IGCSE Lower Secondary Mathematics (Grade 8)
Instructor
Admin
- Description
- Curriculum
Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics provides the students with an opportunity to build confidence and clarity in their use of mathematical techniques in a variety of ways including abstract and real life contexts. This course provides a strong foundation for students who want to pursue higher level mathematics and also for students who will need the knowledge of mathematics in other subjects. The Aim of the course is to develop creativity and logical reasoning in analyzing and solving problems.
Our Approach to Teaching and Learning:
We follow the 5 step process depicted in the picture below.
Assessment Structure
Checkpoint assessment
IGCSE Lower Secondary Mathematics is covered in the following topics
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1
Numbers- Rational and Irrational numbers
- Standard forms
- Indices
- Decimals, percentage and rounding
- Significant figures
- Fractions
- Ratio and proportion
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2
Algebra
- Substituting into expression
- Forming algebraic expression
- Using the law of indices in expression
- Simplifying algebraic fractions
- Constructing and solving linear equations
- Simultaneous equations
- Inequalities
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3
Sequence, functions and graphs
- Generating linear and non linear sequence
- Using the nth term rule for the number sequence
- Representing functions
- Functions
- Plotting graphs
- Midpoint of a line segment
- Gradient & intercepts
- Interpreting graphs
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4
Geometry
- Types of angles
- Parallel and perpendicular lines
- Angles of a point
- Angles on a straight line
- Angles formed by parallel lines
- Interior and exterior angles of polygon
- Construction of angles
- Construction of polygon from circle
- Pythagoras theorem
- Bearing and scale factor
- Movement of points on line segment
- Transformation and enlargement
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5
Mensuration
- Circumference and area of circle
- Area of compound shapes
- Large and small units
- Calculating the volume of prism
- Calculating the surface area of pyramid and cylinder
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6
Probability
- Mutually exclusive events
- Independent events
- Combined events
- Relative frequency
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7
Statistics
- Frequency polygon
- Scatter diagram
- Stem and leaf diagram
- Calculating data for grouped data
