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Pearson Edexcel · International GCSE

Mathematics A

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Qualification code · ⁨Código de la cualificación⁩: 4MA1

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Handouts · ⁨Material de apoyo⁩ · IGCSE Mathematics · ⁨IGCSE Matemáticas⁩ (9)
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Presentation slides · ⁨Diapositivas de presentación⁩ · IGCSE Mathematics · ⁨IGCSE Matemáticas⁩ (9)

Course units and learning goals · ⁨Unidades del curso y objetivos de aprendizaje⁩

These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · ⁨Estas lecciones enseñan objetivos del curso seleccionados. Revisa los vacíos de cobertura restantes; el material no es un programa completo de preparación.⁩

1 · Numbers and the number system
  • Exact arithmetic and estimation: A prime number that divides the integer exactly.
  • Indices, surds and standard form: The power to which a base is raised.
  • Percentages, ratio and proportional reasoning: A factor that performs a percentage change in one multiplication.
  • Accuracy, bounds and compound measures: The smallest possible value consistent with a stated rounding rule.
prime factor
A prime number that divides the integer exactly.
index
The power to which a base is raised.
multiplier
A factor that performs a percentage change in one multiplication.
lower bound
The smallest possible value consistent with a stated rounding rule.
2 · Equations, formulae and identities
  • Equations, identities and rearrangement: An equality that holds for every allowed value of its variable.
  • Quadratics and inequalities: The quantity b²-4ac that determines the real roots of ax²+bx+c=0.
  • Simultaneous equations and feasible regions: Combining equations to remove one variable while retaining the same solutions.
identity
An equality that holds for every allowed value of its variable.
discriminant
The quantity b²-4ac that determines the real roots of ax²+bx+c=0.
elimination
Combining equations to remove one variable while retaining the same solutions.
3 · Sequences, functions and graphs
  • Sequences, series and recurrence: The constant multiplier between consecutive terms of a geometric sequence.
  • Coordinate geometry and tangents: The change in y divided by the corresponding change in x.
  • Domains, inverses and composition: The set of allowed inputs to a function.
  • Derivatives and stationary points: The instantaneous rate of change, also the gradient of a tangent.
common ratio
The constant multiplier between consecutive terms of a geometric sequence.
gradient
The change in y divided by the corresponding change in x.
domain
The set of allowed inputs to a function.
derivative
The instantaneous rate of change, also the gradient of a tangent.
4 · Geometry and trigonometry
  • Angle reasoning, similarity and mensuration: The multiplier that relates corresponding lengths in similar shapes.
  • Right triangles and non-right triangles: The side opposite the right angle in a right-angled triangle.
  • Circle theorems and reasoned proofs: A quadrilateral whose four vertices lie on one circle.
  • Constructions, loci and geometric conditions: The set of all points satisfying a stated geometric condition.
scale factor
The multiplier that relates corresponding lengths in similar shapes.
hypotenuse
The side opposite the right angle in a right-angled triangle.
cyclic quadrilateral
A quadrilateral whose four vertices lie on one circle.
locus
The set of all points satisfying a stated geometric condition.
5 · Vectors and transformation geometry
  • Vectors and transformation geometry: The vector sum representing the combined displacement or force.
  • Reflections, rotations and enlargements: The point from which each point's displacement is multiplied by a scale factor.
resultant
The vector sum representing the combined displacement or force.
centre of enlargement
The point from which each point's displacement is multiplied by a scale factor.
6 · Statistics and probability
  • Data summaries, histograms and interpretation: Frequency divided by class width, used as histogram height.
  • Probability, trees and conditional reasoning: The probability of an event after restricting the sample space to a stated condition.
  • Cumulative frequency and box plots: The difference between the upper and lower quartiles.
frequency density · ⁨densidad de frecuencia⁩
Frequency divided by class width, used as histogram height.
conditional probability
The probability of an event after restricting the sample space to a stated condition.
interquartile range
The difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

Preparing for this qualification · ⁨Preparación para esta cualificación⁩

  • This is linear Mathematics A (4MA1), not Mathematics B or the modular qualification.
  • Both papers use the same tier. Foundation targets 1–5; Higher targets 4–9. Tier formula sheets are supplied.

Teaching coverage still needed · ⁨Cobertura docente aún necesaria⁩

  • Official question-bank boundaries, scheme alignment and all objective-level teaching coverage require the recorded review; no practice registry promotion.
  • The authored diagnostic assessments are not full-length qualification mocks.

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Course preparation · ⁨Preparación del curso⁩

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