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Maths Essentials

For ages 14–16, GCSE level

Similar to US grades 9–10 (high school) and IB MYP years 4–5

Every maths topic, marked as you go.

Free Unit 1, Place value, rounding and bounds

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    What you’ll be able to do

    The course, unit by unit

    Tier

    Part 1: Number

    4 units, 19 lessons

    1. Unit 1: Place value, rounding and bounds

      2 hrFree unit

    2. Unit 2: Fractions, decimals and percentages

      2 hrLocked

    3. Unit 3: Powers, roots and standard form

      1 hr 50 minLocked

    4. Unit 4: Surds

      1 hr 35 minLockedHigher

    Part 2: More topics

    3 units, 15 lessons

    1. Unit 5: Non-calculator methods

      2 hr 10 minLocked

    2. Unit 6: Problem solving and proof

      2 hr 35 minLocked

    3. Unit 7: Exam problems

      2 hr 30 minLocked

    Part 3: Algebra

    10 units, 50 lessons

    1. Unit 8: Algebraic expressions

      1 hr 45 minLocked

    2. Unit 9: Linear equations and inequalities

      2 hrLocked

    3. Unit 10: Formulae and rearranging

      1 hr 55 minLocked

    4. Unit 11: Straight-line graphs

      2 hrLocked

    5. Unit 12: Quadratics

      2 hr 30 minLocked

    6. Unit 13: Simultaneous equations

      1 hr 55 minLocked

    7. Unit 14: Sequences

      1 hr 50 minLocked

    8. Unit 15: Functions and graph transformations

      2 hrLockedHigher

    9. Unit 16: Proof and iteration

      1 hr 35 minLockedHigher

    10. Unit 17: Drawing and constructing

      2 hr 5 minLocked

    Part 4: Geometry and measures

    8 units, 39 lessons

    1. Unit 18: Graphs and coordinates: shapes on axes, regions, areas and tangents

      2 hr 30 minLocked

    2. Unit 19: Angles, polygons and parallel lines

      2 hrLocked

    3. Unit 20: Constructions, loci and bearings

      1 hr 30 minLocked

    4. Unit 21: Area, perimeter and volume

      2 hr 25 minLocked

    5. Unit 22: Pythagoras and trigonometry

      2 hr 5 minLocked

    6. Unit 23: Circles and circle theorems

      1 hr 55 minLocked

    7. Unit 24: Transformations, congruence and similarity

      1 hr 55 minLocked

    8. Unit 25: Vectors

      1 hr 30 minLocked

    Part 5: Ratio and proportion

    3 units, 14 lessons

    1. Unit 26: Ratio and proportion

      2 hr 5 minLocked

    2. Unit 27: Rates, compound measures and growth

      2 hrLocked

    3. Unit 28: Ratio, gradients, similarity and growth

      2 hrLocked

    Part 6: Probability

    2 units, 10 lessons

    1. Unit 29: Probability

      1 hr 55 minLocked

    2. Unit 30: Probability and statistics: trees, experiments, samples and claims

      2 hr 15 minLocked

    Part 7: Statistics

    1 unit, 5 lessons

    1. Unit 31: Statistics and charts

      2 hrLocked

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    A topic test ends every unit. Practice exams are timed at full exam length and marked when you hand them in.

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    Does Maths Essentials match my course at school?

    It covers the topics of the courses on the Helps with line at the end of this page, as a complete course of its own. Higher-only lessons are marked; Foundation above hides them.

    What is free?

    All of the first unit, Place value, rounding and bounds (5 lessons), the first screen of every other lesson, and each unit's topic test.

    Do I need an account?

    No. Progress saves in this browser; sign in to keep it on every device.

    How long does it take?

    About 62 hr 20 min of lessons in 31 units. Lessons take 15 to 35 minutes each.

    Helps with: GCSE (AQA, Edexcel, OCR), Cambridge IGCSE

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