Edexcel Further Maths
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Further maths is definitely harder than maths
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Original post by Cameron.M
Original post by Old_Simon
I never think A level Maths or Further Maths is "harder". There is just more of it.
The modern situation is confusing because what they call "Further Maths" is a mixture of "extra maths" (such as matrices) and what we used to call "Further Maths" i.e. extensions to the core topics of integration, differential equations etc.
Some of the M3-M5 modules as well as FP2 and FP3 rely on techniques from C3 and C4, and a candidate without a sound understanding of those core modules will definitely struggle.
On the other hand, I was looking at the first part of an FP1 question the other day that asked you to multiply two 2x2 matrices together, and I was thinking "we did this at middle school when I was about 12 years old"
Original post by davros
The modern situation is confusing because what they call "Further Maths" is a mixture of "extra maths" (such as matrices) and what we used to call "Further Maths" i.e. extensions to the core topics of integration, differential equations etc.
Some of the M3-M5 modules as well as FP2 and FP3 rely on techniques from C3 and C4, and a candidate without a sound understanding of those core modules will definitely struggle.
On the other hand, I was looking at the first part of an FP1 question the other day that asked you to multiply two 2x2 matrices together, and I was thinking "we did this at middle school when I was about 12 years old"
Some of the M3-M5 modules as well as FP2 and FP3 rely on techniques from C3 and C4, and a candidate without a sound understanding of those core modules will definitely struggle.
On the other hand, I was looking at the first part of an FP1 question the other day that asked you to multiply two 2x2 matrices together, and I was thinking "we did this at middle school when I was about 12 years old"
Yes you are right. It is a very odd hotch potch of all sorts. For example some applied modules can be used for either Maths or FM - hence my contention it is not always "harder".
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