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This course is for students with a genuine love of Mathematics and can only be taken alongside A-Level Mathematics, as it is not an option on its own. ### Course Content The Further Mathematics qualifications build on the skills, knowledge and understanding set out in the AS/A Level subject content for Mathematics. The content is separated into three areas: Further Pure Core Mathematics, Further Statistics and Additional Further Pure Mathematics. The topics studied over the two years are: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further vectors, further algebra, sequences and series, hyperbolic functions, further calculus, polar co-ordinates, differential equations, probability, discrete random variables, continuous random variables, linear combinations of random variables, hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, chi-squared tests, non-parametric tests, correlation, linear regression, number theory, groups, surfaces and partial differentiation. **Assessment at A Level** is through four equally weighted examinations, each 1 hour 30 mins in length, taken at the end of Year 13. Students are allowed the use of a calculator in all papers: - **Paper 1:** Core Pure 1 - **Paper 2:** Core Pure 2 - **Paper 3:** Further Statistics 1 - **Paper 4:** Further Decision 1 ### Career Progression An A Level in Further Mathematics is for students who wish to study beyond an A Level in Mathematics, and provides a solid foundation for progression into further study in a wide range of highly mathematical disciplines that require knowledge and understanding of sophisticated mathematical ideas and techniques particularly in mathematics, engineering, computer science, the sciences and economics. ### Entry Requirements Mathematics GCSE Grade 7. ### Further Information Further Mathematics cannot be taken as a course without studying A level Mathematics alongside of it. 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