SCHEME OF WORK MATHEMATICS

FORM 4 SEMESTER 1 2016

NO

TOPIC

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1 Understand and use the concept of significant figure.

STANDARD FORM

DURATION
(WEEK)
1

DATES
25 JAN- 5 FEB

2 Understand and use the concept of standard form to

solve problems.

1 Understand the concept of set.

SETS

10 FEB 20
FEB

22 FEB - 4
MAC

2 Understand and use the concept of subset, universal set

and the complement of a set.

3 Uerform operations on sets:

the intersection of sets,
the union of sets.
THE STRAIGHT LINE

1 Understand the concept of gradient of a straight line.

2 Understand the concept of gradient of a straight line in

Cartesian coordinates.

3 Understand the concept of intercept.

4 Understand and use equation of a straight line.
5 Understand and use the concept of parallel lines.

SEM 1 ACTIVITY WEEK

MID SEMESTER 1 BREAK

4
COORDINATE
GEOMETRY
(ADDITIONAL
MATHEMATICS
FORM 4)

1.Understand the concept of distance between two points

2.Understand the concept of division of a line segment.
3.Understand the concept of areas of polygons.
4.Understand the concept of equation of a straight line.
5. Understand the concept of parallel and perpendicular lines.
6. Understand the concept of Equation of locus involving
distance between two points.

5-11 MAC
12-20 MAC

REVISION
STANDARDISED TEST 2

TRANSFORMATIONS 1 Understand and use the concept of combination of two

III
transformations.
(MATHEMATICS
(i) Determine the image of an object under combination of

21 MAC- 2
APR

4-9 APR
11-15 APR

18- 29 APR

FORM 5)

two isometric transformations.

(ii) Determine the image of an object under combination of:
a) two enlargements,
b) an enlargement and an isometric transformation.
(iii) Draw the image of an object under combination of two
transformations.
(iv) State the coordinates of the image of a point under
combined transformation.
(v) Determine whether combined transformation AB is
equivalent to combined transformation BA.

REVISION WEEK
SEMESTER 1 FINAL EXAM
SEMESTER 1 BREAK

1
2
2

3-11 MAY
16-29 MAY
28 MAY 12
JUNE

*SET LANGUAGE AND NOTATION (WILL BE TAUGHT BY MATHS TEACHER)

SCHEME OF WORK ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

FORM 3 SEMESTER 2 2015
NO

TOPIC

INDICES AND
SURD

LOGARITHMIC
AND
EXPONENTIAL

MOE

1 Understand and use the concept of

indices and laws of indices to solve
problems
i.
Find the values of numbers
given in the form of:
(a) Integer indices
(b) Fractional indices
ii.
Use law of indices to find the
values of numbers in index
form that are multiplied, divided
or raised to a power
iii.
Use laws of indices to
simplify algebraic expression
1 Understand and use the concept of
logarithms and law of logarithms to solve
problems

IGCSE

DURATION
(WEEK)

DATES

Perform single
operations with
indices and with
surds, including
rationalising the
denominator

15- 26
JUNE

29 JUNE15 JULY

Know simple
properties and
graphs of the

FUNCTIONS

i.

Express equation in index form

to logarithm form and vice
versa
ii.
Find logarithm of a number
iii.
Find logarithm of numbers by
using laws of logarithms
iv.
Simplify logarithmic
expressions to the simplest
form
2 Understand and use the change of base
of logarithms to solve problems
i.
Find the logarithm of a number
by changing the base of the
logarithm to a suitable base
ii.
Solve problems involving the
change of base and laws of
logarithms
3 Solve equations involving indices and
logarithms
i.
Solve equations involving
indices
Solve equations involving logarithms

logarithmic
and
exponential
functions
including
ln x and
ex

(series

expansions
are not
required)
Know and use
the laws of
logarithms
(including
change of
base of
logarithms)
Solve equations of
the form

a =b

1-3 JULY
STANDARDISED TEST 3
SEM 2 ACTIVITY WEEK
TRIAL PT 3

17-21
OGOS
7-9 SEPT

STRAIGHT LINE
GRAPHS

MID SEMESTER 2 BREAK

19-27 SEPT

PT 3 EXAM

5-7 OCT

LINEAR LAW

1. Understand and use the concept of lines

of best fit.

y=a x n

i) Draw lines of best fit by inspection of

given data.

straight line
form and
hence
determine
unknown
constants by
calculating the
gradient or
intercept of
the
transformed
graph.

iii) Determine values of variables from:

a) lines of best fit,

b) equations of lines of best fit

2. Apply linear law to non- linear relations.

ii) Determine values of constants of nonlinear relations given:

and

y= A b x , to

ii) Write equations for lines of best fit.

i) Reduce non-linear relations to linear form.

Transform
given
relationships,
including

Solve
questions
involving midpoint and
length of a

12- 23 OCT

a) lines of best fit,

line

b) data.
iii) Obtain information from:
a) lines of best fit,
b) equations of lines of best fit.

Know and use

the condition
for two lines to
be parallel
(Learnt in
SEM 2,
FORM 1)
or
perpendicular.