Suggested Topics for Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 3 Higher June 2017

Based on the topics that were examined In Edexcel Paper 1 and Paper 2, here are the topics that have not been yet assessed and may, therefore, come up in Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 3 Higher. Worth focusing a fair amount of your remaining revision on these.

This list is available as a single page PDF file for download FREE here.

You may also be interested in our Edexcel GCSE Maths (Higher) Final Practice Paper 3.  This paper is based on the topics that were not examined in Papers 1 and 2 and may therefore come up in Paper 3.

The Practice Paper costs £5+VAT which includes a copy of the model answers. We're aiming to have this ready for Friday 9th June. If you would like a notification as soon as this is available, subscribe to our email updates in the blue box at the bottom of this page or click here. 

If you'd like to join our live walk through webinar on Sunday 11th June, where we will show you the best way to answer the questions in this final practice paper, click Register now below.  

Please note that the final practice paper is included in the price of the webinar (£10+VAT) so do not purchase separately if you register for the webinar. This price also includes a recording of the webinar. 

Please note that any of the topics already assessed in Papers 1 and 2 could be assessed again, so use the list published here with that in mind when planning your revision.

This list will also be available as a single page PDF file for download FREE here.

Number

• BIDMAS (brackets)
• Interpret calculator displays
• Compare fractions, decimals and percentages
• Fractions and ratio problems
• Reverse fraction of an amount
• Multiples, factors, LCM and HCF and primes
• Upper and lower bounds calculation
• Simplify and manipulate surds

Algebra

• Form an expression, formulae or equation (then solve)
• Substitution (v = u + at; s = ut +  ½at2; v2 = u2 + 2as)
• Midpoint and distance between two coordinates
• Simplify algebraic indices
• Expand single brackets
• nth term of a linear sequence
• Linear equations (including variable on both sides)
• Finding the equation of a line
• Linear simultaneous equations (algebraically and / or graphically)
• Factorise single bracket
• Factorising quadratic expressions including where a > 1
• Quadratic equations (including when needs re-arrangement)
• Recognise Fibonacci sequences
• Geometric Sequences
• Drawing quadratic graphs
• Rearranging Formulae (including when subject appears twice / factorising)
• Representing inequalities on a number line
• Solving linear inequalities
• Representing linear and quadratic inequalities graphically
• Solving quadratic inequalities
• The Quadratic Formula
• Completing the square and turning points
• Simultaneous equations (linear/quadratic) graphically
• Functions and composite and inverse functions
• General iterative processes
• Algebraic fractions (factorise / cancel common factors)
• Graphs of trigonometric functions (sketch and label coordinates)
• Translations and reflections of a graph and their functions

Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change

• Ratio and proportion problems
• Exchange rates
• Converting metric units (including areas and volumes)
• Best buy problems
• Scale drawings
• Percentage change
• Similarity in length, area and volume
• Compound measures (density and pressure)
• Rates of change
• Direct proportion
• Real life graphs
• Distance-time graphs and rates of change (speed)
• Velocity-time graphs, rates of change (acceleration) and area under graph (distance)

Geometry and Measures

• Geometrical questions (alternate / corresponding angles) and angles in polygons
• Area of a parallelogram and trapezium
• Perimeter and area of composite shapes
• Circumference and area of a circle
• Calculations using exact Pi
• Arc length
• Surface area and volume of a prism, pyramid, cone (not volume) and sphere
• Volume of a frustum
• Draw and identify transformations and combinations of transformations (not reflections)
• 3D Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry
• Standard constructions using a compass (including triangles)
• Loci
• Bearings
• Congruency and congruent triangles
• Circle theorems
• The Sine Rule
• The Cosine Rule (find angle)
• Vectors

Probability

• Product rule
• Sampling and unbiased samples
• Venn diagrams and set notation
• Frequency trees

Statistics

• Mean from a discrete frequency table and / or grouped frequency table
• Comparing data on statistical diagrams
• Constructing and interpreting boxplots (finding the median, IQR and comparing two box plots)
• Drawing a cumulative frequency curve, finding the median and IQR