IN THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS STUDY:
Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1
Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2
- Topic 1 – Proof
- Topic 2 – Algebra and functions
- Topic 3 – Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane
- Topic 4 – Sequences and series
- Topic 5 – Trigonometry
- Topic 6 – Exponentials and logarithms
- Topic 7 – Differentiation
- Topic 8 – Integration
- Topic 9 – Numerical methods
- Topic 10 – Vectors
Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics
Section A: Statistics
- Topic 1 – Statistical sampling
- Topic 2 – Data presentation and interpretation
- Topic 3 – Probability
- Topic 4 – Statistical distributions
- Topic 5 – Statistical hypothesis testing
Section B: Mechanics
- Topic 6 – Quantities and units in mechanics
- Topic 7 – Kinematics
- Topic 8 – Forces and Newton’s laws
- Topic 9 – Moments
Assessment:
3 exam papers, 2 hours each. The Pure exam paper content is not split and all content can come up in any of the 2 Pure papers. The third paper is Applied Pure paper counts for 67% while Applied counts for 33%