Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to your Wolsey Hall Guide to the Cambridge IGCSE Additional Maths course.  Please take the time to read carefully through this guide. It will explain how the course is structured, how to get the most out of the course and how your work will be assessed. At the end of this guide you will find the Programme of Study for the course which shows how the course links to the CAIE syllabus.

This course will lead you step-by-step through the syllabus by way of video tutorials, links, quizzes, assignments and, of course, the coursebook so that by the end you are confident and keen to enter the exam to demonstrate all you have learnt.

By the end of the course, you should be able to work confidently in each of the following topic areas:

• Functions
• Quadratic functions
• Factors of polynomials
• Equations, inequalities and graphs
• Simultaneous equations
• Logarithmic and exponential functions
• Straight-line graphs
• Coordinate geometry of the circle
• Circular measure
• Trigonometry
• Permutations and combinations
• Series
• Vectors in two dimensions
• Calculus

We hope you’ll enjoy your IGCSE Additional Mathematics course and studying at Wolsey Hall. We wish you the best of luck in your studies and success in your examination.