Additional Mathematics

Northern Ireland GCSE Syllabus (CCEA)

This is a one year course, students opting for this subject should be working at level 7 or above.

The course is divided into three sections
(i) Pure Mathematics.
(ii) Mechanics.
(iii) Statistics

Pure Mathematics involves
(i) Manipulation of algebraic expressions with three unknowns.
(ii) Matrices.
(iii) Logarithms.
(iv) Trigonometry.
(v) Differentiation.
(iv) Integration.

Mechanics involves
(i) Use of vectors.
(ii) Resolution of forces/principles of momentum.
(iii) Friction.
(iv) Displacement/velocity/acceleration time graphs.
(v) Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Statistics involves
(i) Working with populations and samples using discrete and continuous variables.
(ii) Averages, ranges, standard deviation and variance.
(iii) Probability diagrams and use of laws for independent and mutually exclusive events.
(iv) Time Series
(v) Bivariale analysis including scatter diagrams, correlation, line of best fit and the calculation and interpretation of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

There will be two papers:

Paper 1	Pure Mathematics	2 hours	50%
Paper 2	Mechanics	2 hours	25%
	Statistics	2 hours	25%

There is no coursework element in Additional Mathematics

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Additional Maths is most useful to those students wishing to take mathematics and/or physics at ‘A’ level. It leads to careers involving branches of this subject ranging from accounting, actuarial to engineering (mechanical to computational).