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Cambridge International Examinations

IGCSE Mathematics Revision Guide Martin Law

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Cambridge University Press 2004

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Past examination questions Past examination questions are reproduced by permission of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate: page 172,  practice extended exam 5, question 10, paper 4, syllabus code 0580/4, November 1996, question 7; page 167, exam 1, question 17,  paper 4, syllabus code 0580/4, November 1995, question 12; page 167, exam 2, question 1c, paper 2, syllabus code 0580/2,  November 1993, question 1; page 171, exam 5, question 3a, paper 2, syllabus code 0580/2, May 1989, question 6.

Contents Curriclum outline

 

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Core candidates only study the Core syllabus while Extended candidates will need to study both the Core and the Extended topic ( blue text).

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Number, set notation and language Know natural numbers, integers, prime numbers, common factors and multiples, rational and  irrational numbers; describe sequences, patterns using words and  n th term Set definition and elements, universal set and complement of set, empty sets, subsets, intersection and union of sets, Venn diagrams

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Squares, square roots and cubes Perform calculations with squares, square roots and cubes, with and without calculator 

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Directed numbers Directed numbers in practical situations; arithmetic with directed numbers

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Vulgar and decimal fractions and percentages Fraction and percentage calculations and conversions; equivalence

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Ordering Order numbers by magnitude using =,  =, >,