GCSE Further Pure Mathematics

Exam Board and Specification Code: Edexcel (4PM1) The Course It’s hard to overstate the importance of mathematics in modern life. Mathematics continues to drive progress and underpin revolutions in sectors across engineering, science, medicine, communication and business. Proficiency in mathematics provides young people with a key to open more doors across the careers spectrum than any other subject.

Maths helps us think analytically and have better reasoning abilities. Analytical thinking refers to the ability to think critically about the world around us. Analytical and reasoning skills are essential because they help us solve problems and look for solutions.

Further Mathematics is a separate GCSE subject. It provides a challenge and a chance to explore new and more sophisticated mathematical concepts. If you enjoy studying mathematics and you are good at it then you should strongly consider taking Further Mathematics.

Students taking Further Mathematics find it an overwhelmingly enjoyable, rewarding and an empowering experience. In Further Mathematics, you will develop your knowledge of algebra, functions, logarithms and exponentials. You will study coordinate geometry in the (x,y) plane, sequences and you will look at trigonometry in two and three dimensions.

Later in the year, you will also begin to explore the highly important idea of calculus. You will develop your applications of calculus such as using differentiation to solve maxima and minima problems. How is the co