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London Mathematical Society – Popular Lectures 2009
University of Birmingham – Tuesday 15 September
Dr Nina Snaith (University of Bristol) Hollywood’s Hippest Mathematics: random matrices and Riemann zeros
Come and see how physicists helped answer a hundred year old question about prime numbers and how this features in a major Hollywood movie.
Dr Mark Miodownik (King’s College London) The Scale of Things
Fleas can jump over 100 times their own height, flies can walk on water and a hamster can survive falling from aircraft without a parachute. Find out about the maths behind The Scale of Things.
Commences at 6.30 pm, refreshments at 7.30 pm, ends at 9.00 pm.
Admission is free, with ticket. Apply by 10 September.
Tickets available from Lee-Anne Parker, London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4HS (email: leeanne.parker@lms.ac.uk). A stamped addressed envelope would be appreciated.
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
RATIO PROPORTION
Standard form calculations Sequences Lower and upper bound calculations Laws of indices Negative and fractional indices Surds |
ALGEBRA
QUADRATICS
ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS
Equation of a circle Graphical inequalities (shade regions) Perpendicular gradients & lines SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
‘FAMOUS’ GRAPHS
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| SHAPE AND SPACE
A question requiring units in the answer TRIGONOMETRY
CIRCLES
VECTORS AREAS and VOLUMES
ANGLES
SIMILAR FIGURES |
HANDLING DATA
Stem-and-leaf Box-and-whisker SAMPLING METHODS
Relative frequency Expected frequencies from probabilities AVERAGES
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A Level Book Returns
On the day of each examination please bring in the relevant text and return it after the exam has finished. Details of where and when are given below:
| Module/Text | Date | Time | Place |
| C1&2, FP2&3 | Fri 22nd May | 11.00am | Ma1 |
| D2 | Mon 1st June | 11.00am | Ma1 |
| C3&4, FP1 | Fri 5th June | 3.00pm | Ma1 |
| M1, M3 | Thurs 11th June | 11.00am | Ma office |
| S1, M2 | Mon 15th June | 3.00pm | Ma1 |
| D1, S2 | Weds 17th June | 11.00am | Ma3 |
If you have a clash of exams and cannot make these times then you will need to return your book to the maths office at the earliest opportunity.
Do not just leave your book in a room as we will have no record of return and will waste both your time and ours chasing you.
If you have lost your text book(s) you will be billed for a replacement. Books typically cost about £15 each.
During study leave there will be opportunities for you to come in and get help from maths staff on any specific topics you may be stuck with.
Please aim to get to the start of any session you come in for so that the member of staff on duty knows that they have customers!
| Date | Time | Room |
| Wednesday 13th May | 11.40-12.40 (period 3)
1.40-2.40 (period 4) |
Ma2
Ma3 |
| Thursday 14th May | 9.15-11.40 (periods1 & 2) | Ma4 (1st)
Bs4 (2nd) |
| Monday 18th May
(non-calculator paper follows in the afternoon) |
9.15-11.40 (periods1 & 2) | Ma3 |
| Friday 22nd May
(after German exam) |
10.20-12.40 (periods 2 & 3)
(excluding break) |
Ma4 (1st)
Bs1 (2nd) |
From Thursday 14th May there will be a series of revision sessions staffed by members of the maths department.
Year 12
If you missed the sessions covering trigonometry and trapezium rule in support lessons before Easter repeats are running on Friday 15th.
The most vital aspect of your revision will be to work through exam standard questions. These revision sessions offer you the opportunity to get help from staff and peers so please come with some idea of specific topics or questions you wish to look at. You are welcome to bring questions about any of your maths work but please note the priority modules as they are the most imminent.
C1&2 revision guides are available for £5, C3&4 for £8 from the maths office.
| Date |
Periods |
Time |
Modules |
Location |
| Thursday 14th May |
3 4 |
11.40 to 12.40 1.40-2.40 |
Priority C2 |
Ma1 |
| Friday 15th |
1 2 1 & 2 |
9.15 to 10.15 10.20 to 11.20 9.15 to 11.20 |
Trapezium rule* Trigonometry* General C2 |
Ma1 Ma4 Ma3 |
| Monday 18th |
2 & 3
4 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) 1.40 to 2.40 |
Priority C2, D2 |
Pd 2: Ma1 Pd 3: Ma1 Pd 4: Ma2 |
| Tuesday 19th |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
Priority C2 |
Ma1 |
| Wednesday 20th |
2 to 4 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) 1.40 to 2.40 |
Priority C2, D2 |
Pd 2: Ma3 Pd 3: Ma2 Pd 4: Ma3 |
| Thursday 21st |
3 4 |
11.40 to 12.40 1.40-2.40 |
Priority C2, D2 |
Ma1 |
| Friday 22nd |
2 & 3 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) |
Priority C4, D2 |
Pd 2: Ma3 Pd 3: Ma1 |
| Monday 1st June
(Y7-10 exams) |
2 & 3 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) |
Priority C4, M1 |
Ma1 |
| Tuesday 2nd |
2 & 3 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) |
Priority C4, M1 |
Ma1 |
| Wednesday 3rd |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
Priority C4, M1 |
Ma1 |
| Thursday 4th |
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No sessions today |
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| Friday 5th |
2 & 3 |
10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break) |
C4 only (exam pm) |
Ma1 |
| Monday 8th |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
Priority M1 M2 S1 |
Ma1 |
| Tuesday 9th |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
Priority M1 M2 S1 |
Ma1 |
| Wednesday 10th |
|
No sessions today |
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| Thursday 11th |
1 3 |
9.15 to 10.15 11.40 to 12.40 |
S1 S2 D1 M2 |
Ma1 |
| Friday 12th |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
S1 S2 D1 M2 |
Ma3 |
| Monday 15th
Year 12 return |
1 & 2 |
9.15 to 11.20 |
S1 & M2 only (exams pm) |
Ma1 |
| Monday 15th |
4 & 5 |
1.40 to 3.40 |
D1 & S2 |
Ma2 |
| Tuesday 16th |
1 |
9.15 to 10.15 |
D1 & S2 |
Ma1 |
Summer Exam Dates 2009
Listed below in chronological order are the dates of all external mathematics exams this summer.
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Day |
Date |
am/pm |
Papers |
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GCSE |
Pure/Core |
Applied |
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Monday |
18th May |
pm |
1 (non-calc) |
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Wednesday |
20th May |
pm |
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C1 FP3 |
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Friday |
22nd May |
am |
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C2 FP2 |
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Half-term |
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Monday |
1st June |
am |
2 (calc) |
C3 |
D2 |
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Friday |
5th June |
pm |
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C4 FP1 |
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Thursday |
11th June |
am |
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M1 M3 |
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Monday |
15th June |
pm |
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S1 M2 |
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Wednesday |
17th June |
am |
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D1 S2 |
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Wednesday |
24th June |
pm |
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AEA |
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Junior Maths Challenge
Junior Team Maths Challenge
Congratulations to Helen Wickens, Will Gough, Dominic Belcher and Jamie Cooke who finished second in the regional finals of UKMT’s Junior Team Maths Challenge. The competition took place on Friday 27th March at Myton School. They did brilliantly well in a field of twenty two schools from across the West Midlands.
