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Daniel123

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Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 663

AS level maths

Hello

Hope everyone is well!

I have decided to use the rest of my summer to teach myself as much of the AS maths syllabus as possible. However, I'm not sure of the best way to do it. Should I buy a textbook? If so, what one? Are there any good websites that explain things fully? Most of the ones I have found seem to be revision websites, which don't really help much. If it helps, I will list the first few topics I will be covering next year in the first module (C1):

Algebra and functions
Coordinate geometry in the (x,y) plane
Sequences and series
Differentiation
Integration

I am still not 100% sure if I'm doing Further Maths, but if not I will definitely be doing mechanics - if anyone knows any good resources for that too?

Thanks

yonski

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Registered: 2005-12-14

Posts: 67

Re: AS level maths

Which exam board will you be studying for? It's usually either Edexcel, AQA or OCR?

I'm doing maths/further maths with Edexcel and I find the Heinemann books, which are designed specifically for Edexcel's syllabus, to be quite good. C1 is a piece of cake, my dog could pass that. Generally i've found all the core modules to be easy, so you should have no trouble self-teaching those. Mechanics 1 was relatively easy too but it gets a lot more difficult in the later modules. I'm doing M3 at the moment and it's awful!

So yeah, if you're doing Edexcel i'd get the Heinemann books. Also, one book which i've found to be useful for all syllabi is "Further Pure Mathematics", by Brian and Mark Gaulter. That covers all the pure further maths modules, but will probably not be of use to you just yet. Might be worth getting later on though, depending on how things go.

Good luck.

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Daniel123

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Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 663

Re: AS level maths

Yup I'm doing Edexcel

Ok I will take your advice and get the Heinemann books.

Thank you.

Ricky

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Registered: 2005-12-04

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Re: AS level maths

If I remember properly, sequences and series are typically taught after differentiation and integration.

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Math_Girl

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Registered: 2007-07-27

Posts: 23

Re: AS level maths

I've got heinemann a-level maths books ahd they're great
For websites there's:

http://www.mathsnet.net/asa2/2004/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/maths/

Last edited by Math_Girl (2007-08-10 03:19:39)

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misdamike55

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Registered: 2007-08-10

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Re: AS level maths

You Know Stats

Daniel123

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Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 663

Re: AS level maths

Thanks Math Girl :):)

JoeM

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Re: AS level maths

I would also look at the resources at CIMT; the A-level ones are at:

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/alevel/alevel.htm