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Units of measurement let us describe and compare length, weight, area, volume, density and other values. Before we get into the strand-by-strand analysis, it is interesting to look at patterns across the strands and papers as a whole. e. that was added in 2015), as opposed to ‘old spec content’, is strongly represented in the probability strand. A large proportion (39%) of work on charts and graphs is C2, meaning that candidates are almost as likely to be asked to analyse, read information from, or critique a graph or chart as they are to draw one.However, as the question is inaccessible without some knowledge of the area of a rectangle, I classified this as ‘perimeter and area’.

Christine is a former secondary maths teacher, now author and mathematics consultant for Third Space Learning. Generally speaking, our recommendation is to start around April /May for May/June exams a year later. In this section of the article I look at the most frequently occurring topics in the earlier questions on the Foundation papers. The highest proportion of C2 questions involving reasoning or interpretation from charts or diagrams occurs within Statistics.For all maths teachers leading or teaching Edexcel GCSE Maths, here you have a detailed topic and question level analysis from the last 6 years of the foundation level GCSE maths exams in their various formats. In real-life contexts, the intercept, gradient and area underneath the graph can have important meanings such as a fixed charge, speed or distance.