mathematics

SCHEME OF WORK
IGCSE 2021/22 (Extended)
FORM 4 TERM 1, 2021

WK Topic Sub-topic: Learners should be able to: Reference Notes

1 Ch 2 Recurring decimals  Convert recurring decimals to fractions. Collins Pg. 27 e.g. change
0.7777… to a
Fractions and fraction
Percentages
Reverse percentage  Carry out calculations involving reverse Collins Pg. 47 e.g. finding the
percentages. cost price given
the selling price
and the
percentage profit.
2 Ch 12 Expanding  Expand products of algebraic expressions. Collins Pg. 172 Includes products
brackets of more than two
Algebraic Collins Pg. 184
brackets, e.g.
manipulation (x + 4)(x –7)
(2x+1)

3 Quadratic  Factorise where possible expressions of the Collins Pg. 190 Test 1
factorising form:
ax + bx + kay + kby Collins Pg. 192
a2x2 – b2y2
a2 + 2ab + b2
ax2 + bx + c

4 Algebraic fractions  Manipulate algebraic fractions. Collins Pg. 197

 Factorise and simplify rational expressions.
5 Ch 13 Solving quadratic  Derive and solve quadratic equations by Collins Pg. 212 Test 2
Solutions of equations - factorisation
equations and - use of the formula. Collins Pg. 217
inequalities
6  and by
- completing the square Collins Pg. 219

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7 Simultaneous  Derive and solve simultaneous equations, Collins Pg. 229 Test 3
equations with involving one linear and one quadratic.
quadratics
 8 Ch 23 Geometric terms  Use and interpret vocabulary of triangles, Collins Pg. 390
Angle quadrilaterals, polygons
Angles in triangles  Calculate unknown angles using the following
properties and quadrilaterals geometrical properties:
- angle properties of triangles and
quadrilaterals
Angles in polygons Collins Pg. 398
 angle properties of regular polygons
 angle properties of irregular polygons

9 Review  angle in a semicircle Collins Pg. 402

 angle between tangent and radius of a circle
 angle at the centre of a circle is twice the
Circle angle  angle at the circumference Collins Pg. 405
properties  angles in the same segment are equal Collins Pg. 408
 angles in opposite segments are
 supplementary; cyclic quadrilaterals
 alternate segment theorem.

10 Ch 24 Congruent and  Use the basic congruence criteria for triangles Collins Pg. 423 Test 4
Similar shapes (SSS, ASA, SAS, RHS).
Geometric
terms and Similar areas and  Calculate lengths of similar figures. Collins Pg. 427
relationships volumes  Use the relationships between areas of similar Collins Pg. 430
triangles, with corresponding results for Collins Pg. 433
similar figures and extension to volumes and
surface areas of similar solids.

11 Ch 31 Review  Collect, classify and tabulate statistical data. Collins Pg. 578
Statistical  Construct and interpret bar charts,
pictograms, simple frequency distributions
representation Pie charts  Construct and interpret pie charts, Collins Pg. 587

FORM 4 TERM 2, 2021

WK Topic Sub-topic: Learners should be able to: Reference Notes
1 Ch 6 Inequalities  Order quantities by magnitude and demonstrate Collins Pg. 86 Complement of set
familiarity with the symbols The empty set ∅
Ordering and set Universal set
=, ≠, ˂ , ˃ , ≥ , ≤ .
notation Set notation A is a subset of B
 Use language, notation and Venn diagrams to
A is a proper subset
describe sets and represent relationships between A is not a subset of
sets. A is not a proper
subset of
2 Venn diagrams  Understand notation of Venn diagrams. Collins Pg. 90

3 Ch 14 Conversion  Interpret and use graphs in practical situations Collins Pg. 236 Test 5
graphs including travel graphs and conversion graphs.
Graphs in
 Draw graphs from given data. Collins Pg. 242
practical
situations
4 Travel graphs  Apply the idea of rate of change to simple Collins Pg. 246 May include
kinematics involving distance–time and estimation and
interpretation of the
speed–time graphs, acceleration and
gradient of a tangent
deceleration. at a point.
 Calculate distance travelled as area under a speed– Collins Pg. 251
time graph.

5 Ch 27 Review  Carry out calculations involving the perimeter and Collins Pg. 488 Test 6
Mensuration area of a rectangle, triangle, parallelogram and
trapezium and compound shapes derived
from these.
Sectors  Solve simple problems involving the arc length and Collins Pg. 508
sector area as fractions of the circumference and
area of a circle.
6 Prisms  Carry out calculations involving the surface area and Collins Pg. 501
volume of a cuboid, prism and cylinder.
Other 3D shapes  Carry out calculations involving the surface area and Collins Pg. 512
volume of a sphere, pyramid and cone. Collins Pg. 514

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7 Ch 15 Straight line  Find the gradient of a straight line. Collins Pg. 258 Test 7
graphs  Calculate the gradient of a straight line from the Collins Pg. 267
 Straight-line coordinates of two points on it.
Y = mx + c  Interpret and obtain the equation of a straight-line Collins Pg. 261
graphs e.g. find the equation of
graph. Collins Pg. 270 a line parallel to y=4x–
 Determine the equation of a straight line parallel to a 1 that passes through
given line. (0, –3).

More about  Calculate the length and the coordinates of the Collins Pg. 265 e.g. find the gradient of
straight line a line perpendicular to
midpoint of a straight line from the coordinates of its Collins Pg. 272 y = 3x + 1.
graphs end points. Collins Pg. 274 e.g. find the equation of
a line perpendicular to
 Find the gradient of parallel and perpendicular one passing through the
coordinates
(1, 3) and (–2, –9).
8 Ch 16 Quadratic graphs  Construct tables of values and draw graphs for Collins Pg. 280
Graphs of functions of the form axn (and simple sums of these)
and functions of the form abx + c.
functions
 Solve associated equations approximately, including
finding and interpreting roots by graphical methods.

9  Draw and interpret graphs representing Collins Pg. 288 Test 8

exponential growth and decay problems. Linear, quadratic,
cubic, reciprocal and
exponential.
 Recognise, sketch and interpret graphs of Knowledge of turning
functions. points and asymptotes
is required.

10 Ch 32 Review  Calculate the mean, median, mode and range for Collins Pg. 608
Statistical individual data and distinguish between the
purposes for which they are used.
measures Stem and leaf  Draw and interpret Stem-and-leaf diagrams Collins Pg. 620
diagrams

11 Frequency tables  Organise data in a frequency table Collins Pg. 624

 Calculate averages and range from frequency tables

FORM 4 TERM 3, 2021

WK Topic Sub-topic: Learners should be able to: Reference Notes
1 Ch 5, 7 Exponential growth  Use exponential growth and decay in Collins Pg. 82 e.g. depreciation,
and decay relation to population and finance. growth of bacteria.
Powers & roots
 Ratio, Proportion Increases and  Increase and decrease a quantity by a given Collins Pg. 108
& Rate decreases using ratio ratio.

2 Ch 17 Sequences  Continue a given number sequence. Collins Pg. 302 Subscript notation
may be used.
Number
sequences
3 nth term  Recognise patterns in sequences including Collins Pg. 314 Test 9
the term-to-term rule and relationships Linear, quadratic, cubic
and exponential
between different sequences. sequences and simple
 Find and use the nth term of sequences. combinations of these.

4 Ch 18 Indices  Use and interpret positive, negative and zero Collins Pg. 320
Indices indices.
 Use and interpret fractional indices.
 Use the rules of indices.

5 Ch 19 Proportion  Express direct and inverse proportion in Collins Pg. 334 Test 10
Proportion algebraic terms and use this form of
expression to find unknown quantities.

6 Ch 28 Symmetry  Recognise rotational and line symmetry Collins Pg. 520

(incl. order of rotational symmetry) in 2D.
 Recognise symmetry properties of the prism
(incl. cylinder) and the pyramid (including cone).
 Use the following symmetry properties of circles:
- equal chords are equidistant from the
centre
- the perpendicular bisector of a chord passes
through the centre
- tangents from an external point are equal in
length.
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7 Revision
8 Exam
 9 Ch 29 Vector algebra  Describe a translation by using a vector Collins Pg. 532
Vectors  Add and subtract vectors.
 Multiply a vector by a scalar.

10 Vector geometry  Calculate the magnitude of a vector In their answers to

 Represent vectors by directed line segments. questions, candidates
are expected to
 Use the sum and difference of two vectors to indicate vectors in
express given vectors in terms of two some definite way,
coplanar vectors. e.g. by an arrow or by
 Use position vectors. underlining

11 Ch 31 Scatter diagrams  Understand what is meant by positive, Collins Pg. 591

Statistical negative and zero correlation with reference
to a scatter diagram.
representation
 Draw, interpret and use lines of best fit by
eye.

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FORM 5 TERM 1, 2022

WK Topic Sub-topic: Learners should be able to: Reference Notes

1 Ch 8 Upper and lower  Obtain appropriate upper and lower bounds Collins Pg. 126 e.g. the calculation of
bounds calculations to solutions of simple problems given data the perimeter or the
 Estimation and to a specified accuracy. area of a rectangle.
limits of
accuracy
2 Ch 11 More complicated  Build and rearrange more complicated Collins Pg. 169
formulae formulae
Algebraic
representation
and formulae

3 Ch 30 Translations  Construct given translations. Collins Pg. 544 Test 1

Transformations
Reflections  Reflect simple plane figures. Collins Pg. 546

4 Rotations  Rotate simple plane figures through Collins Pg. 550

multiples of 90°of simple plane figures.

Enlargements  Construct given enlargements Collins Pg. 559

5 Combined  Recognise and describe reflections, Collins Pg. 561 Test 2

transformations rotations, translations and enlargements.

6 Ch 20 Graphing inequalities  Derive and solve linear inequalities. Collins Pg. 344 Interpretation of results
(Including representing and interpreting may be required.
Linear
inequalities on a number line.)
programming
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7 Linear  Represent inequalities graphically and use Collins Pg. 349 Test 3
programming this representation to solve simple linear The conventions of
programming problems. using broken lines for
strict inequalities and
shading unwanted
regions will be
expected.
8 Ch 21 Functions Functions  Use function notation, Collins Pg. 354
e.g. f(x) = 3x – 5, f: x ⟼ 3x – 5, to describe
simple functions.
  Find inverse functions f –1(x).

9 Composite functions  Form composite functions as defined by Collins Pg. 357 Test 4
gf(x) = g(f(x)).

10 Ch 22 Gradient of a curve  Estimate gradients of curves by drawing Collins Pg. 364

Differentiation tangents.
 Understand the idea of a derived function.
 Use the derivatives of functions of the form
axn, and simple sums of not more than
three of these.

11 Turning points  Apply differentiation to gradients and Collins Pg. 369

turning points (stationary points).
 Discriminate between maxima and minima
by any method.

FORM 5 TERM 2, 2022

WK Topic Sub-topic: Learners should be able to: Reference Notes

1 Ch 33 Calculating  Calculate the probability of a single event as Collins Pg.
probabilities either a fraction, decimal or percentage.
Probability
 Understand and use the probability scale from 0
to 1.
Understand that the probability of an event
occurring = 1 – the probability of the event not
occurring.
 Understand relative frequency as an estimate of
probability. Expected frequency of occurrences

2 Probability in  Calculate the probability of simple combined Collins Pg.

practice events, using possibility diagrams, tree diagrams
and Venn diagrams.

3 Conditional  Calculate conditional probability using Venn Collins Pg. Test 5

probability diagrams, tree diagrams and tables.

4 Ch 31, 32 Grouped data  Calculate an estimate of the mean for grouped Collins Pg. 628
Statistical and continuous data.
 Identify the modal class from a grouped
frequency distribution.

 Construct and interpret histograms with bars of

unequal widths

5 Cumulative  Construct and use cumulative frequency Collins Pg. 631 Test 6
frequency diagram diagrams.
 Estimate and interpret the median, percentiles,
quartiles and interquartile range.

6 Box and Whisker  Construct and interpret box-and-whisker plots. Collins Pg. 638
plots
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