AQA GCSE Mathematics: Higher revision guide – About Oxford Revise
This revision guide has been designed by maths teachers to help you do well in AQA GCSE Higher Mathematics.
Get all the support you need to revise for the Higher paper, including Higher topics like circle geometry and algebraic fractions.
Use the worked example questions and solutions to help you understand concepts. You will work through and answer practice exam questions to build your confidence ahead of the exam.
Revise effectively with Oxford Revise
This guide covers every topic in the AQA GCSE Mathematics Higher course in depth, using clear, easy-to-understand language. For instance:
- Key terms boxes highlight the important words and language that you need to understand and help you to use them confidently.
- Revision tips give you quick ways to understand the core concepts and practice remembering them.
Exam Practice
Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These are designed to build your confidence, consolidate your knowledge and stretch your understanding. As well as this, there are helpful tips throughout:
- Exam tips show you how to interpret questions, what you need to do in your answers, and give you advice on how to get as many marks as possible.
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Contents list
GCSE AQA Higher Maths
- Calculating with all four operations, place value, powers and indices
- Rounding, truncating, error intervals and estimating
- Factors, multiples, primes, standard form and surds
- Fractions, decimals, percentages
- Algebra basics
- Linear graphs and real-life graphs
- Solving linear inequalities in 1 or 2 variables (remove error intervals)
- Factorising quadratic expressions and solving quadratic equations
- Quadratic graphs, iterations, solving quadratic inequalities
- Solving simultaneous equations
- Sequences
- Cubic graphs, reciprocal graphs, exponential functions, transformation of graphs
- Algebraic fractions, rearranging formulae with alg frac, proof, functions and composite fns
- Ratio
- Compound measures and multiplicative reasoning
- Polygons, Angles and Parallel lines
- Area and perimeter (including circles)
- Surface area and volume
- Pythagoras and 2D trigonometry
- Similarity and congruence
- Transformations
- Plans, elevations, constructions, bearings, 1 trig qn out of place
- Trigonometry in 3D, sine & cosine rules
- Circle theorems and circle geometry
- Vectors
- Probability
- Tables, averages & range, scatter graphs
- Data collection, Cumulative frequency, box and whisker plots, histograms
Answers
The Oxford Revise approach
Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.
1. Knowledge – Learn the facts through an easy-to-follow ‘Knowledge Organiser’ in each chapter.
2. Retrieval – Check you’ve retained the exam knowledge, through quick-fire recall questions and answers.
3. Practice – Put your knowledge into practice by completing plenty of exam-style questions.
In addition, there are lots of hints and tips from revision and subject experts on how to plan your revision and helpful advice on techniques to build exam confidence.
Our expert authors
Naomi Bartholomew-Millar
Paul Hunt
Victoria Trumper
Customer Reviews
This book is brilliant.
It sets out clearly each part of the higher Maths curriculum. The sections are clearly set out and are reader-friendly. Recommended.
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Very pleased to recommend
This book is really well presented and written for the AQA GCSE Maths Higher exam. I like the good use of colour to separate the different areas of study.
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