| Description |
1 online resource (540 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 NUMBER -- Types of number -- Prime factors -- Common factors and common multiples -- 2 SETS -- 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 POWERS AND ROOTS -- Squares and square roots -- Cubes and cube roots -- 4 FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES -- Fractions -- Fraction of a quantity -- Equivalent fractions -- Fractions and decimals |
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Terminating and recurring decimals -- Fractions, decimals and percentages -- 5 ORDERING -- Ordering integers -- Inequalities -- Ordering decimals -- Ordering fractions -- Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages -- 6 THE FOUR OPERATIONS -- Numbers below zero -- Adding and subtracting with negative numbers -- Multiplying and dividing with negative numbers -- Combining operations -- Order of operations -- Multiplying integers -- Multiplying decimals -- Dividing integers -- Dividing decimals -- Adding and subtracting fractions -- Multiplying fractions -- Dividing fractions -- Review exercise 1 |
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7 INDICES 1 -- Simplifying numbers with indices -- Multiplying numbers in index form -- Dividing numbers in index form -- Negative indices -- Fractional indices -- 8 STANDARD FORM -- Standard form -- Calculating with numbers in standard form -- 9 ESTIMATION -- Estimating lengths -- Rounding to a given number of decimal places -- Rounding 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 |
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11 RATIO AND PROPORTION -- Ratio -- Using ratio to find an unknown quantity -- Dividing a quantity in a given ratio -- Proportion -- Review exercise 2 -- 12 RATES -- Common measures of rate -- Speed -- Applying other measures of rate -- 13 PERCENTAGES -- Fractions, decimals and percentages -- Percentage of a quantity -- Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another -- Percentage change -- Percentage increase and decrease -- Percentage increase and decrease using a multiplier -- Finding the original quantity -- Wages and salaries -- Discount, profit and loss -- Repeated percentage change |
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Compound and simple interest -- 14 USING A CALCULATOR -- Order of operations -- Standard form on your calculator -- Checking accuracy -- Interpreting the calculator display -- Calculating with time -- Fractions on a calculator -- 15 TIME -- The 24-hour clock -- Calculating with time -- Converting between hours and minutes and hours written as a decimal -- Time zones -- 16 MONEY -- Value for money -- Currency conversion -- 17 EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY -- Exponential growth -- Exponential decay -- 18 SURDS -- Simplifying surds -- Manipulation of expressions of the form a+b c |
| Summary |
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Written by expert authors with an international focus, this book fully covers the Cambridge O Level Mathematics syllabus (4024) for examination from 2025. It enables learners to effectively master and find connections between mathematical topics and their practical applications. - Chapters and topics are introduced through clear explanations and notes on prior knowledge |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Rationalising denominators |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Handbury, Michael
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Matthews, Jean
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| ISBN |
9781398373662 |
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1398373664 |
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