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A LevelFurtherMathematicsSpecificationPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics (9FM0)First teaching from September 2017First certification from 2019Issue 1

Contents1Introduction2Why choose Edexcel A Level Further Mathematics?2Supporting you in planning and implementing this qualification3Qualification at a glance426Subject content and assessment informationPaper 1 and Paper 2: Core Pure Mathematics9Paper 3 and Paper 4: Further Mathematics Options20Assessment Objectives48354Administration and general informationEntries54Access arrangements, reasonable adjustments, special consideration andmalpractice54Student recruitment and progression57Appendix 1: Formulae61Appendix 2: Notation68Appendix 3: Use of calculators76Appendix 4: Assessment objectives77Appendix 5: The context for the development of this qualification79Appendix 6: Transferable skills81Appendix 7: Level 3 Extended Project qualification82Appendix 8: Codes84Appendix 9: Entry codes for optional routes85

1 IntroductionWhy choose Edexcel A Level Further Mathematics?We have listened to feedback from all parts of the mathematics subject community, includinghigher education. We have used this opportunity of curriculum change to redesign aqualification that reflects the demands of a wide variety of end users as well as retainingmany of the features that have contributed to the increasing popularity of GCE Mathematicsin recent years.We will provide: Simple, intuitive specifications that enable co-teaching and parallel delivery. Increasedpressure on teaching time means that it’s important you can cover the content of differentspecifications together. Our specifications are designed to help you co-teach A andAS Level, as well as deliver Maths and Further Maths in parallel. Clear, familiar, accessible exams with specified content in each paper. Our newexam papers will deliver everything you’d expect from us as the leading awarding body formaths. They’ll take the most straightforward and logical approach to meet thegovernment’s requirements. You and your students will know which topics are covered ineach paper so there are no surprises. They’ll use the same clear design that you’ve told usmakes them so accessible, while also ensuring a range of challenge for all abilities. A wide range of exam practice to fully prepare students and help you track progress.With the new linear exams your students will want to feel fully prepared and know howthey’re progressing. We’ll provide lots of exam practice to help you and your studentsunderstand and prepare for the assessments, including secure mock papers, practicepapers and free topic tests with marking guidance. Complete support and free materials to help you understand and deliver thespecification. Change is easier with the right support, so we’ll be on-hand to listen andgive advice on how to understand and implement the changes. Whether it’s through ourLaunch, Getting Ready to Teach, and Collaborative Networks events or via the renownedMaths Emporium; we’ll be available face to face, online or over the phone throughout thelifetime of the qualification. We’ll also provide you with free materials like schemes ofwork, topic tests and progression maps. The published resources you know and trust, fully updated for 2017. Our new A LevelMaths and Further Maths textbooks retain all the features you know and love about thecurrent series, whilst being fully updated to match the new specifications. Each textbookcomes packed with additional online content that supports independent learning, and theyall tie in with the free qualification support, giving you the most coherent approach toteaching and learning.2Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Supporting you in planning and implementing thisqualificationPlanning Our Getting Started guide gives you an overview of the new A Level qualification to helpyou to get to grips with the changes to content and assessment as well as helping youunderstand what these changes mean for you and your students. We will give you a course planner and scheme of work that you can adapt to suit yourdepartment. Our mapping documents highlight the content changes between the legacy modularspecification and the new linear specifications.Teaching and learningThere will be lots of free teaching and learning support to help you deliver the newqualifications, including: topic guides covering new content areas teaching support for problem solving, modelling and the large data set student guide containing information about the course to inform your students and theirparents.Preparing for examsWe will also provide a range of resources to help you prepare your students for theassessments, including: specimen papers written by our senior examiner team practice papers made up from past exam questions that meet the new criteria secure mock papers marked exemplars of student work with examiner commentaries.ResultsPlus and Exam WizardResultsPlus provides the most detailed analysis available of your students’ examperformance. It can help you identify the topics and skills where further learning wouldbenefit your students.Exam Wizard is a data bank of past exam questions (and sample paper and specimen paperquestions) allowing you to create bespoke test papers.Get help and supportMathematics Emporium — Support whenever you need itThe renowned Mathematics Emporium helps you keep up to date with all areas of mathsthroughout the year, as well as offering a rich source of past questions, and of course accessto our in-house Maths experts Graham Cumming and his team.Sign up to get Emporium emailsGet updates on the latest news, support resources, training and alerts for entry deadlinesand key dates direct to your inbox. Just email mathsemporium@pearson.com to sign upEmporium websiteOver 12 000 documents relating to past and present Pearson/Edexcel Mathematicsqualifications available free. Visit www.edexcelmaths.com/ to register for an account.Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 20173

Qualification at a glanceContent and assessment overviewThis Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics builds on the skills,knowledge and understanding set out in the whole GCSE subject content for mathematicsand the subject content for the Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary and AdvancedGCE Mathematics qualifications. Assessments will be designed to reward students fordemonstrating the ability to provide responses that draw together different areas of theirknowledge, skills and understanding from across the full course of study for the AS furthermathematics qualification and also from across the AS Mathematics qualification. Problemsolving, proof and mathematical modelling will be assessed in further mathematics in thecontext of the wider knowledge which students taking A level further mathematics will havestudied.The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further Mathematics consists of fourexternally-examined papers.Students must complete all assessments in May/June in any single year.Paper 1: Core Pure Mathematics 1 (*Paper code: 9FM0/01)Paper 2: Core Pure Mathematics 2 (*Paper code: 9FM0/02)Each paper is:1 hour and 30 minutes written examination25% of the qualification75 marksContent overviewProof, Complex numbers, Matrices, Further algebra and functions, Further calculus, Furthervectors, Polar coordinates, Hyperbolic functions, Differential equationsAssessment overview Paper 1 and Paper 2 may contain questions on any topics from the Pure Mathematicscontent. Students must answer all questions. Calculators can be used in the assessment.4Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Paper 3: Further Mathematics Option 1 (*Paper codes: 9FM0/3A-3D)Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes25% of the qualification75 marksContent overview**Students take one of the following four options:A: Further Pure Mathematics 1B: Further Statistics 1C: Further Mechanics 1D: Decision Mathematics 1Assessment overview Students must answer all questions. Calculators can be used in the assessment.Paper 4: Further Mathematics Option 2 (*Paper codes: 9FM0/4A-4G)Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes25% of the qualification75 marksContent overview**Students take one of the following seven options:A: Further Pure Mathematics 2B: Further Statistics 1C: Further Mechanics 1D: Decision Mathematics 1E: Further Statistics 2F: Further Mechanics 2G: Decision Mathematics 2Assessment overview Students must answer all questions. Calculators can be used in the assessment.*See Appendix 8: Codes for a description of this code and all other codes relevant to thisqualification.**There will be restrictions on which papers can be taken together, see page 83, Appendix 9.Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 20175

2 Subject content and assessmentinformationQualification aims and objectivesThe aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to: understand mathematics and mathematical processes in ways that promote confidence,foster enjoyment and provide a strong foundation for progress to further study extend their range of mathematical skills and techniques understand coherence and progression in mathematics and how different areas ofmathematics are connected apply mathematics in other fields of study and be aware of the relevance of mathematicsto the world of work and to situations in society in general use their mathematical knowledge to make logical and reasoned decisions in solvingproblems both within pure mathematics and in a variety of contexts, and communicate themathematical rationale for these decisions clearly reason logically and recognise incorrect reasoning generalise mathematically construct mathematical proofs use their mathematical skills and techniques to solve challenging problems which requirethem to decide on the solution strategy recognise when mathematics can be used to analyse and solve a problem in context represent situations mathematically and understand the relationship between problems incontext and mathematical models that may be applied to solve them draw diagrams and sketch graphs to help explore mathematical situations and interpretsolutions make deductions and inferences and draw conclusions by using mathematical reasoning interpret solutions and communicate their interpretation effectively in the context of theproblem read and comprehend mathematical arguments, including justifications of methods andformulae, and communicate their understanding read and comprehend articles concerning applications of mathematics and communicatetheir understanding use technology such as calculators and computers effectively, and recognise when suchuse may be inappropriate take increasing responsibility for their own learning and the evaluation of their ownmathematical development6Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Overarching themesThe overarching themes should be applied along with associated mathematical thinking andunderstanding, across the whole of the detailed content in this specification.These overarching themes are inherent throughout the content and students are required todevelop skills in working scientifically over the course of this qualification. The skills showteachers which skills need to be included as part of the learning and assessment of thestudents.Overarching theme 1: Mathematical argument, language and proofA Level Mathematics students must use the mathematical notation set out in the bookletMathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables and be able to recall the mathematicalformulae and identities set out in Appendix 1.Knowledge/SkillOT1.1Construct and present mathematical arguments through appropriate use ofdiagrams; sketching graphs; logical deduction; precise statementsinvolving correct use of symbols and connecting language, including:constant, coefficient, expression, equation, function, identity, index, term,variableOT1.2Understand and use mathematical language and syntax as set out in theglossaryOT1.3Understand and use language and symbols associated with set theory, asset out in the glossaryOT1.4Understand and use the definition of a function; domain and range offunctionsOT1.5Comprehend and critique mathematical arguments, proofs andjustifications of methods and formulae, including those relating toapplications of mathematicsOverarching theme 2: Mathematical problem solvingKnowledge/SkillOT2.1Recognise the underlying mathematical structure in a situation andsimplify and abstract appropriately to enable problems to be solvedOT2.2Construct extended arguments to solve problems presented in anunstructured form, including problems in contextOT2.3Interpret and communicate solutions in the context of the original problemOT2.6Understand the concept of a mathematical problem solving cycle, includingspecifying the problem, collecting information, processing and representinginformation and interpreting results, which may identify the need to repeatthe cycleOT2.7Understand, interpret and extract information from diagrams andconstruct mathematical diagrams to solve problemsPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 20177

Overarching theme 3: Mathematical modellingKnowledge/SkillOT3.1Translate a situation in context into a mathematical model, makingsimplifying assumptionsOT3.2Use a mathematical model with suitable inputs to engage with and exploresituations (for a given model or a model constructed or selected by thestudent)OT3.3Interpret the outputs of a mathematical model in the context of the originalsituation (for a given model or a model constructed or selected by thestudent)OT3.4Understand that a mathematical model can be refined by considering itsoutputs and simplifying assumptions; evaluate whether the model isappropriate]OT3.5Understand and use modelling assumptions8Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Paper 1 and Paper 2: Core Pure MathematicsTo support the co-teaching of this qualification with the AS Mathematics qualification,common content has been highlighted in bold.Topic1What students need to learn:ContentGuidance1.1To include induction proofs forProofConstruct proofsusingmathematicalinduction.Contexts includesums of series,divisibility andpowers ofmatrices.(i) summation of seriesne.g. showr3 r 114n 2 ( n 1)2orshownn( n 1)( n 2)r 13 r (r 1) (ii) divisibility e.g. show32 n 11isdivisible by 4(iii) matrix products e.g. shown 3 4 2 n 1 4 n 1 1 n 1 2n 22.1Complexnumbers2.2Solve anyquadraticequation with realcoefficients.Given sufficient information to deduce atleast one root for cubics or at least onecomplex root or quadratic factor forquartics, for example:Solve cubic orquartic equationswith realcoefficients.(i) f(z) 2z3 – 5z2 7z 10Add, subtract,multiply anddivide complexnumbers in theform x iy withand y real.Given that 2z – 3 is a factor of f(z), usealgebra to solve f(z) 0 completely.(ii) g(x) x4 – x3 6x2 14x – 20Given g(1) 0 and g(–2) 0, use algebrato solve g(x) 0 completely.Students should know the meaning ofthe terms, ‘modulus’ and ‘argument’.xUnderstand anduse the terms ‘realpart’ and‘imaginary part’.Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 20179

Topic2What students need to learn:Content2.3ComplexnumbersGuidanceUnderstand anduse the complexconjugate.Knowledge that iff(z) 0 then z1 *z1is a root ofis also a root.Know that nonreal roots ofpolynomialequations withreal coefficientsoccur in conjugatepairs.continued2.4Use and interpretArgand diagrams.Students should be able to representthe sum or difference of two complexnumbers on an Argand diagram.2.5Convert betweenthe Cartesian formand the modulusargument form ofa complexnumber.Knowledge of radians is assumed.2.6Multiply anddivide complexnumbers inmodulusargument form.Knowledge of the resultsz1 z2 z1 z2 ,z1z1 z2z2arg ( z1 z2 ) arg z1 arg z2 z1 arg z1 arg z2 z2 arg Knowledge of radians and compound angleformulae is assumed.2.7Construct andinterpret simpleloci in the arganddiagram such as z a r andTo include loci such as z a b,arg (z – a) θ.α arg (z – a) β z a z b , arg (z a) β,and regions such as z a z b , z a b,Knowledge of radians is assumed.10Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Topic2What students need to learn:Content2.8ComplexnumberscontinuedUnderstand deMoivre’s theoremand use it to findmultiple angleformulae and sumsof series.GuidanceTo include using the results,z 1 2 cos θz1 2i sin θ to find cos pθ, sin qθzand tan rθ in terms of powers of sinθ, cosθand tanθ and powers of sin θ, cos θ and tan θandz–in terms of multiple angles.For sums of series, students should be ableto show that, for example, π 2n 1 z z 2 . z n 1 1 i cot where π π z cos i sin and n is a n n positive integer.2.9Know and use thedefinitione iθ cos θ i sin θand the formz re iθ2.10Students should be familiar with1cos θ (eiθ e iθ ) and2sin θ 1 iθ iθ(e e )2iFind the n distinctnth roots of re iθ forr 0 and know thatthey form thevertices of a regularn-gon in the Arganddiagram.32.11Use complex rootsof unity to solvegeometric problems.3.1Add, subtract andmultiplyconformablematrices.MatricesMultiply a matrixby a scalar.3.2Understand anduse zero andidentity matrices.Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 201711

Topic3What students need to learn:Content3.3MatricescontinuedGuidanceUse matrices torepresent lineartransformations ons in3-D.For 2-D, identification and use of thematrix representation of single andcombined transformations from:reflection in coordinate axes and linesy x, rotation through any angle about(0, 0), stretches parallel to the x-axis andy-axis, and enlargement about centre(0, 0), with scale factor k, (k 0), wherek ℝ.Knowledge that the transformationrepresented by AB is the transformationrepresented by B followed by thetransformation represented by A.3-D transformations confined toreflection in one of x 0, y 0, z 0 orrotation about one of the coordinateaxes.Knowledge of 3-D vectors is assumed.3.4Find invariantpoints and linesfor a lineartransformation.For a given transformation, studentsshould be able to find the coordinates ofinvariant points and the equations ofinvariant lines.3.5Calculatedeterminants ofIdea of the determinant as an area scalefactor in transformations.2 x 2 and 3 x 3matrices andinterpret as scalefactors, includingthe effect onorientation.3.6Understand anduse singular andnon-singularmatrices.Understanding the process of finding theinverse of a matrix is required.Properties ofinverse matrices.Calculate and usethe inverse ofnon-singular 2 x 2matrices and 3 x 3matrices.12Students should be able to use acalculator to calculate the inverse of amatrix.Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Further MathematicsSpecification – Issue 1 – June 2017 – Pearson Education Limited 2017

Topic3What students need to learn:Content3.7Solve three linearsimultaneousequations in threevariables by useof the inversematrix.3.8Interpretgeometrically thesolution

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