Higher tier Maths GCSE Calculator Exam – Friday 13th June (am)
Further to the non-calculator exam, the following topics have yet to be assessed.
Note: This list should be only used as a starting point for your revision – it is only what can be predicted and
will therefore not be definite as some topics do appear on both papers!
 Using the calculator including powers & roots
 Laws of indices
 Upper and lower bounds
 Compound interest & percentage change (inc. increase & decreases)
 Multiples, factors, primes, reciprocal, product of prime factors
 Proportionality and rates of change
 Factorising both single bracket and double bracket
 Sequences and nth term
 Forming and solving linear equations and quadratic equations
 Algebraic fractions (simplifying and solving equations)
 Quadratic formula
 Simultaneous equations - a linear & a quadratic equation
 Equation of a circle
 Exponential graphs
 Trial and improvement
 Solving equations graphically
 Drawing Quadratic/Cubic/Reciprocal graphs
 Trigonometric graphs
 Graphical transformations
 Plans and elevations
 Transformations (reflection, translation, rotation)
 Enlargement from a centre point (inc negative and fractional enlargement)
 Circle theorems & Angle properties
 Dimensional analysis
 3D coordinates
 Similar shapes - triangles, areas and volumes
 Congruency and proof (SSS, SAS, ASA, RHS rules)
 Pythagoras and Trigonometry including trig in 3D
 Trigonometry the Sine & Cosine rules & area of triangle
 Limits of accuracy
 Volumes & Surface area of a cylinders, cones, spheres
 Area of a trapezium
 Sampling techniques
 Pie charts, frequency polygons, moving averages
 Histograms
 Estimate the mean from frequency tables
 Relative frequency
Please bring a calculator and Good Luck!