Cambridge O level mathematics / Michael Handbury [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handbury, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Textbooks.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Hodder Education, 2016.

Summary:

Offer full syllabus coverage with a course that has been especially written for the international student, and is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. - Consolidate learning with plenty of practice questions and exercises throughout - Support revision through a range of examination-style questions and with 'Check you can' boxes - Fully prepare your students for non-calculator questions, with suitable questions marked throughout - Answers available online at www.hoddereducation.co.uk/cambridgeextras

Contents:

Cover; Book title; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 NUMBER; Types of number; Prime factors; Common factors and common multiples; 2 SET LANGUAGE AND NOTATION; The definition of a set; The universal set; Venn diagrams; The relationship between sets; The complement of a set; Subsets; Problem solving with Venn diagrams; Alternative ways to define a set; Three-set problems; 3 SQUARES, SQUARE ROOTS, CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS; Squares and square roots; Cubes and cube roots; 4 DIRECTED NUMBERS; Numbers below zero; 5 VULGAR AND DECIMAL FRACTIONS AND PERCENTAGES; Fractions; Fraction of a quantity

Equivalent fractionsFractions and decimals; Terminating and recurring decimals; Fractions, decimals and percentages; 6 ORDERING; Ordering integers; Inequalities; Ordering decimals; Ordering fractions; Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages; 7 STANDARD FORM; Standard form; Calculating with numbers in standard form; 8 THE FOUR OPERATIONS; Calculating with negative numbers; Order of operations; Multiplying integers; Multiplying decimals; Dividing integers; Dividing decimals; Adding and subtracting fractions; Multiplying fractions; Dividing fractions; 9 ESTIMATION; Estimating lengths

Rounding to a given number of decimal placesRounding to a given number of significant figures; Estimating answers to problems; Working to a sensible degree of accuracy; 10 LIMITS OF ACCURACY; Bounds of measurement; Sums and differences of measurements; Multiplying and dividing measurements; 11 RATIO, PROPORTION, RATE; Ratio; Using ratio to find an unknown quantity; Dividing a quantity in a given ratio; Increasing and decreasing in a given ratio; Proportion; Rate; 12 PERCENTAGES; Fractions, decimals and percentages; Percentage of a quantity; Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another

Factorising algebraic expressions

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4718-5963-0