Advanced Higher
Mathematics
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Curriculum Leader: Ms Livingston
Entry Requirements:
Grades A, B at Higher Mathematics.
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Essential Maths 1
Discovering Maths
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Description of Course
Advanced Higher Mathematics aims to build upon and extend students’ mathematical learning in the areas of algebra, geometry and calculus.
Course Content
Methods in Algebra & Calculus
Use of algebraic skills
Use the rules of differentiation & further differentiation techniques
Integration using standard results and special cases and further integration techniques
Solve differential equations
Applications of Algebra & Calculus
Use of binomial theorem.
Understand and use complex numbers.
Understand and use sequences and series.
Use standard methods to prove results in elementary number theory.
Use of properties of functions.
Geometry, Proof & Systems of Equations
Use vectors in three dimensions.
Use of matrix techniques to solve systems of linear equations.
Use matrix algebra.
Use further number theory and direct methods of proof.
Assessment
The course is assessed entirely on the final course exam.
Paper 1 (Non-calculator) - 1 hour
Paper 2 (Calculator) – 2 hours 30 minutes
Each paper will consist of short and extended response questions.