Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Grade Descriptors
- GD3-Application of skills
- GD7-Quality
Unit Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand how to perform calculations with integers, decimals and fractions.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1Make calculations involving integers, decimals and fractions with or without a calculator.
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1.2Give answers to calculations correct to a specified number of decimal places or significant figures. Using accuracy appropriate to the nature of the data.
2.
Understand how to perform calculations with percentages.
Assessment Criteria
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2.1With and without a calculator, convert between percentages, decimals and fractions.
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2.2Express one quantity as a percentage of another.
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2.3Find a percentage of a quantity.
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2.4Calculate percentage increase and decrease; direct and inverse problems.
3.
Understand how to use standard form, indices and roots.
Assessment Criteria
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3.1Make conversions between ordinary numbers and standard form.
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3.2Use the exponential key and interpret calculator displays.
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3.3Make calculations involving indices and roots.
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3.4Apply index laws to simplify expressions involving powers and roots.
4.
Understand how to evaluate formulae.
Assessment Criteria
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4.1Evaluate formulae by substitution using the full range of functions on a scientific calculator.
5.
Understand how to calculate area and volume.
Assessment Criteria
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5.1Calculate the surface area of plane geometric figures and the volume of complex geometric figures.
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