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Topics covered for the November examination

 1.       Set language and notation including Venn diagrams

2.       Indices and surds

3.       Functions

·         Domain, range, one-one function, inverse and composition of functions.

·         Modulus function

4.       Quadratic functions

·         Finding maximum and minimum of quadratic functions. Sketching the graph and finding the range.

·         Solving quadratic equations and finding solution sets for quadratic inequalities.

5.       Straight line graphs

6.       Factors of polynomials

·         Remainder and factor theorems

·         Finding factors of polynomials

·         Solve cubic equations

7.       Logarithmic and exponential functions

·         Exponential and logarithmic graphs

·         Log laws

·         Solving equations of the form a^x

8.      Simultaneous equations

9.       Circle measure

10.   Trigonometry

• Knowledge of the six trigonometric functions
• Using trigonometric identities to solve equations and prove identities

 12.   Binomial expansions

 13.   Vectors in 2 dimensions including relative velocities and problems of interception

 14.   Matrices