Further Maths
Further Maths
- Recommended Entry Requirements 5 GCSE's at level 5 or above including 8 in GCSE Maths
- Type of Qualification A Level
- Exam Board AQA
What you’ll study
Taken in addition to A level Maths, A level Further Maths looks in more depth at both pure and applied mathematics.
As well as pure mathematics, you’ll have the chance to study two applied areas from statistics, mechanics, and discrete mathematics.
Students sit the AS level at the end of year 12.
What you’ll love?
Do any of the following questions interest you?
- What does it mean for a quadratic equation to have no real roots?
- Does that mean it has roots that aren’t real?
- Can looking at a cubic equation’s coefficients tell me anything about the roots of the equation?
- Is there an optimal solution to a problem, and how can it be found?
- What mathematics describes motion in a circle?
If these questions are interesting then further maths will be an excellent choice.
Further maths also looks excellent on a university application for a range of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects, and may be essential for some courses at some universities. In recent years St Peter’s further maths students have gone on to excellent universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, to study highly mathematical courses.
Click on the documents below to see the full specification and examples of all 4 papers.
pdf AQA Specification A Level Further Maths (749 KB)
pdf Specimen QP Discrete (129 KB)
pdf Specimen QP Pure 1 (132 KB)
