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Comprehensive GCSE Maths Revision Overview
Apr 16, 2025
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Overview
The video covers every topic on the GCSE Foundation Maths course.
Intended for students preparing for GCSE Foundation Maths exams or for brushing up math skills.
Features a booklet with nearly 400 questions, one for each topic covered.
Topics are organized into categories: number, ratio and proportion; geometry and measures; algebra; statistics and probability.
Topics Covered
Number, Ratio, and Proportion
Writing numbers in words and figures.
Place values, operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
Round numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, decimal places, and significant figures.
Order and compare numbers.
Understand fractions, decimals, percentages, and how to convert between them.
Solve problems involving percentages: increase, decrease, reverse percentages, and percentage change.
Understand simple and compound interest.
Use ratios and proportions: simplifying, sharing in a ratio, writing ratios as fractions or percentages.
Learn about the metric system and convert between units.
Geometry, Shape, Space, and Measures
Identify types of angles (acute, right, obtuse, reflex) and angle relationships (complementary, supplementary).
Calculate perimeters and areas of various shapes, including compound shapes.
Understand circle terminology: radius, diameter, circumference, and calculate them.
Solve problems involving surface area and volume for 3D shapes including prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and spheres.
Learn about symmetry and transformations (translations, rotations, reflections).
Use scales and maps.
Understand bearings, draw accurate diagrams using compasses and protractors.
Algebra
Understand algebraic notation and form expressions.
Simplify algebraic expressions, including collecting like terms and expanding brackets.
Solve linear equations and inequalities, including those with variables on both sides.
Understand and manipulate indices.
Factorize algebraic expressions, including quadratics.
Solve quadratic equations by factorizing.
Use function machines and understand sequences and their nth terms.
Work with coordinate geometry and draw linear and quadratic graphs.
Understand gradient and intercepts in the context of straight-line graphs.
Solve simultaneous equations algebraically and graphically.
Statistics and Probability
Construct and interpret statistical diagrams: bar charts, pie charts, histograms, and scatter graphs.
Calculate averages: mean, median, mode, and range from data sets and frequency tables.
Understand probability scales, calculate probabilities, and understand experimental probability and expectation.
Use Venn diagrams and understand set notation.
Additional Resources
Revision cards and five-a-day practice questions are recommended.
Video tutorials and practice questions are available on the Corbettmaths website.
Exam Preparation
Recommended to take notes or watch in chunks due to lengthy content.
Encouraged to use the accompanying booklet and practice questions for reinforcement.
Conclusion
Video serves as a comprehensive review for foundational maths topics.
Aimed at increasing understanding and confidence in tackling GCSE Foundation Maths exams.
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