AGS Maths

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agsmaths — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:04 +0000

Popular Lectures for A level mathematicians

agsmaths — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:16:51 +0000

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.

GCSE Mathematics 2009 question ‘spot’ for paper 2

agsmaths — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:35:47 +0000

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)

A Level Book Returns

agsmaths — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:27:10 +0000

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 22^nd May	11.00am	Ma1
D2	Mon 1^st June	11.00am	Ma1
C3&4, FP1	Fri 5^th June	3.00pm	Ma1
M1, M3	Thurs 11^th June	11.00am	Ma office
S1, M2	Mon 15^th June	3.00pm	Ma1
D1, S2	Weds 17^th 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.

GCSE MATHS REVISION SESSIONS 2009

agsmaths — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:24:15 +0000

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 13^th May	11.40-12.40 (period 3) 1.40-2.40 (period 4)	Ma2 Ma3
Thursday 14^th May	9.15-11.40 (periods1 & 2)	Ma4 (1^st) Bs4 (2^nd)
Monday 18^th May (non-calculator paper follows in the afternoon)	9.15-11.40 (periods1 & 2)	Ma3
Friday 22^nd May (after German exam)	10.20-12.40 (periods 2 & 3) (excluding break)	Ma4 (1^st) Bs1 (2^nd)

Revision Sessions for AS & A2 Modules

agsmaths — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:21:35 +0000

From Thursday 14^th 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 15^th.

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 14^thMay	3 4	11.40 to 12.40 1.40-2.40	Priority C2	Ma1
Friday 15^th	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 18^th	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 19^th	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	Priority C2	Ma1
Wednesday 20^th	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 21^st	3 4	11.40 to 12.40 1.40-2.40	Priority C2, D2	Ma1
Friday 22^nd	2 & 3	10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break)	Priority C4, D2	Pd 2: Ma3 Pd 3: Ma1
Monday 1^st June (Y7-10 exams)	2 & 3	10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break)	Priority C4, M1	Ma1
Tuesday 2^nd	2 & 3	10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break)	Priority C4, M1	Ma1
Wednesday 3^rd	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	Priority C4, M1	Ma1
Thursday 4^th		No sessions today
Friday 5^th	2 & 3	10.20 to 12.40 (excluding break)	C4 only (exam pm)	Ma1
Monday 8^th	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	Priority M1 M2 S1	Ma1
Tuesday 9^th	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	Priority M1 M2 S1	Ma1
Wednesday 10^th		No sessions today
Thursday 11^th	1 3	9.15 to 10.15 11.40 to 12.40	S1 S2 D1 M2	Ma1
Friday 12^th	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	S1 S2 D1 M2	Ma3
Monday 15^th Year 12 return	1 & 2	9.15 to 11.20	S1 & M2 only (exams pm)	Ma1
Monday 15^th	4 & 5	1.40 to 3.40	D1 & S2	Ma2
Tuesday 16^th	1	9.15 to 10.15	D1 & S2	Ma1

Summer Exam Dates 2009

agsmaths — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:17:38 +0000

Listed below in chronological order are the dates of all external mathematics exams this summer.

Day	Date	am/pm	Papers
			GCSE	Pure/Core	Applied
Monday	18^th May	pm	1 (non-calc)
Wednesday	20^th May	pm		C1 FP3
Friday	22^nd May	am		C2 FP2
Half-term
Monday	1^st June	am	2 (calc)	C3	D2
Friday	5^th June	pm		C4 FP1
Thursday	11^th June	am			M1 M3
Monday	15^th June	pm			S1 M2
Wednesday	17^th June	am			D1 S2
Wednesday	24^th June	pm		AEA

Junior Maths Challenge

agsmaths — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:46:27 +0000

The individual Junior Maths Challenge takes place on 30th April. Here’s a link to last year’s paper and solutions.

Junior Team Maths Challenge

agsmaths — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:13:24 +0000

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.