Welcome to A level maths

Starter activity

Please read the documents in front of you carefully

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Attend all lessons. If you miss a lesson you must see your teacher
ASAP and catch up on missed work.
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Mark all class work and PPR

highlighting questions you do not
understand.
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Use the model answers to support your

understanding for the questions you did not get
correct. Model answers can be found from the
solution banks in ‘maths and physics tutor’
resources on the internet. If you do not understand
the model solutions you need to see your maths
teacher.
 Websites that will help you
achieve in A level Maths
Helpful Videos Explaining Topics
 TL Maths -
https://sites.google.com/site/tlmaths314/
• This man has made a series of very good videos explaining each concept.
• Best path to follow is on left hand side menu:
• Teaching Order-> Year 1
• This will then open up a menu of the topics covered in year 1 (i.e. year
12).
• Navigate to topic being covered. E.g. linear graphs is first.
• Click on the topic and the sub topics will have a video each.
 Exam Solutions -
https://www.examsolutions.net/a-le
vel-maths/edexcel/
• Another good website
for videos reviewing
topics
• This website also offers
exam questions and
worked solutions by
topic (see below).
• Very useful practice.
 Maths and Physics Tutor Solution Bank

• This website offers a lot of excellent practice questions

but also offers solutions to the textbook. You will be
required to mark if set from the textbook yourselves.
• https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/maths-revision/
solutionbanks/edexcel-pure-maths-year-1/
• If you try to cheat and simply write in the solutions it
will be obvious to the teacher. When it comes to
assessment on the topic you will do poorly and your
parents will be made aware that you have cheated. You
will also be under consideration for being removed
from the Maths A level course.
• USE THESE SOLUTIONS TO MARK ONLY!
Ensure all PPR is marked and corrected in green.

Ensure you revise well for all assessments using the mixed exercises and any
extra questions given to you by your maths teachers.

Use www.examsolutions to support your learning at home.

Do plenty of past papers once each module has been taught.

If you do all of the above you will do really well in your exams

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 Entry to the classroom
• Arrive at the classroom on time, preferably
earlier.

• Enter into the classroom quietly.

• Complete your starter activity.

Phone calls /Meetings with parents
Rewards
Letter about text books

Timelines
Year 12 Pure / mechanics timeline (5 lessons a cycle ) 2023 to 24

Mon 4 Sep 11 Sep 18 Sep 25 Sep 2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct HALF TERM
BREAK
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 12
Straight line graphs Circles Differentiation
Learning check 5/6
Mon 30 Oct 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov 4 Dec 11 Dec 18 dec

Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 11

Differentiation Integration Learning check 13 Vectors
Learning check 12
Mon 4 Jan 8 Jan 15 Jan 22 Jan 29 jan 5 feb 12 feb Half term

Chapter 14 mechanics chapter 9 chapter 9

Exp and logs Learning check 11/14 Constant acceleration chapter 9 Learning
check 9
Note leave out chapter 8

Mon 26 Feb 4 march 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Mar EASTER BREAK Easter Break

mechanics chapter 10
Forces and motion Learning check 10

15 Apr 22 Apr 29 Apr 6 May 13 May 20 may HALF TERM BREAK

mechanics chapter 11 Pure mock
Variable acceleration Mechanics mock?

Mon 3 Jun 10 June 1 June 24 JUNE 1 July 8 July 15 July

Transition Unit
ACHYUTA, Sivan Year 12 12G X
Adshead, William Year 12 12D F ?
Ahmad, Safwan Year 12 12D X
BELL, Max Year 12 12R F ?
BLISS, Murray Year 12 12L A 95 70 86 19 5
CHAN, Hillary Year 12 12G A 100 78 100 93 86
CHRISTIE, Saachi Year 12 12E A 98 57 97 16 9
DARA, Kartik Year 12 12W C 100 88 100 96 80
DIAS, Jamaul Year 12 12L F ?
ERDOGAN, Cagla Year 12 12R C 90 90 91 94 92
HEYBURN, Harriet Year 12 12Y A 100 87 100 97 88
JOLY, Chayan Year 12 12R F ?
KARIM, Kashif Year 12 12Y A 100 98 100 97 98
NICHOLAOU, Alex Year 12 12P C 88 70
PELHAM, Freddie Year 12 12N A 100 100 100 97 100
RIDEOUT-LEON, Matilda Year 12 12R F ?
SALEEM, Laiba Year 12 12W X
SARTORETTI, Sam Year 12 12R A 98 100 100 97 23
Shanmugasundar, Nirrushan Year 12 12R F 100 100 100 100 98 100
SINCLAIR-FURLONGE, Louis Year 12 12Z E 84 82 89 84 2
SLATER, Jacob Year 12 12P F 100 100 100 97 100 100
SURESH, Praveena Year 12 12N C 93 92 97 90 74
Males: 15 Females : 7
 P1 Chapter 5

Straight Line Graphs

 y

Let’s start simple… 4

What is the equation of

this line? 3
𝑥=2
?

And more importantly,

2
why is it that? For any point we pick on the
1 line, the value is always 2.

x -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
4 5 6
-1

-2

-3

-4
Lines and Equations of Lines
 A line consists of all points which satisfy some equation in terms
of and/or .

Yes, you can

Sorry, you
join as:
can’t join as
so you
Get can
lost.join.

Anirudh’s Line Club

Membership Rules:
Examples

The point lies on the line with equation

Determine the value of .

Substituting in and value:

?
Examples

Find the coordinate of the point where the

line cuts the -axis.

On the -axis, . Substituting:

?
Test Your Understanding
Determine where the line crosses the:

a) -axis: Let .
?
b) -axis: Let

What mistakes do you think it’s easy to make?

• Mixing up /:
Putting answer as rather than .
?
• Setting to find the -intercept, or to find the -
intercept.
How to find the gradient of a straight line given two
coordinates on the straight line

y
Gradient =
(5 , 11)

(2 , 5) 11 – 5 = 6
6/ 3 = 2
5 -2 = 3

x
y
Gradient =
( 7 , 9)

( 3 , 7) 9–7=2
2/ 4 = 1/2

7–3=4

x
y
Gradient is
(x2,y2)

y2  y1
(x1,y1) y2 - y 1 m
x2  x1
x2 - x 1

‘The change in the y

values, divided by the
change in the x values’
Example 1
Calculate the gradient of the line which
passes through (2,3) and (5,7)
Example 1
Calculate the gradient of the line which
passes through (2,3) and (5,7)

(x1, y1) = (2, 3)

(x2, y2) = (5, 7)
y2  y1
m
x2  x1 Substitute
numbers in

Work out or
leave as a
4 fraction
m
3
Example 2 Calculate the gradient of the line which
passes through (-2,7) and (4,5)
 Example 2 Calculate the gradient of the line which
passes through (-2,7) and (4,5)

(x1, y1) = (-2, 7) y2  y1

m
(x2, y2) = (4, 5) x2  x1
Substitute
numbers in
57
m
4  (2)
Work out
or leave as
2 a fraction
m
6
Simplify if
1 possible
m
3

5B
 Example 3
Calculate the gradient of the line
which passes through
(x1, y1) = (2d, -5d)
(2d,-5d) and (6d,3d)
(x2, y2) = (6d, 3d)
y2  y1
m
x2  x1
Substitute
3d  (5d ) numbers in
m
6d  2d Work out or leave
as a fraction
8d
m Simplify if possible
4d
(the d’s cancel out)
m2
 Test your understanding
Find the gradient of the line that goes through the points:

( 1 , 4 ) (3 , 10 ) 𝑚=3
1 ?

( 5 , 7 ) ( 8 , 1)
2 𝑚=−
? 2
8
(3 2 , 2 ) (− 1 , 10) 𝑚=−? 3
4
( 3 𝑏 , −2 𝑏 ) (7 𝑏 , 2 𝑏) 4𝑏
𝑚= ?
4𝑏
 Example 4
The line joining (2, -5) to (4, a) has
a gradient of -1.

(x1, y1) = (2, -5)

Calculate the value of a.
(x2, y2) = (4, a) a  (5)
1 
y2  y1 42
m
x2  x1 a5
1 
2
2  a  5

7  a
5B
Test your understanding

P91 q2 -7
𝑦 =𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
One form we can put a straight line equation in is:

Gradient -intercept

Why does it work?

• The -intercept by definition is the value when .
Substituting:
as expected.
• By the definition of gradient,
? if we increase by 1, should
increase by :

which indeed has increased by .

𝑦 =𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
Determine the gradient and -intercept of the line with equation

Make the subject so

we have the form

Put on the side it’s

positive.

Divide each term by 3;

don’t write otherwise
? it’s not in the form

This is algebra, so use

improper fractions,
and not mixed
numbers or recurring
decimals.
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0
At GCSE, was the main form you would express a straight line equation,
sometimes known as the ‘slope-intercept form’.
But another common form is , where are integers. This is known as the
‘standard’ form.

Express in the form , where are integers.

3 𝑦= 𝑥 − 2
?
We don’t want fractions, so multiply by an
appropriate number.

Put everything on either side of equation.

would also be OK.

We’ll see on the next slide WHY we might want to

put an equation in this form over …
Just for your interest…
Why might we want to put a straight line
equation in the form ?

“Slope-Intercept Form” “Standard Form”

Coverage Symmetry
doesn’t allow you to In general, the ‘linear
represent vertical combination’ of two
lines. Standard form variables and is , i.e. “some
allows us to do this by amount of and some
just making zero. amount of ”. There is a
greater elegance and
symmetry to this form over
because and appear
𝑥+4=0

similarly within the

expression.
Test Your Understanding
Express in the form , where are integers.

5 𝑦 =2? 𝑥+ 3
Exercise 5A/5B
Pearson Pure Mathematics Year 1/AS
Pages 90-91, 92-93
HW Ex 5A p91 Qs 7-10
HW Ex 5B p93 Qs 8-12