Thursday, April 23, 2015

Year 8 Maths Revision lessons at Gore's Tutoring Dubai

The Maths revision for Year 8 GCSE students at Gore's Tutoring Dubai has been described below.  (www.gorestutoring.com)

Revision Topics for Year 8 at Gore's Tutoring Dubai

Multiplying/Dividing by negative numbers
* To multiply by negative numbers
* To divide by negative numbers
HCF and LCM
* To find the highest common factor of two integers
* To find the lowest common multiple of two integers.
Powers and Roots
* To apply Integers between 1 and 10 to various powers.
* To apply the second and third roots to various integers
Prime Factors
* To write a number as a product of its prime factors
* To find the HCF and LCM of two numbers by finding their prime factors.
Alternate and Corresponding angles
* To identify alternate and corresponding angles
* To calculate missing angles using alternate and corresponding angles.
Interior and Exterior Angles of Polygons
* To calculate interior and exterior angles in regular polygons
The Circle
* To understand the definition of a circle.
* To recognise and name the various parts of a circle
Circumference of a Circle
*To learn the formula to calculate a circles circumference
* To use the formula to calculate the circumference
Area of a Circle
*To learn the formula to calculate a circles area
* To use the formula to calculate the area
Solving Equations
* To construct and solve linear integer equations
Equations involving negative numbers
* To construct and solve linear integer equations with negatives
Equations with unknowns on both sides
* To construct and solve linear integer equations with unknowns on both sides
Stem and Leaf Diagrams
* To create stem-and-leaf diagrams given a set of data.
* to calculate statistics for sets of discrete and continuous data
Expand and Simplify
* Simplify expressions by collecting like terms
* Expand and simplify single brackets
* Expand and solve linear equations
Solving Equations by Trial and Improvement
* to find an approximate solution to a non-linear equation through trial and improvement
Plans and Elevations
* To draw the plan and elevations of a 3D shape
* To draw a 3D shape given its plan and elevations
Loci
* To find simple loci to produce shapes and paths
Bearings
* Use bearings to specify a direction from one position to another