This short course covers the key skills you’ll need to feel more confident with calculations, equations, and problem-solving.
It’s designed to support you whether you’re taking A Level Maths or not.
Follow along with a downloadable course PDF document and try the worked examples yourself.
Mini Course Introduction
Course Introduction
Here's what we're going to go through.
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Numbers and Units
Standard Form
The standard format for writing numbers.
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Significant Figures
How many significant figures you should use.
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SI Units and Prefixes
A way of writing very large and very small numbers.
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Converting Between Units
Converting between units for the same quantity.
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Mathematical Symbols
Part of the language of maths.
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SUMMARY: Numbers and Units
Let's recap what we've covered.
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Equations
Rearranging Equations
Changing the subject of an equation.
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Combining Equations
Making new equations by combining equations.
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Calculating Mean Values
Calculating the average of a set of numbers.
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Ratios
The ratio between two numbers or quantities.
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SUMMARY: Equations
Let's recap what we've covered.
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Graphs
Linear Straight-Line Graphs
The most common type of graph where y = mx +c.
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Calculating Gradients
How to calculate the gradient of a straight line.
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Determining the y-Intercept
How to calculate the intercept of a straight line.
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Tangents to a Curve
How to measure the gradient of a curved line.
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Areas Under Graphs
Three ways to calculate the area under a graph.
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Common Relationships on Graphs
The shapes of graphs seen in A Level Physics.
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SUMMARY: Graphs
Let's recap what we've covered.
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Circles and Triangles
Area of Circles
A reminder of how to calculate the area of a circle.
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Surface Area and Volume of a Sphere
Calculating the area and volume of a sphere.
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Pythagoras
Finding the third side of a right-angled triangle.
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Trigonometry
SOHCAHTOA for right-angled triangles.
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The Radian
The SI unit for angle, with 2 pi radians in a circle.
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Small Angle Approximations
A useful approximation when the angle is very small.
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SUMMARY: Circles and Triangles
Let's recap what we've covered.
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Logs
Log to the Base 10
Logarithms to the base 10.
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Natural Logs
Logarithms to the base e.
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Log-Log Graphs
Graphs to display a large range of values.
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Logs in Tables
How to calculate the log of a value appropriately.
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SUMMARY: Logs
Let's recap what we've covered.
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Mini Course Summary
SUMARY: Maths for A Level Physics
Course overview and next steps.
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