Stratified Relative frequency Expected frequencies from probabilities AVERAGES Mean, median, mode Moving averages Mean for frequency tables (including grouped data)