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 Mon 14th Jan
Thursday's lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Know the difference between an equation and an identity
  • Be able to find missing constants by equating coefficients in an identity
Friday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
 

Ex 12A Page 190
Q1 a, c, e, g Q2a, c, e Q4 a, c, e, Q5 a, c




Ex 12B Page195

Q1 and 2 (alternate parts)
Mon 21st Jan
Thursday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can find a factor by using the factor theorem
  • Can use the factor theorem to find missing coefficients
  • Can factorise polynomials
  • Can solve the equation f(x) = 0
Friday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can find a remainder by substituting a suitable value into a polynomial
  • Can use the remainder theorem to find missing coefficients


Ex 12C Page 199
Q1-8




Ex 12D Page 200
Q1-5
Mon 28th Jan
Monday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can produce Pascal's triangle
  • Can use Pascal's triangle to expand (a+b)^n where b is positive, negative or a fraction and a and b are surds
Thursday's and Friday's Lesson
  • Can calculate a binomial coefficient with and without a calculator
  • Can use the formula to expand (a+b)^n
  • Can use a binomiial expansion to estimate powers of decimals


Ex 14A Page 219
Q1-5


Ex 14B Page 222
Q1-2
Ex 14C Page 226
Q2 a, b Q4 a, c, e, g Q5 a, c, e, g Q5 a, c
Q7a, c Q9 a, c, Q11, 13, 15

Mon 4th Feb
Thursday's
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can convert between radians and degrees
Friday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can find the sine, cosine and tangent of any size angle
  • Know the values for 30°, 45° and 60° and their radian equivalents

Ex 16A Page 255
Q2, 3, 4 (alternate parts of each)



Ex 16B Page 266
Q1-4 (alternate parts)

HALF TERM

Mon 18th Feb
Monday's Lesson
  • Can sketch trigonometric graphs
  • Can apply simple transformations to trigonometric graphs and comment on the change in range and periodicity
Thursday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Know basic trigonometric identities and how to derive them
  • Can use the basic trig identities to simplify expressions
Friday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can solve simple trigonometric equations with and without a calculator
  • Can solve simple trigonometric equations involving a 'shift' or multiple angle

Ex 16B Page 266
Q5 a, c, e Q6, Q7, 8, 9, 11 (alternate parts)





Ex 16C Page 275

Q1, 12, 13



Ex 16C Page 275
Q2-7
Mon 25th Feb
Thursday's Lesson
  • Can use trigonometric identities and quadratic equations to solve more complex equations
  • Can use trigonometric graphs to help solve equations
Friday's Lesson
Link to Lesson Notes JEE
  • Can find the area of a sector of a circle and give the angle and the radius
  • Can find the arc length of a sector given the radius and angle


Ex 16C Page 275
Q 8-11


Ex 17A Page 284
Q1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15
Mon 3rd March
Monday's Lesson
Powerpoint on the Lesson JEE
  • Can find the area of a triangle given 2 sides and the included angle
  • Can use the area of a sector and a triangle to calculate the area of a segment
Thursday's Lesson
  • Can find angles and sides in a triangle using the Sine Rule
  • Can find the two possible triangles in the ambiguous case
  • Can find angles and sides in a triangle using the Cosine Rule
Friday's Lesson
  • Can apply the Sine Rule and Cosine Rule to solve problems

Ex 17B Page 289
Q1, 4, 5, 7, 9



Ex 17D Page 295

All Questions
Ex 17E Page 299
All Questions


Ex 17F Page 301
Q2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Mon 10th March
Thursday's Lesson
  • Can find the centre and radius of a circle from its equation
  • Can find the equation of a circle given its centre and radius
  • Can use completing the square to convert from the general form to the factorised form
Friday's Lesson
  • Can determine whether a given equation represents a circle or not
  • Can find the equation from 3 given points on a circle


Ex 13A Page 209
Q1-4 (alternate parts)



Ex 13A Page 209
Q5 a, c, e, g, Q6, 8, 9, 10
Mon 17th March
Monday's Lesson and Thursday's Lesson
  • Can find the equations of tangents and normal to a circle at a given point
  • Can show that a line is a tangent to a circle
  • Can use the properties of tangents to find ranges of values for constants


Ex 13B
Q1, 2 a, c, 3 a, 5 a, c, 7, 9, 11

January 2005 Core 2 Paper

EASTER HOLIDAYS

Mon 7th April
REVISION STARTS


Remainder and Factor Theorems 
MS
Binomial Expansions
MS

June 2005 Core 2 Paper
Mon 14th April
  • Monday - Laws of Logs Lesson Notes JEE
  • Thursday - Solving Trigonometric Equations
  • Friday - Arc Length and Sector Area
Laws of Logs
MS
Solving Trigonometric Equations
MS
Arc Length and Sector Area
MS

Core 2 Mock Paper

Mon 21st April

  • Thursday - Circles
  • Friday - Geometric Series

Circles
MS
Geometric Series
MS

January 2006 Core 2 Paper
June 2006 Core 2 Paper
Mon 28th April
  • Monday - Past Paper Revision
  • Thursday - Differentiation
  • Friday - Integration
Differentiation
MS
Integration
MS

Core 2 Specimen Paper
Mon 5th May
  • Past Papers

January 2007 Core 2 Paper
June 2007 Core 2 Paper

Mon 12th May
  • Past Papers
January 2008 Core 2 Paper

STUDY LEAVE
Solomon Press Past Papers - Remember these are practice papers and not actual past exam papers.
Paper A
Paper A Answers
Paper B
Paper B Answers
Paper C
Paper C Answers
Paper D
Paper D Answers
Paper E
Paper E Answers