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Further Maths - Year 13

A2 Further Mathematics (OCR – 7892) - Year 13

Students must have undertaken AS further mathematics in Year 12. A further three modules are completed, Mechanics 2, Further Pure 2 and Further Pure 3. All modules carry equal weighting towards the final A level grade. All modules are examined in the summer examination period in Year 13.

TEACHER 1
Further Pure 2 (4726)
TEACHER 2
Further Pure 2 (4726)
Half Term 1 (September - October)
  • Rational Functions
  • Graphs of rational functions
  • The graph of y2=f(x)
  • Hyperbolic Functions
  • Maclaurin Series
  • Differentiating inverse trig functions
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 2 (November - December)
  • Polar co-ordinates
  • Approximations and errors
  • Integration using trig functions
  • Reduction formulae
  • Series and integrals
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
TEACHER 1
Mechanics 2 (4729)
TEACHER 2
Further Pure 2 (4726)/Further Pure 3(4727)
Half Term 3 (January - February)
  • Newton-Raphson method (FP2)
  • Differential equations (FP3)
  • Moments
  • Centres of mass
  • Vectors
  • Complex Numbers
  • De Moivre’s theorem
  • Calculus
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
TEACHER 1
Mechanics 2 (4729)
TEACHER 2
Further Pure 3(4727)
Half Term 4 (March - April)
  • Rigid bodies
  • Motion of projectiles
  • Circular motion
  • Coefficients of restitution
  • Impulse
  • Work and power
  • Revision
  • Groups
  • Revision
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 5 (May - June)
  • M2, FP2 and FP3 examinations
  • M2, FP2 and FP3 examinations
External Assessment: Yes
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No
External Assessment: Yes
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Suggested Course reading list
Further Pure 2&3. Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-54899-3
Mechanics 2. Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-54901-9
These books are given to students at the beginning of the course. There is no requirement for students to purchase their own copies.