O level Math Syllabus Breakup (4024)

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Numbers

 Introduction to Numbers (Integers, Natural, Even, Odd etc)

 Types of numbers (Prime and Composite)
 Types of numbers (Rational and irrational)
 Factors and multiples
 LCM and HCF
 Squares and cubes
 Prime factorisation
 Factors and multiples Using Prime factorisation
 Square roots and Cube roots using prime factorisation
 Convert to Perfect Squares and Cubes (Finding the constant)
 Finding square roots in surd form of Non-Perfect squares and cubes
 Finding LCM and HCF using Prime factorisation

Fractions

 Types of fractions (Proper and Improper)

 Addition and subtraction
 Multiplication and division

Decimals

 Decimal to fraction
 Fraction to decimal
 Addition and subtraction
 Multiplication
 Division

Ratios

 Introduction to ratios
 Ratios used in money, fluid, and other examples
 Map questions
 Increase and decrease a value by a certain ratio

Percentages

 Introduction to percentages
 Decimal to percentage and fraction to percentage
 Percentage to decimal and percentage to fraction
 Reverse percentage
 Increase and decrease a number by a certain percent
 Calculate percentage
 Calculate percentage change
 Express one value as a percentage of another

Estimation & Approximation

  Introduction to estimation and approximation
 Significant figures/approximation

Limits of accuracy (Upper and Lower Bound)

 Introduction to limits of accuracy

 How to calculate upper and lower bound?
 Addition and subtraction
 Multiplication and division
 Word problems including area, perimeter, speed, distance time etc etc

Indices

 Introduction to indices
 Laws of Indices Part 1 (multiplication, division of same bases different powers and same
powers different bases
 Laws of Indices Part 2 (Power 0, 1 to any power, negative power)
 Laws of Indices Part 3 (Power on Power with examples including negative power examples)
 Solving indices

Standard Form

 Introduction to standard form

 How to express a number in standard form?
 How to express standard form into an ordinary number?
 Addition and subtraction
 Multiplication and division

Time

 How do we measure time?

 Conversion
 Addition and subtraction

Rate (Speed and Distance)

 Average Speed
 Speed Distance and time word Problems

Everyday Maths
  Profit and loss
 Profit and loss
 Discount and tax
 Discount and tax
 Intro to interest
 Simple interest
 Simple interest
 Compound interest
 Compound interest
 Currency Conversion Problems

Algebraic (Part 1)

 Identities
 Factorisation
 Changing the subject of a formula
 Solving Quadratic Equations through factorization
 Solving Simultaneous equations (Elimination and Substitution)

Variations

 Introduction to Variation
 Direct proportion
 Inverse proportion

Algebra (Part 2)

 Simplification
 Addition and subtraction
 Multiplication and division
 Finding the value of an unknown in a formula without changing the subject of the formula
 Solving equations involving algebraic fractions

Quadratic Equations

 Solving a quadratic Equation through middle term breaking (Revision)

 Solving a quadratic Equation through quadratic formula
 Quadratic Equation applied to word problems

Functions

 What are functions?

 Finding the value of a function by plugging in the value of the unknown
 Finding the value of an input when the value of an output is given
 Finding the inverse of a function

Coordinate Geometry
  Introduction to coordinate geometry
 Distance between two points
 Midpoint
 Gradient
 Parallel lines and collinear points
 Perpendicular lines
 Equation of a straight line
 Finding gradient and y-intercept from the equation
 Equation of parallel and perpendicular lines
 Equation of perpendicular bisector

Graphical representation of inequalities

 Intro to shading (Signs and area represented)

 Identifing the inequalities (plotting+shading)
 Identifing the inequalities (shading+identifying the region)

Graphs of functions

 Introduction (Linear, Quadratic, Cubic, Exponential etc etc)

 How to Plot using scale (Qudratic, cubic, Exponential)
 Quadratics (Examples) Shifts and Multiplication
 Cubic (Examples) Shifts and Multiplication
 Exponential functions Shifts and Multiplication
 Using the curve to find the value of x and y
 Using the curve to solve an equation
 Gradient of a curve making a tangent

Graphs in practical situations

 Time conversion (recap)

 Speed conversion
 Distance-time graph
 Speed-time graph
 Acceleration
 Conversion of graphs
 Average speed

Lines and Angles

 Types of Angles (Acute, obtuse, Complementary Supplementary)

 Types of lines and angles formed

Polygons

 What is a polygon (Regular and Irregular)

 Sum of interior angles and each interior angle
 Exterior angles (Regular and irregular)
Angle properties of Circles
 Equal Chords and Perpendicular bisector property
  Angle at the center/circumference and angle opposite the diameter property
 Radius/tangent and same segment property
 Cyclic quadrilateral and alternate segment property

Geometrical construction and Loci

 How to measure an angle and a line?

 Construction of circles and triangles (Intro + Example)
 Construction of circles and triangles (Examples)
 Construction of quadrilaterals (Intro + Example)
 Construction of quadrilaterals (Examples)
 Intro to Bisectors (Angle and line) (Difference between bisect and intersect)
 Construction of Bisectors (Angle and line)
 Introduction to Loci
 Introduction to Shading
 Shading including triangles, circles and bisectors

Symmetry

 Introduction to symmetry (types of symmetry)

 Line symmetry
 Rotational symmetry
 Symmetry in three dimensions
 Shading

Congruence and Similarity

 Introduction to Congruence and Similarity

 Types of congruency tests
 Types of congruency tests
 How to identify similar shapes and objects and types of similarity tests
 How to identify similar shapes and objects and types of similarity tests (Examples 1)
 How to identify similar shapes and objects (Examples 2)

Trigonometry (Basic & Further)

 Pythagoras theorem
 Pythagoras theorem
 Intro to trigonometry
 Sin, cos and tan ratios
 Inverse functions
 Finding the angle given two sides
 Angle of elevation and depression
 Supplementary angle identity
 Complementary angle identity
 Area of triangle using Sine function
 Area of triangle
 Sine rule
 Cosine rule
 Bearing
  3-D trigonometry including angle of elevation and depression

Mensuration

 Introduction to area, perimeter and volume

 Area and perimeter of triangle, square and rectangle
 Area and perimeter of circle, parallelogram and trapezium
 Sector of a circle, arc length and segment of a circle
 Cube and cuboid (Volume and Surface Area)
 Cylinder (Volume and Surface Area)
 Prism and uniform solid (Volume and Surface Area)
 Pyramid (Volume and Surface Area)
 Cone (Volume and Surface Area)
 Sphere (Volume and Surface Area)
 Composite solids (Volume and Surface Area)
 Complex problems (fluid problems)
 Complex problems (the cuboid is melted to form smaller cubes type problems)
 Complex problems (a piece of paper is cut to form type problems)

Matrices

 Introduction to matrices
 Addition and subtraction of matrices
 Scalar multiplication
 Matrix multiplication
 Matrix multiplication (example questions)
 Determinant and inverse of a matrix
 Determinant and inverse of a matrix (example questions)
 Identity matrix
 Application of matrices

Vectors

 Introduction to vectors
 Equal, opposite and negative vectors
 Parallel vectors
 Addition of vectors
 Subtraction of vectors
 Scalar multiplication
 Position vectors
 Similar triangles and Parallel vectors problems

Transformation
  Reflection along (x and y axis)
 Reflection along (vertical and horizontal lines)
 Reflection across y=mx+c
 How to determine reflection?
 Rotation (90 and 180 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise with center origin)
 Rotation (90 and 180 degrees center other than origin)
 How to find center of rotation
 How to rotate an object other than 90 or 180 using protractor, ruler and compass
 Translation (How to translate)
 Translation (How to find the translation matrix)
 Enlargement of an object with positive and negative factor (Centre Origin)
 Enlargement of an object with positive and negative factor (Centre other than Origin)
 How to find the center of enlargement?
 Transformation matrices
 Mixed transformation

Statistics

 Mean of scattered data

 Median of scattered data
 Mode of scattered data
 Mean, median and mode of grouped data
 Frequency table
 Range
 Bar chart
 Pie chart
 Histogram
 Cumulative frequency
 Scatter plot
 Frequency polygon of an equal class interval
 Frequency polygon of an unequal class interval

Probability

 Introduction to probability
 Sample spacing
 Playing cards
 Letters of the english alphabet, angle of sector and spinner problems
 Two dice sample spacing
 Introduction to tree diagram
 Tree diagram
 Tree diagram with and without replacement
 Tree diagram (without replacement)
 Mutually exclusive, dependent and independent events

Number sequences
  Introduction to number sequences (basic intro & types of sequences)
 Arithmetic sequence and finding the general term
 Quadratic sequence and finding the general term
 Exponential sequence and finding the general term
 Determining one sequence using the other
 Word Problems

Sets & Venn Diagram

 Introduction to Sets (What is a set, Representation, symbols, types of sets

 Intersection and union of two sets
 Intersection and union of three sets
 Shading
 Word problems of two sets
 Word problems of three sets
 Application of formula to find extreme values (Intro + Examples)