Maths Gcse Grade C Topics

When it comes to GCSEs, getting a grade C in Maths is perhaps your most critical accomplishment for opening doors to the future. To help you prepare well, here is a list of the topics you will need to master in order to achieve your grade C.

Number Topics . Calculations - You can add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals . Negative numbers - You can add, subtract, multiply and divide negative numbers . Fractions - You can add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions . Fractions & Decimals - You can convert between fractions and decimals (including recurring decimals) . Percentages - You can work out percentages of amounts and increase or decrease numbers by a given percentage . Ratio - You can share an amount in a given ratio . Prime factors - You can write a number as the product of its prime factors and can use prime factors to find the HCF and LCM of 2 numbers . Estimation - You can estimate answers to problems, and can use answers you are given to find the answers to new problems . Rounding - You can round to a given number of decimal places or significant figures . Standard form - You can numbers from standard form to normal and back again

Algebra Topics . Forming expressions - You can form an expression, equation or formula to help solve a problem . Simplifying - You can simplify an expression by collecting like terms and using index laws . Brackets - You can expand brackets . Factorising - You can simplify an expression by removing a common factor . Formulae - You can change the subject of a formula . Equations - You can solve equations with unknowns on both sides, involving brackets and fractions . Inequalities - You can represent inequalities on a number line and solve simple inequalities . Trial & Improvement - You can solve equations using trial and improvement . Sequences - You can find a rule for the nth term of a sequence . Graphs - You can plot linear and quadratic graphs, use graphs to solve simple equations and simultaneous equations, find the equation of a graph, find the midpoint of a line segment on a graph and interpret real life graphs.

Geometry Topics . Area & Volume - You can find the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezia and complex shapes made up of these, find the surface area of solids and the volume of prisms and cylinders . Angles - You can solve problems using angles on parallel lines, interior and exterior angles of a polygon and an isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle . Circles - You can find circumference, arc length, area and sector area of a circle . Shapes - You can solve problems using the similarity of shapes . Pythagoras - You can use Pythagoras` Theorem to find unknown sides of a triangle, and apply this to distances on graphs and 3-D problems . Dimensions - You can use dimensions to find out if an expression represents a length, an area or a volume . Measures - You can convert between area measures, convert between volume measures, calculate the bounds of a measure that has been approximated and calculate using compound measures . Construction - You can use a straight edge and a pair of compasses to bisect a line, construct a perpendicular to a line and bisect an angle . Loci - You can find simple loci including the locus of a point . Bearings - You can express the bearing of one location from another . Transformations - You can reflect shapes in the lines y=x and y=-x, rotate shapes around any point and enlarge 2-D shapes using a centre of enlargement and a negative scale factor

Data Handling Topics . Probability - You can find experimental probabilities, use sample space diagrams in probability problems and use the laws of probability for independent events. . Averages - You can find averages from tables and graphs and find the mean of grouped data . Representing data - You can construct and interpret stem and leaf diagrams and frequency polygons . Predicting results - You can predict results based on scatter diagrams . Two Way Tables - You can construct, complete and use two way tables . Questionnaires - You can write and analyse questions for questionnaires and comment on sources of bias in surveys